"How did you end up with someone like that?"
After leaving the royal palace, Roxie returned to her usual appearance and immediately threw that question at Shien.
Shien raised a brow.
"Someone like that?" Shien asked in surprise. "What? You hate him?"
Roxie neither denied nor confirmed it.
The reason was simple.
"I wouldn't say I hate him, but he's definitely the type of person I'd rather keep at a respectful distance."
That was what Roxie said.
"Why?"
Shien was genuinely puzzled.
Logically speaking, Limjo had not behaved too badly in front of Roxie. How had he earned such an assessment?
Actually, the reason was equally simple.
"I don't know what he's thinking, but while everything he says seems to be for my sake at first glance, I can't feel even the slightest concern for me from him. All I feel is his strong personality forcing its own assumptions on others."
Roxie evaluated him without the slightest courtesy.
"Someone like that is either one person on the surface and another inside, or simply doesn't care much about other people's feelings and treats his own thoughts as truth. He has the quintessential nature of a nobleman's son."
Roxie must have seen through that, which was why she had been so impolite to Limjo afterward.
Otherwise, given Roxie's status, she would not have verbally pressured a Royal Knight.
"You really saw right through him."
Shien laughed.
"Because most of the nobles surrounding me are that type. What they value isn't me personally, but my status, position, abilities, and looks. They act respectful on the surface, but inside, every one of them wants to treat me like their personal possession, using me to satisfy their ambitions or desires. Nothing they say or do has anything to do with how I feel."
Roxie seemed