Alex walked into the palace after Bladedance. Sunflare remained behind, a quiet watcher to everything that would soon follow. As Alex arrived inside, he saw four figures sitting around the couches along with the Sky God and Killshot, who also appeared to have been there from the start.
He hadn't seen the woman anywhere for some time, so he couldn't help but wonder where she had been.
The other four figures were ones he had never seen before. Two men and two women, each with a very different look from the others, sat next to one another, creating a friendly atmosphere, albeit one that was clearly manufactured rather than natural.
"Well, you wanted to see him. Here he is," Bladedance said. "This is Dawnblade, my disciple."
Either that hadn't yet been revealed to these people, or they hadn't believed it until now, but in either case, they showed stunned expressions as though they hadn't expected it at all.
Alex looked over each person.
