Once out of Varegrave’s tent, Lith introduced himself to Captain Kilian Aluria. He discovered that the ranks in the Queen’s corps were different from the army. Being elite squads, each unit was allowed to act independently, and was composed by five soldiers and one Captain.

Each Captain only answered to the Queen herself, so despite their low-key demeanour, both Kilian and Velagros were actually big shots. Kilian tried explaining to Lith how Varegrave had being grief stricken ever since he learned about Velagros’ alleged death.

The two of them had started their military career together, and been through thick and thin for years, before their paths had diverged. Lith politely nodded from time to time, grateful to the mask for hiding his uncaring expression.

He knew a thing or two about grief and loss, yet he had never attacked someone based on a simple suspicion. In his mind, Varegrave’s destiny was set in stone. He would use his success in the current task to ask for compensation as part of his reward.

If that resulted impossible or too problematic in the short term, Lith would simply postpone. He had always considered revenge as something that was best served cold, there was no rush for it.

After asking Lith to forgive Varegrave and Lith pretending to consider doing it, Kilian lead him toward the second block.

“The first block is where soldiers and personnel live. The second, instead, is where the hospitals and the research labs are located. We have healers and alchemists trying to treat the victims of the plague that we managed to stabilise, or at least that was the plan.