Only Laine and Amelia were snickering; this was basically a different kind of show of force and staking a claim. After Surya took a spin around Laine's territory, the Countess's authority was now firmly established.
After a short rest following lunch, Laine had planned to take his wife and his little Maid and head out. But when the group was about to leave the Divine Hall of Justice, a gale suddenly kicked up outside, dark clouds rolled in, and a torrential downpour crashed from the sky like a waterfall, shrouding the entire city in sheets of rain. At the foot of the mountain near the Divine Hall of Justice was a dense forest; the rain brought mist that spread through the air, dyeing the distant mountains a dusky indigo.
