In the restaurant.
"How come you took so long in the bathroom?" Aske asked curiously.
"My stomach is upset," Miel said with a giggly smile, her face showing no sign of anything amiss.
"Where are the others?" she asked, looking at the empty seats with surprise.
"They had to leave early for something," Aske said, "I packed up the cake on your table."
He picked up the bag and stood up; Miel hurried to keep up with his pace.
Outside the café, the vehicle arranged by the Lixini Family was already waiting by the roadside. Aske took Miel into the car, which then headed in the direction of Ratlan Palace.
"…Recently, the Undead Army has crossed the Gibraltar Strait and brazenly invaded the Iberian Peninsula, His Holiness strongly condemns..." the car radio, after a music interlude, suddenly began broadcasting the news.
"Turn it off," Aske said.
The driver turned off the radio while Miel hesitated for a moment and then asked,
"Is their departure related to this?"
