While Lothur and Viktoria were trying to return to their routine after Annaliese and Aiken's departure, the few local enemies who still wanted his head were already aware of his return.
Among them, the most stressed of all was patriarch Baier, who hated Lothur the most and was furious that this opponent he alone could no longer handle had returned alive.
He was currently on his estate alongside some local allies, planning what to do now that his more violent actions had failed.
"Now the Frost family has someone else for us to worry about..." One of those men commented, putting Lothur and Viktoria on the same footing.
"That doesn't change anything. We were planning to act against this family during the Secret Realm. So neither of them will be around..."
"Uh? What do you mean? Lothur isn't guaranteed a spot in the Secret Realm."
"Of course he does. Do you think someone like him won't be able to win the competition at the Morning Star Academy for one of the spots for that place?"
