Chapter 57. Joining

The investiture ceremony ended, and I boarded the carriage heading back to the Sixth Lord’s Castle.

There was a banquet following the main ceremony, but I didn’t want to waste time making small talk with nobles I didn’t even know.

Since I had received my title, my business here was concluded.

The only difference from when I arrived was that I had one more person in my party.

I leaned back against the carriage seat, gazed out the window, and fell into thought.

I had finally met Sylvia, the protagonist of the original story, and according to her, the Chains of Order, the only entrance to Kalmash, would collapse in a month.

‘The problem is that the Chains of Order aren’t just a simple passage.’

The Chains of Order.

They were a seal created by the primordial elves to isolate Kalmash, which had been consumed by the chaos of Qliphoth, from the rest of the world.

It was a physical barrier separating Kalmash and the outside world, and also a barrier of rules preventing the laws of chaos from spreading...