"Yes, Father." Karim answered sheepishly. He was always too terrified by his father Karltonheim, even when it was only a transferred message through a twin's mouth.

Karim shook his head frantically. "No! I just thought I should report to you."

"Huh? What is it?"

"Yes, Father." 'Hmph. Who are they?' Karltonheim thought about it after finis.h.i.+ng up the conversation. Other than the fact that they appeared out of nowhere, there wasn't anything special about it. "Well, if Apental has been closed off, it's good. But Conrad…" Duke Conrad contacted to visit him at the moment he became a Duke. It was as expected. "I will look forward to your visit." Karltonheim smiled. "You know, I always thought these people here were so primitive." "…" "But it looks like you adapted well to this place! I'm proud of you, Sian. Hehe." "…" Sian couldn't say anything to Stiel who was enjoying teasing him. "Stiel, aren't you going to thank me or anything? I came to save you like a knight in s.h.i.+ning armor, didn't I?" "Yeah, and beat him up like a mad dog. Hahahaha." "…" "Haha… You know I'm just joking right? So was Apental all taken care of?" Sian seemed unhappy but he sighed and answered. "Yeah. I destroyed the entire lake and the surroundings so we can't enter through there anyway. I didn't expect the dead bodies to have the will to do it." "Well, was that why it made those monsters come after you?" "Right." "Haha. But five years… Did you then fight in there for over a thousand years?" Stiel remembered it had been over a week when he was dropped at Apental last time. If the current time was five years, it seemed like it meant a thousand years inside. But Sian shook his head. "I think that's because I was at the eighth floor. I think the time difference lessened as I came up. I think it was probably about a hundred years there. The first floor probably had about same time speed." "I see." Stiel then the changed subject to the Akra. "But this Akra is really convenient. We just need to follow this resonance." "Can't we just go directly to our final destination?" "I heard the distance is too far for that." Even when the Ciculus Tree had powerful Akra Resonance, it did not reach out too far. Even the Akra Resonance that they were following now, wasn't really big. It was very slight and a small sign that only superhuman senses could follow. "I heard a Marquis or a Duke can cross over one or two estates on the way, but I can't do that. I guess I'm below a Marquis considering that." "Yeah, the man said he was a Count too. So you must be a Count here." As they spoke, they saw a giant tree from a distance. "There it is. It really is far." It was the Cocul Estate. Cocul Estate's tree didn't seem as large as the tree back at the Locke Estate. After they arrived, they searched for Viscount Cocul. "Greetings. I am Cocul." Cocul already had learned of their coming so he greeted Stiel and Sian with hospitality. He would have done it anyway even without the message as Stiel was now full of Akra that spread powerful resonance. Cocul seemed to be tense and Stiel scoffed. "Look, it makes me look like I'm a scary person." "It's better than you having no Akra and beating up everyone every day." "…" Cocul then turned to the man. Locke said this man next to the Count was even more powerful. But there was no Akra in him. This kind of man was more dangerous because there was a chance that someone might attack him by mistake. "So… I heard you are going to Levadan Estate to find out about Duke Conrad?" "Yes. I heard he went there while ago." "Is Duke Conrad's information is what you need?" "No, I want to meet him." Cocul then seemed as if he was confused and slapped his hands, realizing what had happened. "Oh, have you not stopped by a Baron's Estate on the way?" "No, I just ran straight here." "Then you probably didn't hear. You don't need to go to Levadan Estate." Cocul laughed. "Why is that?" "We have received a message, all of us n.o.bles did, that Duke Conrad is on his way to meet with Duke Karltonheim at his estate. You should go there too." "Huh? Is that information that important? To tell all the n.o.bles?" It was good that he knew, but Sian couldn't understand why the ruckus at one n.o.ble meeting another n.o.ble. "We won't have such a chance." Cocul also seemed very excited and began explaining to Sian who was confused.