Warm natural light streamed into the classroom through the enormous picture windows, cascading like pale-golden transparent waterfalls over every tier of seats.
In the back row, Hughberlian pressed her lips together as she looked at Lanchi, her eyes shining with indescribable emotion.
The oppressive sorrow weighing on her heart had originally been unbearable, but after hearing Lanchi's "arrogant" words, the lonely cold surrounding her seemed to melt away.
Her expression also softened beneath the sunlight.
"If we can bring your father back, I'll have a powerful backer."
Lanchi grinned, as though he had decided that he would definitely help her bring her father back.
"Lanchi, it's not that simple..."
Hughberlian spoke softly.
Her gaze was like the warm sunlight of spring. Yet deep within that emotion and gratitude hid a trace of melancholy—a profound worry that she did not want to drag Lanchi into danger.
Precisely because Lanchi had always been helping her and was her irreplaceably important friend, she was even more certain that she absolutely could not drag him into danger.
There were too many mysteries surrounding the Duke's disappearance.
Yet they all pointed to the Krui Di Empire to the south, as well as the Rebirth Church.
It was a road where death was more likely than survival.
Hughberlian knew that Lanchi was joking when he said he wanted to bring Duke Migaiya back.
After all, a remarkably talented young man like him could live well in the Hutton Kingdom even without a backer.
Give him a few years, and he could become a major figure who rose to prominence out of nowhere.
There was simply no need for him to find a powerful backer within the next year or two.
"Hughberlian, if I could cling to the Duke's leg and live off him without lifting a