For a moment, silence hung heavy in the air.
"Stop twisting words," Vic and Sol spoke at the same time.
"He said he was going somewhere for urgent work," Vic added quickly.
"Urgent work?" Duke Serpentine asked, his face filled with shock. "What urgent work could he possibly have here?"
A dangerous thought crossed his mind for a split second.
Could it be… betrayal?
But he immediately shook his head.
'No. That's impossible.'
Even so, the unease did not disappear.
"Then where did he go?" Duke Serpentine pressed. "Does he even know this region well enough?"
Vic and Sol looked at each other, then shrugged helplessly.
They truly had no idea.
......
Meanwhile, the person they were talking about was climbing a small hill not too far away.
Kael let out a long sigh as he reached the top.
"Ahh… If only I had brought Mariana, things wouldn't have been so bad…"
