The next morning, everyone set out again.
This time, the Watchman did not join Duanmu Huai and the others, stating that he would return to the Twilight Guardians to report the vampire situation to them... Despite most of the vampires turning into charred remains, there were still others scattered around that needed to be dealt with... which would be the next research subject for the Twilight Guardians.
As for Duanmu Huai, he proceeded to the Winterhold Mage Academy with Greiya and Bambi to "retrieve" the Eye of Magnus.
That's right, the Eye of Magnus is essentially a divine artifact made from Magnus's eye, and since Magnus is the legion commander of the empire, rounding off, the Eye of Magnus is considered the property of the empire. As a Judge of the Imperial Judiciary, retrieving the Empire's property was hardly wrong, was it?
Not in the slightest!
But what if someone dared not return the Empire's property?
No need to worry.