"Tsk. And this has to happen when most of the magic knights aren't here to report back to the castle. What timing…" Asada-san muttered, clicking her tongue in irritation.
Her voice was tight, strained. It was not panicked, but it was far from calm as well. The kind of tone that came from someone who understood exactly how bad the situation was, even if they refused to say it out loud.
She wasn't wrong.
Miss Shredica, along with a number of the magic knights, had returned to the castle earlier to formally report on our progress. It was routine, necessary even. She was expected to return by morning, and because of that, none of us had felt the need to worry. The village had guards. It had defenses. It wasn't completely helpless.
Or at least, that was what we believed.
