CH771 Jilted Father
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Castin Town...
It had been a week since Alex met with the family heads.
The population of the town had noticeably declined as a large group of people departed for Fonterra. Despite this, the town remained in high spirits, as everyone expected the substantial sum of money promised by the domain lord—in the form of the garrison's salary arrears—to arrive soon.
Caught up in the excitement sweeping through the settlement, the garrison failed to notice a new group of shadowy individuals now operating within the town.
One such individual, wearing an eagle-shaped mask, slipped silently into a garrison building.
The masked figure moved unseen towards the rear of the structure, bypassing multiple patrols along the way.
There, a middle-aged man dressed in a garrison uniform paced back and forth anxiously.
"You actually came," the man said as the shadowy figure materialised before him.
"Who are you?"
"Who I am is irrelevant," the masked figure replied calmly.
