Shard, who had left home, naturally did not know about the conversation happening there. By this time, he had already left the Dragon Nest, traversed through the short forest, and seen the Saint George Stone Bridge under the night sky.
During the day, the Saint George Stone Bridge was quite bustling, but by nightfall, there were almost no pedestrians. Gas lamps only existed at the end of the bridge near the city's walls, and the entrance leading to the northern countryside had only some moonlight and the glow of hand-held kerosene lamps.
Several cloaked and hooded figures on horseback were already waiting for Shard by the bridge. Thanks to the Witch Detector emblem, Shard wasn't worried about mistaking them. As he approached, he saw that the participants in tonight's action were Miss Belindel, Miss Matilda, and two other ladies of the Nine Rings.
