"However..."
Dismissing the crackling electricity at his fingertips, Roland looked down at his arm.
'The change in skin tone isn't too obvious. I can probably explain that away, but...'
He lifted his head. The silver mirror reflected a pair of inhuman, vertical pupils glowing with a golden light.
Roland frowned unconsciously.
Such a mutation would be enough to cause alarm even in the liberal nations of the River Domain, let alone the conservative Golden Valley Kingdom.
He was almost certain that if anyone saw him like this, he would be branded a heretic and thrown into a dungeon in the next second.
In a Kingdom where even outsiders struggled to gain a foothold, his almost monstrous form stood no chance.
'The Shadow Veil can only conceal my aura, but it can't hide these eyes... In that case...'
Roland slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and focused his consciousness inward.
