Volume 21: The Road of Darkness, Chapter 14: Turning Over a New Leaf

"Hayreddin! Is it really you?!" Accompanied by a near roof-lifting shriek and cheers, several men ecstatically rushed forward, seemingly unable to believe their eyes. How could the other party dare to make such a public appearance in the Tavern of Tilo City-State?! Following their ecstatic joy, the group of men were consumed with boundless worry; the warrant issued by the Corinth City-State Alliance Court was valid across all the countries and city-states of the Southern Mediterranean, and all city-states were required to unconditionally comply with the court's orders. Once someone snitched, he would have nowhere to fly!

Seeing the concern in his comrades' eyes, Hayreddin felt even more moved. These were the friends with whom he had shared life and death. He had left the Southern Mediterranean back then, not wanting to implicate them, and it was for the sake of being able to meet openly today, and finally, that moment had come.