Sandro pulled the reins, bringing his horse to a halt. His empty eye sockets were examined. He nodded to his crow, and it soared upward, circling the area, surveying everything with its birdlike gaze. Costa del Tora. This place brought back many memories, both pleasant and not so pleasant. Although, frankly, even during his studies at Al-Betyl, Sandro accumulated more positive ones.

But he didn't come because he was bored. He wouldn't have been back in the Duchy of the Bull for another hundred years, but... Business had brought him here. Duke Ovidio had an artifact in his collection that Sandro desperately needed: Staff of the Netherworld. He'd have to rack his brains to figure out how to retrieve this relic from Ovidio's collection. But the effort would definitely be worth it.