The next day.
The sky over Demon King City Nekaris was still deep blue, and dawn was not far away.
Around five o'clock, the sky outside began to change.
By the shore of Lees Island, in a little cabin whose outer walls were covered in ivy, with beige walls showing through the lush green, Lisandra slowly sat up on one side of the bedroom behind the curtains.
"Yaaawn."
Her sleepy eyes looked somewhat dazed as she scratched her disheveled dark hair.
The moment she glanced at the clock, she was so startled that she rolled off the bed and began scrambling through washing up and changing clothes. Only after smoothing out her long hair did she realize that she could probably have slept in a little today. Mr. McCarthy had promised yesterday that he would take her to the royal palace.
However, she did not know whether Mr. McCarthy might be too busy with his affairs to take her, so she had originally planned to get up early at the usual time and prepare for both possibilities.
Now, all she could do was pray that Mr. McCarthy was free today.
After straightening her outer clothes, she picked up her bag and hurried out of the cabin.
A few oddly shaped dark clouds drifted across the horizon, blown back and forth by the faint morning breeze.
Usually, in July, the sky would probably have begun turning blue after five, but today it appeared unusually gloomy.
Lisandra had originally planned to go to the neighboring manor to ask how she could find Mr. McCarthy quickly. Unexpectedly, just after locking the door, she saw an amber Magic-Powered Vehicle already parked outside her courtyard.
It was still the familiar face from yesterday. He was leaning against the driver's seat, gazing at the Night Sky,