Chapter 255
Elpheira stretched her stiff shoulders and got up from her seat. Sir Montblanc was panting and circling her feet, beside him were the remnants of an Ivan-brand dog chew that had been discarded.
Outside the window, children were laughing and playing. It was still a strange sight. She could hear their voices, but not their footsteps.
St. Basilicia Orphanage was surprisingly tranquil. This meant that despite the chaos of the past few days, there was no damage done. Even at a time when the Counterintelligence Command and the administrative offices had been completely wrecked, this small fortress stood unscathed.
Was it because it was located relatively on the outskirts? No. If that were the case, it wouldn’t explain why the city’s slums took the hit directly.
As one went further to the outskirts, and the population density decreased, more corpses would appear. This was almost the fate of any city. No matter how good the security was in Frechenkaya, they couldn’t save the impoverished on the city fringes.
Thus, the terrifying reason this orphanage could remain intact was something else. A deep, dark truth that probably only she had sensed among the outsiders.
“Indeed, this is what a training ground for Yermov’s agents looks like.”
This was the cradle of the trainees whom Ivan Petrovich Yermov carefully nurtured.
Even if the barrier spells were activated, about two-thirds of them could appear beyond the detection range of the spells. It was uncertain how that was possible, but by the time they reached graduation, they almost completely vanished in terms of ‘presence’.