Chapter 22: A Feeling Beyond Rationality [5]

"An… An Otherworlder?" Leon repeated in shock, his mind freezing after hearing that particular word. For a moment, he was in disbelief and denial, thinking that his father might be playing a joke on him or something.

Then again, the Duke wasn't the type to joke. At all.

Still, it was ridiculous!

But at the same time, it made sense. No wonder he had felt so strange at the banquet earlier, like there was a stirring in his soul...

"What proof do you have?" Leon asked immediately, deciding that jumping to assumptions was not the way to do this. "No Otherworlder has returned to this world after High Summoner Xanthe closed the boundary between the two worlds. It's impossi—"

"One of my men is acting as a royal guard of the King and Queen. If you recall, Nolan became a part of the kingsmen," the Duke interrupted gruffly. "Based on his report, it appears that your princess friend came to His Majesty during the banquet and asked to have an audience."