Thump.
Angel's heart skipped a beat.
She instinctively assumed she was no longer in her own bedroom, but had been pulled into a dream dominated by this Beyonder of the Sleepless Pathway.
But both the spiritual intuition of a High Sequence Beyonder and the "Hidden Holy Emblem" concealed beneath her cuff told her that this was not a dream, but reality. The person before her held no hostility either; otherwise, she would never have stepped out of the mirror and returned here from the Mirror World.
"Breaking into a woman's bedroom in the dead of night is hardly the conduct of a Loen gentleman. Please leave before I call for the servants. I can overlook what happens afterward."
Frowning, Angel quietly took two steps back until she reached the door. Speaking rapidly, she put on an act of seeming brave while actually somewhat frightened in the face of an unfamiliar man.
Right now, she was "Christine Teresa," who had returned to Backlund from Trier, not Angel Granger, who knew the "Sword of the Goddess"!
Cesimir chuckled again and pointed at the full-length mirror behind Angel.
"If you had entered the bedroom through the door rather than crawled out of a mirror, it might have been more convincing, Miss Granger."
He knows it's me... Angel quietly exhaled, feeling a surge of embarrassment at having put on such an awkward performance before an acquaintance.
A moment later, her expression returned to calm composure, and the hair color and facial features disguised by the "hypocrisy" ring reverted to normal.
Though her height and appearance had changed somewhat, and her temperament was vastly different, her hair and eye colors clearly showed that she was Angel Granger.
"'Sword of the Goddess,' Krestai Lord Cesimir."
She spoke his full name and gave a slight nod in