"Yes, City Lord," Lukas said.
The man glanced at Lukas before sighing.
"You all should be grateful that I'm personally giving you this speech. Rollo would've done this on my behalf if not for..." He trailed off, his eyes flicking to Akira's sword.
Lukas noted the look but said nothing.
Of course, he knew who Rollo was, even if he'd never met the man personally. The number of people who didn't know the City Lord's assistant, and one of the few S-rank Awakeners in the city could be counted on one hand.
The City Lord seemed to make peace with something within himself before he began to speak.
"The First Floor of the Tower," he said, his voice dry as if he was reciting a speech he'd told a hundred times before, "is known by another name among those who have climbed high enough to understand it."
"It is called the Floor of Death."
None of them spoke. Even though his voice was dry, there was no way they were interrupting a story that began like that.
