POV: Aris Ashborne.
The next few days had been a waiting game for Aris. Thankfully, Lyra was being a great help with managing everything related to the Aureate, and it was all going surprisingly smooth, considering the situation.
Amari had quietly left after the initial day, giving him her contact information before disappearing. She still sent him, interestingly enough, videos of kittens occasionally through the messaging app they used. Which for the time being, he was choosing not to complain about.
Silas had visited a few times after then, apparently unemployed now that Gareth's squad was put on hold until the craze from Aris's S rank designation and the reveal of his lineage died down.
Virginia was...
...
He felt a little bad for his friend.
The poor woman, now officially an S rank like him, was properly anointed a position of power in her family.
Which was enough for an explanation.
