“Do you know why the two of you are here in my office right now?”
Professor Rinehart looked at Ethan and Nicole with a mischievous look on his face.
“It’s about the Dungeon Outbreak, right?” Ethan answered.
“Yes,” Professor Rinehart replied. “Tomorrow, a very important guest will be arriving at the academy, and he wants to see the two of you… especially you, Ethan.”
The young man groaned internally. He had already expected something like this to happen ever since Nicole had warned him about it.
Even so, he was hoping beyond hope that things wouldn’t escalate to the point that he would become too high-profile, not only in the academy but among the Nobility of Eastshire as well.
“To make things easier, and for the two of you to understand how important this person is, I will tell you his identity,” Professor Rinehart stated. “He is none other than the Grand Archmage of Eastshire and the King’s right-hand man, Edmond Bourbon.”