Chapter 307 - Control Slips Through The Fingers

Woken up by a loud scream from Asuka, Haruki rushed out of bed and dashed in the direction of the sound. Coming out of the tent, he noticed Asuka as well as the demi-cats helping Riley get up on her feet. Seeming drained of all power, Riley could barely keep her eyes open. The night hadn't been nice to her, but the other guards who saw her in that state simply assumed she was too tired from being stationed guard outside the tent.

 

Haruki and his aides, however, didn't buy into that delusion at all. After all, not once had she abandoned her duty by falling asleep while on guard.

 

"Something definitely happened to her," creeping up behind Haruki's shoulder, Asmodia calmly whispered.

 

"The benevolent actor's blessings perhaps?" Haruki proposed the idea, but even he didn't believe that the blessing was the cause of this.