Angrago, flaring up at his friends' teasing, snapped back.

“That goat just looked too pitiful! It was hanging there upside down!”

“So that’s why you got caught?”

“They say not even animals can be trusted at Einroguard.”

After a bit of chattering, the students came to a conclusion: it had to be a baseless rumor! Neither Wardanas nor Moradi was the type to stay calm in a situation like this.

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“…!!!”

I-han and Giselle stared in horror at the mansion from down the road.

Evening had already fallen on the city. The magical streetlamps flickered on, and the once-bustling …