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Chapter 335 Contact at Last
“What a surprise, Captain Korth.” She typed with a light smile.
Zev bowed his head respectfully. “Just call me by my name, Ms. Kaelin p>
He was no longer a captain after being released from solitary confinement.
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Lyra figured he had come to check on Elan’s condition. She offered a faint smile, exchanged polite pleasantries with the Black Spire chief, then walked forward with easy familiarity.
Zev followed silently behind her.
Hadrien shot him a quick glance.
Once they stepped into Elan’s room, Lyra moved over to keep purifying him.
Finished
Only then did Hadrien speak. “Lyra told me you were punished right after you got back. What exactly happened p>
Zev kept his gaze fixed straight ahead; it was unclear whether he was watching Elan or Lyra.
“Internal department protocol. I cannot share the details p>
He was still the same man as always. Not a single unnecessary word would pass his lips.
Lyra heard Hadrien’s question and glanced over out of curiosity.
After days of ongoing purification, the red–crowned crane’s condition had stabilized significantly, thanks to its familiarity with her.
It no longer lashed out at Lyra, even without a nightmare beast restraining it nearby.
It crouched quietly beside her, regaining the serene, peaceful demeanor Lyra remembered.
Its feral transformation had erased most of its human memories. Even though Zev had once been its close friend, the crane did not spare him so much as a glance.
Two hours slipped by. Lyra pulled her hands away, ready to go purify another feral Sentinel.
The red–crowned crane gently caught the hem of her trousers in its beak.
Its beak had been broken by the nightmare beast in an earlier altercation. It already struggled to feed itself, let alone hold her back.
A soft tap echoed, Lyra turned around. The crane stretched its long, elegant neck and stared up at her.
She paused, waiting, assuming it needed something.
Hadrien had told her its broken beak would fully heal once it shifted back into human form.
The red–crowned crane hesitated, then slowly lowered its head, just as it had done on previous occasions,
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as if bidding her farewell.
Lyra bent down and stroked the top of its head before turning to leave.
Behind her, the crane lifted its eyes once more to watch her go.
Finished
Guards stepped forward to shut the door Zev tore his gaze away from his old friend and stepped out into the hallway.
Lyra was asking the guards about Elan’s contamination level.
“The readings taken yesterday put Elan’s contamination at 91,78%,” one guard reported.
Lyra nodded. One or two more purification sessions, and Elan would start regaining fragments of his human form.
After finishing purification for another feral Sentinel, Lyra headed toward her office to go over her work for the day.
Ever since she had officially become the Guide Spokesperson, she had been granted a private office inside Red Castle.
By regulation, her office ought to be within the White Citadel.
Officials had opted for Red Castle instead, so she could coordinate and hand off work with her colleagues more conveniently.
She noticed Zev still trailing behind her with his head bowed. She looked back.
“Is there something else you need p>
Zev halted. His voice came out dull. “…I only wanted to thank you for everything you’ve done for Elan p>
Lyra tilted her head. “This is not charity. It is repayment. You helped us before p>
Zev met her eyes briefly, then nodded silently.
“I will not take up any more of your time p>
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Lyra watched his retreating back. He traveled all this way just to say that?
She wasted no more time and made her way to her Red Castle office.
There she ran into Yoren, dressed in a tailored suit with a distant, aloof bearing,
“Mr. Silk, she greeted politely.
Yoren gave a short nod.
Since they had crossed paths, he took the chance to bring up a sensitive matter, lowering his volume.
“Do you still need what you mentioned last time p>
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Lyra stiffened. He was referring to the breach of her Star Brain device.
“Are you confident you can do it?” she whispered back.
“It is worth a try,” Yoren replied
“I will find a time to come to you,” Lyra said.
Yoren hummed in acknowledgment and stepped past her to leave.
Lyra walked casually into her office and pulled up the speech draft she needed for the afternoon.
Hadrien never interrupted her here, sitting quietly off to one side and waiting.
Ding–dong.
At that moment, the Star Brain chimed with an alert.
Lyra glanced down.
She had left her own Star Brain at home and no longer used it. She usually wore Hadrien’s now.
Since he was her personal guard, it also made it easier for everyone to contact her.
A message from Nael popped up.
“Ms. Kaelin, I found his contact information. Do you want it now p>
Lyra’s heart skipped a beat.
Finally, she had a lead.
She typed back at once, “Send it over!
“Where is he?” Lyra typed urgently the second she met Nael.
Nael pulled his own Star Brain off and held it out to her. “Ask him yourself p>
Lyra took it without hesitation and initiated the connection.
Hadrien observed their easy, almost completely unguarded dynamic.
A swirl of emotions stirred within him before he forced his gaze away and steadied himself.
Lyra was working through her own shifting feelings, and so was he
“Sit while you talk, Nael suggested.
Lyra barely looked up and dropped into the nearest available seat.
Nael fetched two glasses of water and set one down before each of them.
Hadrien glanced at the glass and murmured a quiet thank–you.
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#Finished
Nael waved off his gratitude politely.
While Lyra communicated with the unknown contact, Nael sat down beside Hadrien and struck
conversation.
“How are things progressing over at the Black Spire p>
Hadrien’s expression remained neutral. “Everything is progressing smoothly so far p>
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“That is good to hear.” Nael sipped his water, then offered a warning. “Her situation is highly unusual. If anything goes wrong, contact me immediately p>
Hadrien’s gaze froze.
Nael sounded as though he were already one of them…
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