"..."
Silence.
"..."
Silence.
"..."
Silence.
Still silence.
The three people sitting across from one another in the room remained silent, maintaining a quiet that made the atmosphere rather strange.
Their expressions at that moment, in particular, added many subtle shades to that strangeness.
Roxie had been blushing from beginning to end, looking as though she wanted to crawl into a hole. Her expression was extremely awkward, and she was only one step away from turning around and running off.
Shien sat beside Roxie and appeared quite composed, but whether he felt guilty inside was something only he knew.
As for Ria, seated opposite Shien and Roxie, her face had not looked pleasant once. It had remained as dark as charcoal, and her fury toward the man and woman before her was obvious.
Especially whenever she looked at Shien, the killing intent in Ria's gaze and expression was utterly undisguised.
With the Enemy Perception skill, Shien knew very well that the Princess was definitely considering where to put a blade into him.
If Roxie had not been sitting beside him with a red face, looking like they had both been willing, Ria would have already flown into a rage.
Of course, Ria already looked close to losing it now.
"Don't you want to explain yourselves?"
Ria spoke in a low voice, her tone full of gritted teeth, making it abundantly clear just how terrible the Princess's mood was.
"Ria..."
Roxie looked awkward and mortified. She wanted to say something, yet did not know what to say. The flawless image she had always maintained before her sister had completely vanished.
But Roxie did not know that the more she acted like this, the colder Ria's heart became.
After all, this older sister had never seen her younger sister make such an