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Interlude: Francisca and the Blades – Part 02

There were two more miscalculations.

The first was that, for some reason, Luke Ainsworth, a blacksmith from the Independent Trade City, was also in the cave where the Campbell family’s Infernal Blade rested.

The second was that Noah, armed with the Infernal Blade Veronica, battle Luke Ainsworth and lost the will to fight after a single blow.

Veronica was a one-man-army kind of Infernal Blade, but if its wielder couldn’t fully harness its power, it was nothing more than a wasted treasure. Noah himself must have felt the same, as after their return to the imperial capital, he began training under Horatio.

Horatio Disraeli, huh, Francisca thought with a scowl.

Horatio, too, gave her an uneasy impression, though for different reasons than Noah. During their escape from the volcano, he had attacked the Campbell family’s Infernal Blade to create an opening against Cecily Campbell’s group, who had rushed to