Unaware of the Hand's scheme, Zaen finally got well enough for him to start training again. And thanks to the days he had spent there, he slowly began trusting a few of them, like Venus, Minerva and Lopt.
Ceres was also cordial with him, but for some reason, he behaved like that only when they were alone. If anyone other than Venus, Minerva and Lopt were around them, he would start ignoring Zaen. The rest of them gave him a weird vibe that did not make Zaen trust them.
They were also the ones who didn't like his ghouls at all. Despite the fact that the presence of the ghouls had done wonders for them. They no longer had to send people inside the dangerous forest to gather resources, his ghouls were enough to do that.
