At the time when the heroes who returned to Aurauria were participating in the victory ceremony.
The four young men who had come to this place to avenge Leo watched the victory ceremony from afar.
The people on the streets all wore bright expressions, but the faces of the four were dark.
Perhaps because they were all tall with good builds, some women watching the victory ceremony even turned their heads to steal glances at them.
Feeling the gazes upon them, they pulled their hoods down deeper.
Though they did not participate in the victory ceremony, they were guests who had been officially invited to the banquet at the Aurauria Imperial Palace.
Since the war had ended, it would have been right to return to their respective homelands, but they were people who had no lingering attachments to their home countries anyway.
Until they safely finished the war and returned, many things had happened.
With their whole bodies battered and having crossed the brink of death, the only thing that had brought them this far was 'vengeance' alone.
"Let's head to the imperial palace for now."
At Griffith's words, the three stopped watching the victory ceremony and turned away.
Without even imagining that Leo, whom they had longed for so dearly, was passing by alive and well just ten steps away.