Tiger suddenly realized that he might have been thinking too simply!
No matter what the half-blood tigerkin thought, the group of thirteen finally entered the city.
With Tiger personally leading them, they encountered no obstruction along the way and headed straight for the City Lord's Mansion.
The professors could tell that something was wrong, so they had no mood for sightseeing.
Still, as they traveled, they naturally did not ignore their surroundings. The sights within the Free City all entered their view.
Aurora walked beside Dark. Whenever she noticed that he was confused by something, she would quietly explain it to him. Though her cheeks were flushed red, she fulfilled her duties as a "guide."
But as Dark walked, the doubts in his heart gradually grew.
"The city guards have sealed off the city, forbidding entry and exit. Why does everything inside still seem unchanged?"
His gaze swept over the hurried adventurers, the street vendors loudly hawking their wares, and occasionally lingered on several priests they happened to encounter.
For a time, he could not guess what exactly had happened within this city.
"I'll ask once we reach the City Lord's Mansion."
He calmed himself.
After traveling on foot for a while, they switched to carriages and rolled down the main road toward the City Lord's Mansion.
The five flying dragons took off as well, accompanying them at low altitude.
When the city was first built, the City Lord's Mansion had been located at the center of the inner city. But the inner city itself was not at the center of the entire city; it lay farther east.
In other words, it was closer to the East Gate.
Thus, half an hour later, the carriages entered the inner city, and another half hour after that, they arrived before