As winter approached, the stone-built fortress became increasingly bitter with the chill seeping through its foundation.
The paperwork had dragged on and in the end, he had stayed holed up in the office until late.
At this hour, surely only those on night duty would still be awake.
The place was quiet.
Apparently, during his absence, Sander had gone on quite the monster-slaying spree and for the time being monster attacks had died down.
When he opened the door to his third-floor quarters, he found Bao Bei slumped over the table, which was buried in sweets.
When he realized it was him, he immediately running over to his side.
As he leaned in, he heard soft snores and let out a relieved sigh.
Judging by the candies and baked treats like cookies and biscuits laid out in two neatly divided piles on the table, Bao Bei had likely tried to split the snacks he'd received from everyone to share them evenly with Jihl, but had dozed off midway from the drowsiness.
