–"Lu–Lucas?! Look, is that young master Lucas?!"
–"No way! T-That's impossible! Why did he return here after what happened the last time?!"
–"Well, I'll be damned… So, what should we do? Turn him away from the gates?"
–"Idiot, he doesn't have any noble titles but he still has Morningstar in his name, doesn't he?! We don't have the authority to turn away the General's son."
–"The son that the General himself disowned, though."
–"He didn't strip away his family name, did he?"
–"But he banished him from the Western Continent."
–"Stop, you two. He's here."
Seeing my approach, three guards banded together and started whispering to each other, throwing furtive glances at me.
As I drew closer to the gates, they stopped muttering and turned to face me, feigning as if this was the first time they noticed my presence.
