There was something else that had been worrying Lissana.
Even while listening to her parents and enjoying being back home… that thought had been there, in the back of her mind.
She finally decided to ask.
“Has there been any news about the darkness… and its monsters?”
The atmosphere in the room changed slightly.
Alessandro exchanged a look with Abril.
They both seemed to share the same concern.
It was Abril who responded first.
“Well… just yesterday, I received a letter from my brother.”
Lissana leaned forward a bit, attentive.
“Apparently, some monsters have started to appear.”
Eren also frowned slightly.
“Monsters?” he asked.
Alessandro nodded.
“Yes. But they don't come from the rift they previously slipped through.”
That made the silence even more oppressive.
“And that's
