Zich opened his eyes. Bright sunlight seeped through the windows. He rubbed his eyes, stretched out his arms, and loosened his stiffened body. 

‘I had a dogshit dream again.’

He couldn’t forget dreams like these easily. Zich got up from his bed and looked outside the window. The first thing he saw was Sunewick’s magical tower that soared above from the center of the city. Today would be his last day seeing the tower. He was leaving Sunewick.

*    *    *

After Orland’s coup failed, Sunewick was caught in a frenzy. The gigantic event had swept not only the people in the magical tower, but all the officials in the city. All the expert mages who participated in the coup were arrested one after another, and many elite families were brought down. Still, the matters of the city didn’t concern Zich and his companions. 

Of course, the city called them many times since they were directly connected to the incident in the beginning; but as the situation began to settle down, they were no longer called. Zich took the luggage he had already prepared beforehand and walked outside the room. He saw a wide hallway. Currently, they were staying at the Dwayne family’s residence. The Dwaynes had given rooms to Zich and his companions for the favors they had done but also for the purpose of spying on them. It was a quite comfortable lifestyle, but it would have to end today. 

Zich entered the designated drawing room. Then, he waited for his companions while drinking the tea that an employee gave him. 

“You came early.” Lyla entered the room. Her bushy hair and sleepy eyes indicated that she had...