The only problem was that Professor Steven Harvey and Professor Kazel, the second executors, were both absent—
In any case, after deciding on their own to precisely sever Number One's connection to Victor's soul, they drafted one contingency plan after another for the final handling of Number One and Number Two.
Then dinner was ready. Professor Sylph removed the wind barrier, and everyone chatted and laughed as they ate together.
Laughter lingered as the long night deepened.
Sorrow would always fade.
December 28th.
Counting carefully, only two days had passed since Christmas ended.
Dark woke up unusually later than the little Gu Huo Bird. After moving aside the little Gu Huo Bird that was squatting on his face "incubating eggs," he staggered out of bed.
At eleven last night, Professor Steven Harvey had returned from outside with the good news that all the magical beasts had been driven away. Everyone had then retired to their rooms in peace.
But the unrest in the Free City had not ended because of that.
Night was the best time for evil to breed.
Having realized from last night's battle that the Demon Race forces had been utterly defeated, the demons had almost all chosen to flee under cover of darkness.
Although every gate of the Free City had been firmly shut, snakes had snake paths and rats had rat roads. They would always find a way through the city walls.
And naturally, Lady Montilfali had no intention of easily letting those demons who had harmed the city escape.
She immediately gathered every force she could muster within the city, posted high-paying bounties for the Demon Race remnants at the Adventurers' Guild, and then led that mindless "Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" on a sweeping purge through the city.
Without the