Depart Again

Everything returned to normal once Asqa came back to the mansion. The servants immediately prepared dinner for them. After that, since Asqa was already exhausted, she went straight to rest.

A few days passed.

By this point, Clyde believed that the soldiers and servants in the mansion had likely figured out what was going on—who he truly was, and what was happening in the world outside the Ruins.

Even if they didn't speak about it openly, Clyde was sure that Graemory, their master, had explained it to them through some means he didn't know. She must have told them about the corruption spreading outside the Ruins, and the drastic changes that had taken place.

And that Clyde was one of the main causes behind those changes.