Eugene lowered his sword as he spotted Gerhard walking over with a strange expression on his face. Gerhard looked as if someone he knew had just died and was swaying weakly as he walked. Eugene could clearly guess what Gerhard had been talking about with Gilead, which emotions Gerhard was currently feeling, and why his father was coming here now.

“Father, what’s with the expression?” Eugene asked.

Instead of acting like he already knew what was wrong, Eugene decided to ask Gerhard directly. Gerhard raised his lowered head at Eugene’s words, catching sight of the annex as he did so. He realized that even a single annex assigned to the guests was bigger than their house in Gidol.

Gerhard tried to draw confidence from the fact that, at the very least, their gymnasium at home was larger, but the sword his son was holding made his shoulders fall once more. It was the Storm Sword...