A Rather Pitiful State

The last time I saw Sand was when I rescued his sister Miduo's soul from the Soul Tide in Blue Water Bay.

After that, to thank Thor, he gave him the ancestral Chaos Domain Compass.

Of course, at the time, Sand only knew that the Chaos Domain Compass might be a Witchcraft Item. He had no idea how rare it actually was.

Of course, as an ordinary person, even if he had known, he wouldn't have been able to activate it. Besides, the Chaos Domain Compass needed an Ancient Witchcraft Coin that Thor had in his possession. Both had been passed down from before the New Moon Era.

At the time, Thor had wondered whether Sand had some kind of background. He lived in such straitened circumstances, yet had a pride that came from deep within, and he also had such an ancient and powerful Witchcraft Item.

But he never expected that, after a few years apart, Sand would go from a down-and-out street merchant to the emperor of the strongest empire on the Nephrite Continent.

Alfonso hadn't expected Thor to know the emperor, either.

He glanced from one to the other, but decided not to ask about their relationship.

As a Court Wizard, he knew that the current emperor had only recently been brought back from the Stat Continent. He was a royal descendant who had been living abroad.

He and Thor had been on the same continent before, so they must have met back then.

"Looks like you two know each other. That makes things easier. Your Majesty, Lord Thor, let's sit over there and talk."

Alfonso gestured toward the sofa at the far end of the room, inviting them to sit.

Thor watched Sand slowly make his way over. From his complexion and the way he walked,