Chapter 1323: No Goodbyes
Beside the road leading from downtown Edshire to the outskirts, a three-story building with a courtyard was rapidly taking shape.
Drafted into supervising the work, Lagrun stood in the sun with his arms folded. As he felt its warmth, the innkeeper grew increasingly listless, yawning again and again.
You could not make a night owl adjust to the sun.
Especially when that night owl had not had any real rest for days.
Still, the innkeeper did not use that as an excuse to do a slapdash job.
On the contrary, where care was needed, he was meticulous. He even raised some of the building's defensive specifications in the plans by another level.
Because he knew very well what this place would become.
An orphanage in name.
In secret, it would be a new home for Smith and the six little girls, including Saya. Of course, Saya's mother would arrive as soon as possible, and some homeless children would come here as well.
The new mayor, Will, had approved the land without any connections to Demon Hunter Headquarters being used. But the innkeeper understood that as long as Smith, a half-blood, was here, peace would be hard to come by.
The innkeeper knew perfectly well what Smith went into Edshire's shadows to do every night. So did the new mayor, Will.
Once darkness fell, some individuals would inevitably begin harboring thoughts they should never have had.
Some were monsters.
Others were... humans.
The latter always accounted for a greater proportion than you could imagine.
Was human nature inherently evil?
No.
Certain environments and mindsets merely magnified it.
Were they innocent?
No, not that either.
Not a single person acting under those conditions and in that frame of mind would have been wronged if they were dragged out