At this moment, Shien turned his gaze back to the Princess.
Roxie was studying Shien. When Shien looked over, their eyes immediately met.
Both of them were slightly startled, yet neither looked away immediately. Instead, they simply stared at each other.
Roxie seemed to be hoping to discern something from this.
Shien's thoughts were much simpler. He wasn't losing out, and she was so pleasing to the eye. Of course he would look his fill.
As a result, neither of them looked away for a long while. They fixed their eyes on each other as though locked in some sort of confrontation, neither willing to yield.
Vivian, standing to the side, wanted to say something but failed to find the right moment.
Until, after quite some time...
"Could the matter you wished to discuss with me have something to do with him?"
Roxie shifted her gaze and asked Vivian softly.
"Yes." Vivian first let out a quiet sigh of relief before saying, "His identity is rather unusual. Depending on the circumstances, it may even affect the balance among the Three Races. That is why I brought him to see Your Highness."
"The balance among the Three Races..." Roxie's beautiful brows furrowed slightly, and she fell silent.
Vivian, meanwhile, turned her gaze toward Shien, her expression becoming more serious than ever before.
"Until now, I have never asked you to verify it, nor have I questioned where you came from. I merely had some guesses about your identity."
Vivian finally said this to Shien.
"You must have noticed, right?"
Shien fell silent at those words.
Naturally, he could not have failed to notice.
Whether it was Vivian or Ryley, both of them must have had their suspicions about Shien's identity. Otherwise, they would never have helped him so wholeheartedly or cleaned