Chapter 197: Loyalty and Devotion
Ansu chatted with Freya as they strolled along, and before he knew it, they had reached the manor gates.
Professor Duncan, his students, and the couple, Danielle and Sean, had already arrived quite a while ago. To Ansu's amusement, the professor and the couple seemed to be hitting it off remarkably well, acting like old friends from the moment they met.
As he drew closer, he heard one side cursing the Royal Academy while the other was cursing the Church of Holy Light...
Two people who had both been marginalized by power and had faced a lifetime of hardships had unexpectedly found common ground at his doorstep.
Professor Duncan looked up and saw Ansu, a broad smile instantly spreading across his face. "Ansu, I've had such a wonderful conversation with Ms. Danielle! Even though we've only known each other for a few days, it feels as if we've been acquainted for years. It's truly fascinating..."
Ansu stared at them, silently thinking that, in a sense, they really had been "acquainted for years."
Having witnessed the gathering of two villains from the original plot, Ansu couldn't help but think of the Master of Poaching, Mr. Barcas.
He should be active in the North right now and would inevitably face Ansu in the future.
However, without his two capable lieutenants, the Alchemist Doctor and the Necromancer City Lord, Barcas's competitiveness would certainly be much weaker than in the original story.