Ji didn't answer. Of course he didn't. But Grey wasn't surprised by that. Instead, he just stared at him. The lack of an answer was answer enough when it came to Ji. It also didn't help that Grey was kind of worrying about the same thing already. It was just that he was somewhat ignoring it.
Grey stared at him for a while and then exhaled a breath.
If he went to the Holy City and finished this—and that was a monstrous if, especially considering the fact the Empress had practically made Giyoto cry like a little bitch with the mere thought of her—then arc two would be ushered in soon after.
Breejah had said something about how they wanted to pick Erik instead of him because he was in the far safer starting position for the next arc. So this was already the second person implying to him that there was a great change coming once this arc came to an end.
