Nightfall deepened.
Titus Shaw reluctantly saw Cecilia Adler out, carefully asking when she would visit again.
Cecilia didn't give him a direct answer.
Seeing this, Titus didn't press her and changed the subject. "The roads are safe now. You can go without worry."
Cecilia was surprised. 'He knows about the bandits?'
'And he's already taken care of it?'
'But that's not his jurisdiction, is it?'
'He must have heard about it from someone after he went back to his unit.'
'He probably remembered what I said and paid special attention to the matter because of it.'
'So when he found out they were caught, he mentioned it to me.'
With this in mind, she just said, "Oh."
Ian Quincy's gaze shifted between the two of them.
'What are they talking about?'
'Why don't I understand?'
"You should head back. I'm leaving now." Cecilia mounted her bicycle and set off first.
Ian caught up, riding alongside her. "Cecilia, you understood what Uncle Shaw meant when he said the roads are safe?"
