"Let's leave that aside for now," Cedric said, seeing the thoughtful yet tense expression on Lucian's face.
He didn't ask anything, feeling it was something personal and not something he should interfere with. So, without prying any further, he shifted his gaze toward the two newcomers who had been waiting nearby.
A man and a woman stood a short distance away, both wearing the Association's guard uniforms.
They had arrived around the same time Leonardo's blade had struck Lucian's glasses and had caught that faint glimpse before the fight ended, finishing in an unspoken draw.
None of them spoke about it, even though they clearly had many questions about why the Assistant Director had been fighting someone…
Someone who, from their perspective, didn't even seem particularly powerful.
Yet…
They could see the way the Director spoke to Lucian, which almost sounded respectful now for some unknown reason.
Cedric gestured toward the two guards.
