"Why are you here, instead of Magic Tower?"
"The tower guards didn't recognize Mr. Reinhard and me, so they refused to let us in without identity tokens."
"I can't believe the Grand Mage didn't sense your arrival. He should've helped his grandson."
"I'm sure he did. But he also sensed that I no longer had a contract with anyone."
"He thinks I abandoned you?"
"More precisely, he believes you're gone. Especially after seeing Master Reinhard severely injured and no longer able to control his magic. I think he was useless when you're no longer in this world."
There was no one who didn't know how close Selene and Reinhard were. At most, they suspected that Reinhard had spent the past eight years searching tirelessly for her. Now, he had returned on the brink of death, accompanied by Phoebe—one of Selene's contracted beasts. It was only natural for the Grand Mage to conclude that Selene had died as a result of the bounty placed on her in the Northern Territory.
