"Yes, but I don't know if that will help him much. Even if Cesar manages to escape trouble with the army and the Martial Court, he probably won't escape trouble with the Symons family.

Right now, the Viscount is out of town, and the family probably won't have much of a case against him without the help of the army and the court. But when the Viscount returns, anything can happen...

So even if he survived and his situation improved somewhat with the fall of the Defiant Tyranny, Cesar still had a noose around his neck." Nova said as she sat down across from Vicente.

Tasting the tea she had prepared, Vicente didn't show any concern, but he saw that he would have to deal with the Symons family soon.

"What a problem..." He told her, 'I'll have to stay away from my identity as Vicente for a few days... I'll just wait for my orders from the Association and assume Cesar's identity to deal with these issues.' He thought while smiling at the beautiful Nova.

"But are you okay, Nova? Are you hurt? I heard that even beasts got involved in the fight the night before." He said. "I heard that only you and young master Symons survived..."

"Yes, but I'm fine." She smiled at him, glad that Vice was worried about her. "I wasn't hurt too badly. I was fortunate last night. So, only young master Symons has a complicated situation among us survivors.

As for the rest, I doubt anyone survived. We're almost halfway through the day, and no one else has returned. So either everyone else has died, or they're so badly injured that they can't come back.

Either way, I doubt there are any survivors left."

"Sigh... It's so sad. So many magicians died over a stupid confrontation." He said in a sad tone. "There are so few cases of magicians with the potential to reach the 3rd stage or higher... But how many of them didn't die the night before?

I think our world is too violent, Nova."

She couldn't disagree with him, and some of the army's losses the night before were indeed unfortunate.

Every month, there are usually 10 to 20 young people in the province with Green grade or higher talents. But only 20% of them join the army. Of those who do, only half survive the first three years after leaving their first post...

'Meanwhile, we have more than 30 posts around the province... It will take months or even years to replace the four captains we lost yesterday.'

The mortality rate among lower-level magicians was not low!

This was truly a violent society, not just in cities like this one, where human-on-human actions could result in casualties. The roads and forests were hazardous, both because of the possibility of other people's actions and the possibility of magical beings of other races.

Magical beings don't need much of an excuse to clash with beings of other races, especially humans.

At the same time, the forests often grew valuable resources for humans and magical creatures, which could lead to disputes between humans, between magical creatures, and between humans and magical creatures.

In short, this was a world based on conflict, where the strongest dominated and the weakest perished or used up what little was left.

Amid this, deaths occurred on all sides of this dangerous ecosystem.

Only among the strongest magical beings was the mortality rate lower due to their rarity, but also because there were fewer things to attract their attention.

In any case, listening to Vicente's comment, Nova was sure that the army had lost a lot and their post would be temporarily weakened, just when the threat of the 3rd-stage basilisk was so close to them.

"It's too bad, but that's how it is, Vice." She commented with a sigh. "Anyway, you should be careful on your next trip out of Millfall. There are powerful beasts in The Rocky Gorge."

She lowered her voice and motioned for Vicente to keep what she was about to say a secret.

"Our army post is already preparing to deal with a 3rd-stage beast in that area. I saw it last night, and after I told the Commander about it, he's already started giving orders to increase security in the area."

"Is that so?" He frowned. "Thank you for telling me. I intend to leave Millfall in a few days. In fact, that is why I came to see you here today."

"Oh? Where are you going?" She asked him.

"Saltstar City. There are some things I want to clear up, and I'll be gone for at least a month." He told her without exaggerating, for he was already considering leaving to hunt pentagrams with Rory and the Acolytes of his group.

"All that?" Her expression changed when she heard that because she really enjoyed being with Vicente.

"Yes, that's why I came here to say goodbye. I'll be spending the next few days preparing some things regarding my departure and my plans, so I took advantage of the free time to come here and do that." He said as he looked at her lips.

"What about Nina?" She asked, trying to contain the feeling in her heart that made her shudder at the thought of going so long without seeing or 'interacting' with that bold fellow.

"I hope you'll take a look at her for me. Nina has been interacting a lot with a teacher lately. Hmmm, Shelby... Her name is Shelby Staples. But I don't know if that's a good thing. Nobles are always complicated." He said, setting the stage for Nova to step into this woman's shoes.

Between Shelby and Nova, Nina's teacher had more options. But Vicente trusted the blue-haired soldier much more.

"Shelby Staples?" Nova frowned. "I didn't expect that. That woman is engaged to Cesar's number one enemy right now."

Thinking of the trouble Nina could get into because of this woman, Nova said. "Don't worry. I'll see what I can do to take care of little Nina in your absence."

"Thank you, Nova. It's more than I can ask." He stood and hugged her again, this time without kissing her.

But as he walked to the door of this place side by side with Nova, before he opened the door, Vicente felt her stop him and grab his arm.

Gulp!

"Vicente, I want you to think carefully about our relationship before you go back to Millfall. In the meantime, I'll do the same." She closed her eyes and kissed him again on the doorstep.