Chapter 244: Liqueur’s Way of Identifying Friend or Foe (2)
Sefira’s group descended from thousands of meters to the ground.
Halibo lost all sense of dignity and simply collapsed. As he realized the preciousness of the earth, he grabbed a handful of dirt in awe.
“Ground, oh, we’re back on the ground...!”
Hissop and Katherine only pretended otherwise, but they also leaned against a tree and let out breaths of relief.
At that moment, Charcoal, who had come down with them, quietly asked Keter. “If we went just a little farther, there would be a village. Was there a reason you chose to land in the middle of this mountain?”
Even if Charcoal had asked them to go down to the ground, Keter wouldn’t have obediently complied. He only descended after hearing that the rules of the Path of Glory had changed by order of the crown prince.
Charcoal had worried that Keter would ignore even the crown prince’s order, but because he unexpectedly accepted it and obeyed, Charcoal gained a bit of courage to speak. However, the response he received was nothing but cold.
“We came down because His Highness ordered it. Do you have anything more to say?”
“There is nothing more of His Highness’s message to convey, but... Ahem! This is merely my personal curiosity. Since you made the eccentric choice to walk through the sky, I wondered what choice you would make next,” Charcoal said.
Hissop found the conversation absurd as he listened to them speak.
There may be no fault in the tool, but to think the one who hindered us now asks what our next plan is. Is it that the prince’s pawns are shameless, or mages generally are?
Hissop thought perhaps both might be true, and looked at Keter. Although he was currently the acting head of the family responsible for Sefira, he didn’t have even the slightest intention of using that authority and ordering others around. It was because he had neither a clear plan nor any ideas to ensure they could finish the Path of Glory.