"This Human... speaks so unpleasantly..."
Her quiet muttering was caught by Helldor standing in front of her, his mouth letting out a bit of steam that startled Ilois, who was looking at the door.
"Sss... My apologies, Sister Ilois. Each person Miss Valentina has summoned has their own background, and this Balzac is no exception. I heard his father was the head of the Schwali Academy under the previous emperor, but after the current Empress ascended the throne, she executed his father and banished him and his brothers from Schwali. If they want to return to Schwali, they must present a significant academic discovery..."
"That's why he is so single-mindedly focused on finding the Frost Snow Phoenix Tree, hoping to achieve a result that would stun the world, like Mr. Fisher... He just wants to go back to Schwali, to return under his family's name."
