"Miss, I think you might be too pessimistic. In my memory, Lord Reine is not that kind of person," Shadia recalled the big boy from the past and said.
Cleya shook her head and said, "You don't understand. When a person gains strength, honor, power, money, and other temptations will follow. Do you think he won't change?"
"This..." Shadia fell silent for a moment.
There was no denying that what her young mistress said made sense.
The Earl's former friends and subordinates would all judge the situation and act accordingly. Besides, the young mistress was merely Lord Reine's mentor in the way of the Knight in the past and indeed should not hold too many hopes.
....
Inside Minster City.
At the Sword Bearers Branch entrance on Shaded Boulevard.
The nearby vendor selling nuts changed their expression upon seeing Reine returning to the Sword Bearers Branch, immediately turned around, swiftly wrote something down, and quietly released a pigeon from the wooden box behind them...
