A week later, the group of Magi from the Arakuro Clan returned to Ichigane Town.
Needless to say, they were still furious about how their trip to investigate the death of their young master had concluded.
They had gone to find answers, but instead they returned with more questions.
Within the Jade Lantern Inn, Hisaki Ichinomiya—the owner—sat behind the bar counter and leisurely smoked from his long, wooden pipe.
He was in a very pleasant mood at the moment, not just because of the arrival of the alleged Ghost and what it meant for the secret organization he was part of, but also because this time of the year business was always booming.
With the arrival of spring, more and more adventurers arrived at this part of the continent to try their luck on climbing Mount Hoshigane or looking for arcane inheritances left behind by ancient Magi.
