Chapter 120: Letters
As they returned home, Nero and Mio found Mu and Zen seated comfortably on the couch, sipping tea in perfect tranquility.
The atmosphere in the room was relaxed, almost lazy, as though time itself flowed slower within these walls.
Nero took one look at them and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you guys really the only Legend-rank magicians in Japan?
Don't you have too much free time on your hands?" he asked, his voice half-teasing, half-curious.
Zen nearly choked on his tea, turning to Nero, his face twisted in exaggerated indignation.
"O-Oi! What kind of disrespect is that, brat? Do you have any idea how hard we work?
We put our lives on the line for this country!"
He dramatically clutched his chest, as though wounded by Nero's words.
"This is slander! Utter slander!"
Mu, ever the composed one, opened his eyes just slightly, his calm gaze resting on Nero.