The spring breeze was gentle and warm as it swept across the entire Tsukasa Empire camp, yet an indescribably strange, awkward atmosphere hung over the place.
The entire camp was shrouded in an odd atmosphere that was impossible to put into words.
Sensitive and perceptive, Nan was the first to notice that eerie sense that something was off.
She stood in the camp clearing, her brows slightly furrowed. "Strange. Why does everything feel so weird?"
Nan instinctively turned and spotted Ukyo Saionji standing alone.
She hurried over. "Ukyo, have you noticed that everyone's been acting strange lately?"
Ukyo raised his eyes slightly. He calmly glanced around the disorderly camp and gave a small shake of his head, his voice perfectly even.
"Not really. It's no different from usual."
"Really?"
Nan froze for a moment and began to doubt herself. Perhaps she really was being too sensitive.
Over the past few days, she had quietly kept an eye on everyone and gradually discovered an extremely strange pattern.
Most of the soldiers in the camp had visibly started going to the toilet more often.
Driven by curiosity and doubt, Nan quietly began a thorough, discreet investigation.
For days, she observed everyone's routines and condition.
Their work efficiency had plummeted, while the amount of time they spent resting each day had increased dramatically.
Strangely, however, not everyone was affected.
She frowned and silently speculated.
"Could the food have been unhygienic lately? Did everyone eat something bad and get mild food poisoning?"
She soon dismissed that theory herself.
If something was wrong with the kitchen's meals, everyone ate and drank the same things, so everyone should have felt unwell. There was no way some people would be affected while others remained perfectly fine.
Ukyo, who had silently watched the whole process from the sidelines,