A New Ally

“Wow, so it really was you, Rene! I thought I was seeing things again.”

“……Ahaha.”

“Then the handsome friend beside you must be….”

“My name is Kairos.”

“Yes, yes, Kairos. Nice to meet you, young man.”

Fortunately, Rebecca was at least perceptive enough.

She pretended not to notice us using invisibility magic until the very end, and as a result, we were now facing each other and talking in a quiet back alley about two blocks from the Knights’ front gate.

“So why did you two sneak into the Knights’ headquarters? And while using such impressive invisibility magic, too.”

“Well….”

I cast a sidelong glance at Kairos, who was standing beside me...