The Snow Leopard Baby of the Black Leopard Family

Ian Dross Crassion exchanged a few more words with Karsus and Alpheus before returning to the imperial palace.

After that, life went back to its usual rhythm, with one notable exception: Tiel was advised to refrain from going out for a while. When Tiel asked how long she would need to stay inside, Karsus and Alpheus replied that she should stay in until the person behind the plot was found.

The girl locked up in the Asterian dungeon had been unconscious for a while. It was odd since the doctor had said she should wake up soon, as she had passed the worst of it.

The girl seemed to be having nightmares, tossing and turning and frowning, but she couldn’t seem to regain consciousness.

A week passed.

"She’s awake?" Alpheus raised his eyebrows, looking up from the documents he was reviewing. The maid who entered with the news bowed her head.

Without wasting time, Alpheus threw the bundle of papers down and stood up abruptly.@@novelbin@@

"I’ll go see her. Has Karsus been informed?"

"He went out today, and I believe he just sent a messenger bird to Asterian."

"Good. I’ll... wait a moment."

Alpheus paused just as he was about to open the office door. The maid, still with her head bowed, looked up at him curiously.

"Do you need something else?"