Vigert's mansion was half-destroyed.
An earthquake struck the Pontiff's Floating City.
These two abnormal events immediately spread through all of Vivel like the wind, turning into the hottest news across the entire city.
"The Council President's mansion was destroyed?"
"Who would dare do such a thing?"
"Does anyone know who did it?"
"No. The servants in the mansion only said that, before this happened, the Council President seemed to have invited an Aerial Knight to his home for a meeting."
"Could that Aerial Knight have done it?"
"How is the Council President now?"
"Was he hurt?"
"No. Apparently, the Council President wasn't at home at the time. He was in Noesis Palace and thus avoided the disaster."
"Is that so?"
"Didn't you say that the Council President had invited an Aerial Knight over for a meeting?"
"How did he suddenly end up in Noesis Palace?"
"Who knows?"
"The recent news is becoming less and less reliable."
"One moment it's a mysterious disappearance, and the next it's a mysterious act of destruction. Why have there been so many incidents lately?"
"Exactly."
People discussed the matter among themselves, allowing the news to spread rapidly. It even reached the ears of the representative contestants who had come to Vivel.
"An Aerial Knight..."
"An Aerial Knight actually attacked the Council President's mansion?"
"Talk about not knowing one's place."
"Could it be some idiot from one of the Academy Floating Cities?"
"I hope he doesn't drag us into being held responsible."
The boys and girls from the various Academy Floating Cities voiced their opinions one after another, making the matter even more sensational.
In particular, when the citizens of Vivel heard that something had happened to Jess's mansion, many of them immediately began praying, hoping that nothing had happened to him.
This showed just how