Moreover, Chen Luo's Herrscher of Knowledge powers were no mere decoration. As long as Chen Luo was unwilling, his identity would not be exposed.
Meanwhile, while Cocolia and Chen Luo's group discussed how to pass through the Iron Guard restricted zone, find the Stellaron, and seal it, Bronya returned to Kliperburg, entered Cocolia's office, and met with Cocolia.
"Mother, I'm back." After pushing open the office door, Bronya walked toward Cocolia.
To Bronya's surprise, Cocolia was not sitting at her desk working. The one handling the paperwork was a male figure in a black robe, his face concealed behind a mask.
Cocolia, meanwhile, stood by the window, looking out at the view.
"Bronya, you're finally back. I thought I was going to lose you. Were you hurt? I'll call the butler right away..." Upon hearing Bronya's voice, Cocolia turned around, visibly excited and exceptionally gentle, just like a mother.
"No need. I don't really want to see Sebas right now. Sorry, Mother. Mother, the person beside you is... I have something I want to say to you, so..." Bronya looked at the Black Robe seated in Cocolia's chair.
Could this person please leave for the time being?
Besides, Bronya felt that the strange masked figure in black looked far too much like a villain.
It reminded Bronya of the rumors she had heard from people on the road when she returned to Kliperburg...
But Bronya would rather believe that this person was merely her mother's assistant, or the one who had bewitched her mother, than believe that Cocolia and the Black Robe had any other special relationship.
And perhaps... he was the mastermind behind her mother's drastic change in temperament.
Perhaps the matter of the Stellaron had only a little to do with her mother, while this man in black