"Who goes there?!"
With a rustle, Little Gray landed directly in the guard camp.
At once, the soldiers surrounded them warily.
"I'm Nalant!"
Nalant lifted the little girl down to the ground before smiling and revealing his identity to the crowd.
"Ah, it really is Baron Nalant!"
"Greetings, Baron Nalant!"
Had Nalant not announced himself, the soldiers naturally would not have been able to guess who he was. After all, they rarely had the chance to see him.
But the moment Nalant gave his name, several soldiers recognized him.
Though they had only seen him from afar back then, they still remembered him.
Immediately, the soldiers sheathed their swords and respectfully bowed in greeting to Nalant.
At that moment, a captain of the guards came running over from the distance.
"Greetings, Baron Nalant. Please forgive us, Baron Nalant—my subordinates did not know what you looked like!"
Those left behind to guard this place were all considered trusted retainers of the Northern Principality's nobles.
This captain happened to serve under Jerry, so he had been fortunate enough to see Nalant up close.
"Mhm, no need to explain. I understand."
Nalant waved a hand at the captain.
"Thank you for your mercy, Baron Nalant. Baron Nalant, you've come for the archway, haven't you?"
The guard captain immediately let out a breath of relief.
"That's right. The archway hasn't shown any other abnormalities recently, has it?" Nalant nodded, his gaze already turning toward the cliff face below the castle.
Sure enough, there were signs of a small collapse on the cliff face. However, the collapsed area was not large and would not endanger the castle.
And below that cliff face stood a semicircular archway more than ten meters high.
Its surface was covered in intricate, exquisite stone-carved patterns. Even now, they looked lifelike