The words spoken were cold and indifferent, carrying not the slightest trace of emotion a human could possibly have.
"You are?" Edwin squinted his eyes when he saw the young man standing behind him and his men, trying to recognize his face and match it with the ones in his mind.
However, not even a second later, a gentle gasp appeared from the mansion's direction, attracting Edwin's gaze almost immediately, and watch as the previously arrogant and cocky Liza now was on her knees, her trembling hands covering her mouth as tears flew out the corner of her eyes.
"SCHRIIIEEEKKK!!!"
A loud and almost ear-piercing cry pierced the air a second later, and everyone, including Edwin, watched with dumbfounded faces as the crimson bird on Liza's shoulder widened her wings in a majestic manner and with a single but powerful flap appeared right before the young boy.