"She Shouldn't Belong to Anyone."

Central City, Moon Demon Territory, outskirts.

Led by Grey, Shien followed in his footsteps and arrived in a wilderness.

Roars rose and fell all around them. There were probably quite a few monsters active here.

Yet Shien and Grey moved as though they had entered uninhabited land, ignoring the many monsters as they headed straight into the depths of the wilderness.

Seeing that Grey intended to keep going, Shien stopped.

"Alright, here is fine."

Shien spoke.

Grey immediately stopped and came to stand before Shien.

Shien did not stand on ceremony. Looking at the former His Highness the Prince's back, he asked directly, "What did you want to see me about?"

Though it was a question, Shien had already guessed why the other man had come.

Whether Grey understood that or not, he did not turn around and simply spoke.

"I told you, I wanted to talk to you."

Grey's voice was especially heavy.

"Then what does His Highness the Prince want to talk to me about?"

Shien spoke as though he did not care.

"You know." Grey fell silent for a while before saying, "I gave up everything and came here for only one person."

The implication was that the only matters he cared about were those related to that person.

But Shien did not play along.

"What does that have to do with me?"

Shien calmly pointed out.

"Nothing?" Grey finally turned around and stared at Shien. "Stop pretending you do not know, Hero Shien. You know that I want to talk to you about Lady Shafna."

Sure enough, Grey had come to Shien because of Shafna.

Naturally, Shien could guess why.

"Because I have been getting too close to Shafna, you could not help coming to warn me, is that it?"

Shien's tone was faintly sarcastic.

"That