By the time Xia Xi arrived at the Butterfly Mansion, it was nearly noon.
With summer approaching, work at the Butterfly Mansion had grown busier than ever lately.
With the arrival of the rainy season, the medical staff had to be ready at any moment to bring in the bedding they had hung out to dry.
Medicinal herbs and equipment could not be left piled up for too long either, lest they grow damp and moldy.
As a result, the support staff had an almost endless stream of little chores to deal with every day.
Today, however, was a rare fine day.
Sunlight fell lazily over the quilts and the courtyard, mingling with the Butterfly Mansion's faint scent of medicinal herbs.
It gave one an inexplicable sense of peace.
And now, the Dawn Hashira had come calling, but before he could even raise his hand to knock,
some sharp-eyed staff members working in the courtyard had already noticed him.
Several of them jogged over to greet him.
"Lord Dawn Hashira, what brings you here so suddenly?"
The one leading them was a member of the first cohort who had attended the Grand Training Camp not long ago.
Xia Xi glanced at the panel.
She was an Elite Swordsman with fairly decent strength.
As for her Breathing Style... it was the most common one, Water Breathing.
At that moment, the swordswoman had not expected Xia Xi to appear at the Butterfly Mansion at this particular time at all.
The other two swordswomen following close behind her hurriedly lowered their heads as well, bowing respectfully.
They were all Kanae's Tsuguko.
When they had no missions, they often came to the Butterfly Mansion to help with miscellaneous chores.
"Where's Kanae? Is she inside?"
"No wonder... the Flower Hashira and Miss Shinobu have already