After finishing his meeting with Mysty, the Enchanting Witch, Aaron left the manor. Just as Mysty had said, only he could see her true form. No one else noticed anything unusual. Even Robert and Varo, who had been handling the introductions, never wondered why Aaron had left midway through and taken so long to return.
Everything seemed so perfectly natural that Aaron found it absurd. If he had not remembered it all so clearly, and could not still smell a faint trace of Mysty's fragrance on himself, he might almost have thought it was an illusion.
After that interruption, Aaron had little interest in criticizing Robert for acting without permission or accepting Varo's interview. He asked where the room Samir had secured for him was and said he needed to rest.
Everyone understood his exhaustion.
Pointing at his cousin's face and telling him, "I'll deal with you after I've rested," Aaron followed Samir to the lodgings he had arranged.
It was a two-story house in Eveningstar Town, already requisitioned by Lady Laeral's Restoration Army. Samir had secured the second floor for Aaron and Eleanor, while his cousin, Samir, Eleanora, and the others were assigned to the ground floor. Disma volunteered to sleep in the living room.
His second senior, a martial arts fanatic, could hardly wait to challenge the half-orc Doherty. However, the Half-Orc Sword Saint said his weapon was broken and he needed to commission a new one. He had no intention of sparring again until he had it.
After listening to Aaron's guidance, Doherty let out a roar on the spot. His level as a sword saint had actually risen after his defeat. No doubt, one day he would become even stronger, then... come back to challenge Aaron again.
Aaron knew that the Half-Orc Sword Saint Doherty was