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On the other side, outside the guild, Azriel, who was striding towards his house, bumped into someone.
"Watch where you—Lexiel?" Azriel exclaimed in surprise as he stepped back and looked at the man whose build was as big as that of a small hill.
"Azriel," Lexiel greeted the man with a hoarse voice.
"Azriel, where are you going?" A man with long silver hair peeked from behind Lexiel and looked at Azriel with a surprised expression on his face.
"Leaving," Azriel huffed as he looked at the silver-haired man. "What about you, Jasper? Where did your team go?"
Jasper's eyes flickered as he raised his head and looked at Lexiel before saying to Azriel, "Oh, nowhere. Just on a little mission."
He then changed the topic as he said to Azriel, "But why are you leaving? What happened?"