"I won't go upstairs."
Captain Lades followed Shard into the foyer, but didn't even close the door, leaving the bustling Saint Delan Square outside.
As the Year-End Festival approached, while there were no noisy circus performances, there were noticeably more vendors in the city's central square.
The captain smiled as he handed over a gift, a bottle of red wine, to Shard before mentioning in the foyer that he had returned to Tobesk due to a military commendation:
"During late autumn, that battle which blocked off Sicarl Mountain."
The resolute-looking middle-aged captain winked at Shard. At that time, Shard had sent him an amulet, which played a significant role when he led his team to guard the outpost amid the thick fog of that night. It also made this ordinary man speculate that perhaps magic truly existed in this world:
