"He has new companions," the demon girl said, her fingers tracing the edge of the wall while her tail twitched in annoyance.
She sat on the high ledge, keeping her eyes on the line of armored horses marching out of the capital's eastern gate. The morning wind blew her long black hair across her face, carrying the faint sound of creaking leather up to the ruins.
The boy stepped out from the shadows of the archway, looking down at the road.
"And their mana is identical to his," he muttered, crossing his arms. "The same circulation pattern, the same resonance."
The girl's brow furrowed, her eyes following Hajin, Juna, Loccy, and Vella. "He isn't just traveling with them," she said. "They are bound directly to his core."
"His bloodline," the boy said, his eyes narrowing. "That would explain the link, but where did he find entities with that kind of compatibility?"
The boy watched the column pass the outer farms, his expression turning grim as he calculated their trajectory.
