Knights of Favonius Headquarters, Acting Grand Master's Office.
Sunlight from the window lit the room, and a cool breeze blew in with the fragrance of flowers and grass. Acting Grand Master Jean sat in her backed chair, her golden ponytail swaying with it.
"The Thousand Winds guided us to this meeting. Honorary Knight, what brings you all here today?"
Jean faced Li Qiuzhi directly. A strand of hair over her forehead covered the space between her brows and fell onto her fair nose. Through her sleeveless women's Knights of Favonius uniform top, a glimpse of the snowy-white cleft at her chest was visible.
Li Qiuzhi considered his wording, then explained in detail the appearance of Rifthound Monsters in Wolvendom.
"I see." Jean rested her elbows on the desk, supporting her soft chin on the backs of her interlaced fingers. "I heard something about this yesterday, but I hadn't expected them to be so dangerous."
"Huh, you'd already heard about it, Acting Grand Master Jean? Was it the hunters from Springvale who came to tell you?"
Paimon floated in the air, swaying slightly from side to side as she asked in a somewhat puzzled tone.
"Yes. They brought the body of a... yes, what you called a Rifthound.
"The hunters said this unfamiliar monster was extremely dangerous, so I had my fellow Knights of Favonius take the body to the Chief Alchemist for examination. He happens to be here now to explain his findings."
Jean nodded, then looked toward the young man standing silently to one side.
"Chief... Alchemist?" Lumine was no stranger to the title. She had only recently heard it from the Wolf of the North.
That "Gold," Rhinedottir, had also been the Chief Alchemist of the fallen nation of Khaenri'ah.
The silent Albedo raised a hand and nodded