"It's getting late, it's time to go back to the tavern."
Ethan lifted his gaze toward the night sky. Stars glittered like scattered spirit crystals across the heavens, and a quiet breeze drifted through Noble Sun City. Althea and Solara walked beside him, the three moving leisurely through the lamplit street.
But they had taken only a few steps when a calm voice sounded behind them.
"Presumably, this is Young Master Ethan."
Ethan stopped and slowly turned.
A man and a woman stood behind him—silent, composed, and radiating an aura he recognized instantly.
Ethan narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Your Excellency?"
He already had a clear guess.
The woman must be the eldest lady of the Stonebridge family—the temporary Saint. The man beside her was the Supreme Realm expert who had probed him in the auction house with mental energy.
