Chapter 413: Dr. Lyons has a crush~
Kellen did his best to not let his worries affect his classes, nor his interactions with others. His students didn’t need to know that their fellow trainee Guides were in potential danger. Or, more potential danger.
They were Guides. They were always in danger, especially right now. Kellen had to take some blame for that too.
Before all of this, he had been alone. Then, Brent had come along. He hadn’t considered how his actions could affect the others around him because he hadn’t really had others around him. It seemed that some part of him had always known that and his actions had reflected that. But now?
Now Kellen was kicking himself internally about how he had painted a target on his back, and thus, had painted a target on anyone who interacted with him backs. It wasn’t like everyone didn’t know that he had personally trained the Guides coming to the front lines. Everyone knew. Plus, Brent was with them.
Brent had been working on his own after Kellen had left for the city, but he had come pretty much as soon as Kellen called and taken up the mantle that Kellen had handed him. With a bribe and blackmail, of course, but that was more in jest than anything else. If Brent really said no, Kellen would have respected his wishes.
Before that, Brent had worked with Kellen. Everyone knew that. They had worked as a pair for years. They also hadn’t ended on a sour note. There were very few people on the front lines who wouldn’t know that if Brent left for an extended period of time, it was probably because he went to work with Kellen.
Plus, he was wearing the uniform of the Saturn Guild when they weren’t going into gates. It was a no-brainer that they were affiliated.
Kellen was trying not to spiral about what was going on at the front lines. He didn’t think he was doing a particularly good job when Casper came to speak to him at one point in his office. However, Kellen was a bit preoccupied when he came by to visit.
Maeve was back from the front lines, not because of the warning from Gunther, but because apparently the Peach Guild needed her expertise with something. Kellen had a feeling he knew exactly what they needed her help with, but he wasn’t going to prod her for more details. He was busy chatting to her in his office while he worked on the next phase of his training plan.