A new day had arrived, but the town remained bleak, and the people had yet to resume their normal lives. Soldiers from Britain guarded every passage in town... The town had essentially been placed under complete lockdown.
The investigation of the townspeople was still underway.
The academy had therefore been closed for several days... So Boss Luo had also stayed at the manor for several days, becoming a newly minted slacker.
Maid Miss naturally had no right to forbid her boss from going out.
She had merely offered him a suggestion in the gentlest possible manner: until time had returned to a certain degree of normalcy, she did not recommend going out.
Such worry was practically needless anxiety—about as likely as sitting safely at home and having a meteor fall from the sky.
"The weather's pretty nice today, too."
Boss Luo took a book from the courtyard and planned to spend the entire morning that way—but a guest arrived that morning.
Lamias.
There was no surprise and no emotion. It seemed to have been expected.
Lamias appeared outside the manor in casual clothes. Eve brought her into the courtyard... Lamias then politely greeted Boss Luo and Maid Miss.
She had no choice but to be polite.
Before she had possessed power, she had been unable to see things clearly. She could make all sorts of guesses and draw all sorts of wild comparisons—but things were different now. Although she still could not see clearly, she vaguely understood how ignorant her former guesses had been.
The more one knew, the more doubts one had... and the greater one's awe.
Lamias suddenly recalled those words, and so abandoned the idea of unleashing her Fighting Spirit to test her current combat strength. She felt that she could test her Fighting Spirit, but clearly,