In North Pine Town, celebratory banners were hung around the town. This was because Alaric would be married to Hershey Paxley soon.
Everyone was in a good mood, but the same couldn't be said for Alaric.
He was inside his study, reading a letter he had received from Warrick.
Owen… He was a good man.
Alaric sighed and leaned on his seat with a gloomy look.
This is my fault. I underestimated House Harrison. I should have sent Galanar from the start.
Thinking about this, he activated his mana and burned the letter.
This is a wake-up call for me. I must never underestimate my enemies again no matter how weak they look on the surface!
He vowed to himself that he would never make the same mistake.
***
Five days later in the clinic of House Keller, Warrick was chatting with the patients when a messenger came to him to give his report.
"Sir Warrick, we have made covert investigations on Riverwake and we discovered some anomalies."
