On a narrow winding path, two carriages were rumbling along at an unhurried pace.
Inside one carriage sat a young girl with a thick braid coiled around her head, flanked on either side by two tall, burly men who appeared to be protecting her.
Besides those three, there were two others, both clad in black robes and exuding a gloomy, sinister air.
"Leo, why aren't you saying anything?"
The girl across from him asked curiously, blinking her beautiful large eyes.
The two black-robed figures were none other than Merlin and Cerberus. Merlin had always been taciturn, while Cerberus sat beside him with a dark expression and a wicked smile curling his lips, making him seem even more ill-intentioned.
Thus, the girl and the other two were extremely wary of Merlin and Cerberus.
Leo forced a smile. "Lilia, where are you headed?"
This girl was named Lilia, and she looked very lively.
They had met on the road, and Lilia had taken the initiative to invite Merlin and the others into her carriage. Yet after boarding, Merlin still did not know where Lilia was going. He could only tell that her identity was certainly far from ordinary. The two men beside her were clearly bodyguards or escorts, and they had fiercely opposed Lilia inviting Merlin and the others aboard. But Lilia, lively and warm by nature, had ignored their objections and invited them anyway.
Both men contained formidable power within them. They should at least have reached the Third Beastification Form, perhaps even the Fourth Beastification Form.
As Cerberus looked at the sexy, beautiful Lilia, a lewd gleam occasionally flashed in his eyes. Cerberus had always been greedy for women; no one knew how many women he had ruined.
If Merlin had not been keeping him in check, Lilia would likely