In another room, Althea and the others stayed to gather more information from the others. They spent hours there—on their wedding day, mind you—and they couldn't be kicked out by the others, despite promising they'd handle it for them.
"Did a lot of civilians and Vismont guards pass on the way here?"
Yao nodded. "There were at least 50 of us who managed to get ahold of Hubert and the others before they left."
The Alterrans naturally couldn't make an announcement of rescue, so everything was extremely low-key and was passed by word of mouth. They didn't even stay for long, no more than a day, and they scheduled meeting up somewhere outside the territory before heading back to Alterra.
