Ren stood before a massive iron gate, his expression frozen somewhere between disbelief and awe.
He blinked once. Twice.
"So when I said I wanted to meet Anna," he muttered under his breath, "this isn't exactly what I expected."
The gate loomed like a relic from a different era — intricate vines carved into black metal, the initials M.M. etched elegantly at its center. Beyond it stretched a path lined with white roses and marble statues that led toward a sprawling European-style mansion.
It looked like the kind of place only nobles or old money would live in.
And in this case, it was exactly that
The Morgenstern family — one of the founding lineages of Norbata. Old wealth. Old power. A name people only whispered with a strange mix of envy and respect. They'd moved from the continent generations ago and still competed on equal ground with giants like the Lans and Asashis, not in the guild business but rather dealing with market and monster raw materials.
