"My lord, a company protecting a carriage is approaching the estate." A knight bowed to Lucas who was angrily signing some documents.
He sighed and dismissed the knight before setting the stack on the side of his desk. Mireille was still not fit to serve as his proxy, and thus he was stuck at the Duchy instead of checking on Eva. She had stubbornly tried to get out of bed at first, but the poison and blood loss couldn't be fixed by his healing magic.
It made him worry about how Eva was faring. The spirits in the estate seemed to disappear after her, and the damage from the attack looked all the worse for it. There was something off about the attack that kept scratching at the back of his mind. It was obvious that it was carried out with multiple intentions.
