Ever since the Divine Grace ritual ended, Leon had kept an exceptionally low profile.
Other than displaying his Sacred Wings once before Count Simon, he had not shown himself again.
Even as the war continued, he rarely went to the front lines anymore.
He had once longed for battle, yet now he had lost the desire for it.
Until this day, when Count Simon summoned him once more.
Sitting before Count Simon was a strange... person?
Leon felt that the other man's skin was unusually lustrous, his cheeks as neat and perfectly formed as if carved by blade and axe. He could not sense the slightest emotional fluctuation from him.
A faint sense of panic even rose within him, though he did not know where it came from.
"This is Divine Emissary Pegasus," Count Simon introduced to Leon. In truth, whether in the Great Xia Empire or the later Dark Empire, Divine Emissaries were an unfamiliar concept.
When there were no gods, Divine Emissaries might have appeared one after another. Yet once gods truly existed, those people suddenly became obedient.
Derek also disliked appointing Divine Emissaries, because there was simply no need.
The will of an emperor could be conveyed directly from top to bottom. There was no need for a Divine Emissary to represent anything.
Thus, Leon was somewhat slow to react.
Fortunately, Divine Emissary Pegasus had no superfluous emotions. He merely watched Leon with a pair of somewhat strange eyes, their expression deeply peculiar.
"My lord Divine Emissary." Leon bowed.
He guessed that the other man had come because of his transformation. A god's attention surely had a reason.
But Divine Emissary Pegasus did not speak. Only after examining him for a while did he say, "I want to see Knight Leon fight. A real battle."
Count Simon