“I really am amazed whenever I see it. Isn’t that guy cold?” Laman clicked his tongue in astonishment as he lowered the telescope.

They had been following Eugene at a distance for the past two days, but that boy from the Lionheart clan seemed to be so naive and ignorant that it was difficult to believe that he was a young master from a prestigious family.

Eugene hadn't even brought an escort with him. Well, Laman had heard that the Lionheart clan was a famous martial clan and that the boy showed exceptional talent even among the other Lionhearts of his generation. Although he was born from a collateral line, he had been adopted into the main family due to some kind of Bloodline Continuation Ceremony….

Well, whatever. It wasn’t like Laman really held an interest in all of that. No matter how amazing the Lionheart clan was, the person they were following was just a nineteen-year-old brat. And as rumors were usually just exaggerations of the truth, Laman was more afraid of failing his master’s orders than he was of a young master from a distant, foreign country.

“I think it might be some kind of a ritual,” Laman’s lieutenant speculated.

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