The following morning came far too quickly.
Asmodeus didn't regret delaying Yumiko and Yuina's departure. Still, the moment he stepped from his temporary room and felt the activity inside Baltimore Castle, he understood that the brief peace earned yesterday was over.
'Damn, maybe I should have slept with them...'
Though he didn't take the two to bed, he felt content just cuddling with Valena.
Now that soldiers and knights filled the corridors and battlements, everything felt different.
He stood beside the large window, watching his people. Messengers and couriers rushed between houses carrying letters and sealed parchments with orders and guidelines, while the chaos from the night before still lingered.
'At least nobody died.'
"Without Riel and Elena, it might've been dangerous..."
That alone made Baltimore different from most disasters he'd experienced in the past few years. So many people who believed in him faded into the darkness because of his powerlessness.
