I Have No Home Anymore
Ash walked along East Lake for quite a while without finding anything. Just as he was about to turn back, he suddenly spotted three artificers in black guarding the entrance to the lawn in the small garden beside the library. Two of the three were Gold, and one was Saint Domain. As bodyguards went, this lineup was far too extravagant.
Ash's heart stirred. With a leap, his figure landed on the tall lamppost nearby, and from above he saw two blond beauties sitting in the little pavilion in the Garden. One of them was Felix.
And sitting opposite her was, astonishingly, one of the five great nobles who now held immense power in Star Country, the Sword Art genius who had once stood shoulder to shoulder with Sonia, and Felix's only blood relative—
Dimi Vosrodar.
"...This time, I can make the Throne Hall ignore your presence, but if you continue moving with them, even I won't be able to keep covering for you." Dimi's voice was filled with exhaustion and helplessness, and the look he gave his younger sister carried a trace of pleading.
He wore Blue Robe Silver Armor. Though gorgeous, it could not hide the fact that it was essentially battle gear. Whether it was out of safety concerns or because he wanted to use it to state his way of doing things, Ash did not know.
"Don't you claim you want to become the fairest and kindest noble?" Felix paid his goodwill no mind at all and said coldly, "You've only just inherited the title, and you've already learned how nobles abuse power to shield their own? The corrupting effect of power truly exceeds my imagination."
Dimi fell silent for a moment, rubbed his temples, and said, "If you were bewitched..."
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