Half past eleven in the morning.
Saint Krui Di Monastery.
The campus's architectural style was completely different from that of the northern kingdoms. Marble towers and flying buttresses could be seen everywhere, while the main area was threaded through by lush, tree-lined avenues. A clear stream burbled past, and the sound of its waters in the distance could be heard even from the courtyards of the residential district.
In Professor Landry's living room, a classical dining table stood not far from the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the landscaped garden. Piled atop it was the mail he had just collected from the School Worker Department along the way.
The professor, who looked like a young man, was dressed in a sharp suit, with a slender wrist showing beneath his shirt cuff.
"Meow meow."
Cat Boss was lying nearby, watching what Lanchi was reading.
After returning from the Void Gate's sealed-off area to his residence at Saint Krui Di Monastery, he had not stopped for even a moment. He had simply sat down at the dining table and begun going through the mail and newspapers.
Lanchi's fingers slid across the pages, his brows sometimes knitting and sometimes relaxing.
After a while,
outside the window, the leaves swayed gently in the breeze. Every now and then, two or three canaries landed on the branches and chirped merrily.
Footsteps sounded at the staircase on the first floor of the residence.
Lanchi set down the newspaper, picked up the coffee beside him, and took a small sip before looking over.
A gray-haired, golden-eyed woman had tied up her hair. It had become a bun positioned at the back of her head, with a few loose strands resting lightly beside her cheeks and behind her neck.
She had changed into a white shirt and a fitted black