"Governor, shall we go directly to where you reside, or would you like to take a turn around the city first?"
The Governor's carriage was already waiting at the end of the tree-lined pathway, and Norman, the veteran who now served as Milian's head of the Guard, routinely asked.
He still wore a mask to cover his severely injured face, but the black uniform he wore signified that he was no longer part of the Witch Hunters and had officially taken a position in the executive protection division, becoming an honored Transylvania civil servant.
This was Norman's own choice.
In his words, he had grown weary of participating in wars for reasons he couldn't understand; he lost much during the ten years of war, and now he simply wanted to live out the rest of his life in peace.
President Natalie was somewhat reluctant about this choice, but she did not hold back the veterans' retirement applications.
Not just Norman, the veteran Porter also chose to leave the Witch Hunters.
