Strange Insect Egg

Angel had barely entered the manor when he saw Leon riding toward him, whip raised.

"You're back so early? Have you already settled Princess Shannon's matter?" Leon swung down from his horse and looked at Angel in delight.

Angel nodded. He noticed a thin sheen of sweat on Leon's forehead and faint white vapor rising from his body, as though he had just been engaged in strenuous exercise.

Leon noticed Angel's gaze as well and casually explained, "I was feeling a little restless, so I went hunting in the mountains. But my luck was poor. The prey seemed to have been scared off by those refugees—I didn't catch anything all day."

Once Leon had finished speaking, he impatiently began asking Angel about the situation at the front lines.

Just then, the maid Aoli came running from the end of the path. Panting heavily, she stopped before Angel and said that dinner was ready, asking them to come eat.

"Perfect. We can talk while we eat." Without giving Angel any say in the matter, Leon forcibly dragged him toward the dining hall.

Angel had no need to eat, but he glanced at the eager Toby, then at the earnest look in his brother's eyes. After some thought, he did not refuse.

During dinner, Leon eagerly asked about the situation in Sea Moon City.

Angel did not answer. Instead, he directly used an illusion to display the military camp at Sea Moon City's front lines. It even included Toby's battle with the Heart-Eating Ghost. The tense, visceral feeling of fists striking flesh made Leon, as well as Mana and Aoli waiting nearby, clutch at their hearts. They scarcely dared blink, their eyes fixed unceasingly on the illusion's unfolding events.

At the critical moment, Toby saved Princess Shannon from danger and killed the