Needless to say, Irwyn experienced perhaps the least guilty arrest of his life. Once their group was safely subdued, a group of Domain mages gathered them in an impromptu interrogation room that had just been erected. As soon as they were seated, and stared down upon by several rather angry old men, Elizabeth finally got to describe how they had breached through every anti-teleportation measure in the camp.The moment the name Marmian left her lips, Irwyn could see every single person wearing Teal in the room groan. It was downright surreal. These were all old and powerful mages that could flatten cities in minutes if they wanted to - and weren’t opposed - yet just hearing that one word made them instantly understand the whole situation and come to deeply hate it.After that, the pressure on them lessened greatly. While the Inquisitors still insisted on finishing a full investigation with double-checked confirmations and the few mages from other Duchies were visibly confused, the ones wearing Teal were the most numerous and obviously used to their superior’s bullshit.Their group probably would have been released in just a few minutes if not for the instigator refusing to answer any requests for confirmation. One of the Teal mages was certain that it could only be on purpose, but the Inquisitors had a point that the pattern of behaviour from their superior was just the kind of hole in security the Rot was prone to exploit.With some bargaining, they were allowed to at least walk free as long as they stayed within one section of the camp where one of the Senior Inquisitors also planned to be doing routine inspections on protective enchantments as everyone awaited the Crusade's deployment. But as a side effect of their dramatic entrance, people now clearly recognised their group and chose to give them a wide berth.That was fine by Irwyn, but Desir and Alice seemed annoyed by their immediate isolation. The Time mage mostly because, (...)