"...What did you say?!" Even with Baron Eriv's composure, he couldn't help but blurt out in shock.
Knight Balfe by his side widened his eyes suddenly, as if what he heard was a wild tale.
Baron Eriv quickly composed himself, leaned forward in his seat, and frowned, "How could that be?"
If it hadn't been for the young man who had entered the Nightmare Forest and returned safely, Baron Eriv would have had anyone who spoke such nonsense thrown out of the camp long ago.
No one understood better than he did how dangerous the Cursed Land that had consumed the obsessions of generations of the Master of Thorns was.
Leon nodded, then proceeded to recount his altered narrative of his escape back to Orland.
"...In order to escape the pursuers quickly, I lost my way and mistakenly entered the are of the Nightmare Forest once more from the other side of Kantadar North..."
Of course, in Leon's brief report, he made no mention of Miss Mage, nor the secret Mage Tower hidden by Lora's magic.
