"Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Gauss. If you weren't here, Warren Castle would truly be facing a crisis of life and death," Baron Valentine said. Hearing Gauss's reminder, he forced himself to focus and managed a strained smile.
The myriad of frustrating issues both inside and outside the city these past few days had made the already gloomy middle-aged noble even more sullen. Only when interacting with Gauss did he try his utmost to rein in his temper and appear as amiable as possible.
Upon arriving at the city wall, the flow of people became much denser.
