Rebellious Nature

Knock… Knock.

Someone knocked on the door. After the first knock, there was a short pause, but then another knock sounded.

Inside the well-lit study, Karl-Michael took off his reading glasses, put them down on the desk, and turned his gaze over to the closed door.

"You may enter."

The door opened, and a gray-haired man entered, wearing a long gray cloak with a conical hat with a wide brim.

He looked like a classic wizard straight out of a storybook.

"Brother." Merlin rubbed his lengthy beard.

"You found anything about this Kiernan kid?" Karl-Michael asked.

"Well, as much as I could in only an hour." Merlin said. "He is from New Rakuya, Irio."

"I don't know that country." Karl-Michael said. "A small one?"

"Tier 4."

"Hmph." Karl-Michael shook his head. "That kid must be talentless then."

"Well, I don't really know." Merlin said.