Lurin was utterly absorbed in his work. His focus was so complete that even when someone appeared beside him, he did not notice.
"How are you doing?"
The voice was calm, warm, and familiar, and it pierced through the hum of concentration like sunlight cutting through mist.
Lurin froze for a heartbeat before slowly turning his head. His mind caught up with his senses, and then his heart nearly stopped. Standing beside him was the Scarlet King himself.
Instinct screamed at him to kneel. Centuries ago, they had trained together as brothers-in-arms, but that was long before Cain had ascended to the absolute peak, before he became the ruler of all existence, the number one life form in the Everstrife Empyrean World.
