"Lucia, over here!" The moment he stepped outside, Lucia heard Malenia calling out to him excitedly.
Looking up, he saw that Haligtree Hall's convoy had already stopped outside his home. The little girl poked her head out of the carriage and waved vigorously at him.
"We've been waiting for you forever! Come on, ride with my brother and me!" she shouted, directing the coachman to bring the carriage closer.
"Your Highness, we..." Ekzykes, who was in charge of the escort, asked for Lucia's opinion.
"It's fine. I'll go over myself. Lead the team and follow behind," Lucia instructed. Then he lightly jumped down from the carriage, took a few strides to Miquella and Malenia's carriage, and leaped aboard.
Ekzykes could only lead his men forward to coordinate with the captain of Haligtree Hall's guards. The man leading the other side was also a young knight commander. The two exchanged helpless smiles. Given the current relationship between their masters, they were practically one step away from tearing down the wall between Valeria Hall and Haligtree Hall. This situation was hardly surprising.
So they simply merged the two groups of knights into a single formation. After tightly guarding the carriage carrying the three Empyreans at its center, they headed straight for the outer city.
After getting into the carriage, Lucia noticed that Malenia was wearing an exquisitely beautiful dress. Yet her complexion was far paler than usual. Only the excitement radiating from her had temporarily concealed her physical weakness, preventing him from noticing it immediately.
As for Miquella, beneath that refined and handsome face lay a deep exhaustion. Even the blessed light in his eyes had dimmed somewhat—clearly the result of severe depletion of both divine power and mental strength, leaving him nearly spent.
Lucia could tell that Miquella had surely cast