When Loa returned to the hotel, Kalan happened to be seeing Alice out.
He stood at the street corner, watching the man gently drape a cloak over the girl, watching her follow him with her head lowered. They walked very close together, their shoulders almost touching.
Loa did not move.
He simply stood there in the wind and snow, waiting for Kalan to take Alice home.
Then he followed Kalan.
Green Leaf Road, Fenlai City.
The gates of the Debs Clan's estate were tightly shut.
Kalan pushed open the gate to his courtyard and walked inside, in a good mood. Things had gone beautifully today. Everything with Alice was settled for good, and that loser Linley could only watch. So what if he had some talent for magic? He still wouldn't dare kill me.
Love at first sight? A hero saving a beauty? he sneered inwardly. In the face of reality, all of it is as flimsy as paper.
Just thinking of Alice's face as she fell into his arms filled him with smug satisfaction.
Just then-
A terrifying aura descended from the sky!
It enveloped the entire Debs Clan estate in an instant!
The aura weighed on everyone's hearts like a mountain. It seemed as though thunder churned overhead, ready to strike at any moment. Several timid servants fainted outright, dropping what they carried with a crash, scattering broken pieces across the ground.
Kalan's smile froze on his face.
Bernard Debs rushed out of his study, his face livid.
Just then, the ring of a sword came from outside the estate.
Boom!
The entire gateway and the whole wall were cleaved in two from outside and came crashing down.
Dust filled the air.
The two gates lay on the ground, their panels shattered into several pieces, their