Reunion With An Old Friend

"Is it just me or the place is really crowded this morning?" Ellie muttered with bafflement.

Ikaris and Malia were also puzzled. The hundreds of Portals were already around last time and it was true that they had visited this place in the evening, shortly before dark. However, that didn't explain all this crowd.

Sweeping the place with his eyes, he had already spotted over sixty young men and women, half of whom were luxuriously clad and trimmed, including the escort of retinue and Tartarus Enforcers following them that gave away their identity as Stele Owners. If they weren't Lords, at least they held important positions in their respective nations.