Even on a rainy day, guards stood at the entrance to the fortress command, but they did not stop the carriage bearing the Astley Family crest.
Miss Cruz, who was driving, had clearly been here before. She did not have Shade get out of the carriage immediately, instead going to check the situation herself. Yet she returned in less than half a minute:
"Mr. Watson, the people at the command say the master and her party have already gone back."
Although there had to be more than one route from Fragrant Residence to Grey Rock Pass, Miss Cruz was very familiar with the route Wei Ge usually took. She had also worried that they might just miss each other, so she had deliberately kept watch along the way. Combined with the poor weather today and the fact that there were few carriages on the road, the chances of the two carriages passing each other unnoticed were very low.
Shade thought for a moment:
"Does Wei Ge have anywhere else to go besides Grey Rock Pass?"
Miss Cruz gently shook her head:
"The master only had this one matter to handle today."
"When did Wei Ge's carriage leave?"
"About half an hour ago. We should have just entered the Lower District at the time. If nothing went wrong, we should have encountered the master's carriage in the northern part of the Outer City District."
Wei Ge had always worn a Limiter, so Shade's Witches Detection Badge could only sense her from close range. The badge had shown no reaction on the way here.
"Let's head back now and move faster. If we still don't see them when we return to Fragrant Residence, I'll ask my diviner friend for help."
"Alright."
The girl driving climbed back onto the carriage and quickly drove