174 The One Who Escorted Abby

Blaise longed to ask them more about her since he couldn't see her for himself but was afraid they would see him as a threat. The one time he tried asking Lian it hadn't ended well.

"Do you remember me?" he asked a few days into training as he sparred with the boy.

Lian squinted at him a moment before remembering. "Oh. You were the one who escorted Abby here last year. This was your plan, wasn't it? I wondered why we were getting help from Shibatsu all of a sudden since we didn't have an alliance with them or anything."

It wasn't a completely negative response. Encouraged, Blaise continued. "Yes. Could you tell me how she has adjusted here?"