'This day keeps finding brand new ways to go wrong.'
Hajin kept his face flat while the claymore remained pointed at his chest.
The Captain took one step closer before Hajin could answer.
"That ring around your wrist and that golden mana beg one serious question," the older man asked in a low voice. "Were you responsible for the incident in the capital streets?"
Recognition settled slowly through the surrounding knights at those words.
Rumors of shattered streets, an unidentified body, and impossible golden power had circulated since the eastern-district investigation.
"Did you trick the King to secure this royal sponsorship," the Captain asked as his four visible Shards flashed. "So tell this whole formation what you are actually after."
The entire desert formation went silent beneath the weight of the accusation.
Juna stepped toward the weapon with her tail puffed behind her and both claws sliding free.
