Angel had no idea whether Georgina was angry, but Audrey had nearly made her laugh in exasperation.
As a Spectator who could read people's expressions, and an earl's daughter raised with an aristocratic education, how could Audrey not know that her words and actions just now had embarrassed the other woman?
If Audrey and Georgina had been two gentlemen, the former's behavior would clearly have amounted to interfering when the latter invited a lady to dance—an extremely rude act by the standards of noble etiquette.
Of course, all three of them were ladies, so dancing together was not an option. Audrey's remarks could easily be taken as teasing, which was also why Georgina had ultimately left in disappointment.
Was it because I told Audrey about Hvin Rambis's "instructions" on Friday, making her think I was strongly opposed to this? And because the disguise I created tonight with my Unaging Demoness abilities was too convincing, Miss Justice took it upon herself to perform an act of justice and send Georgina away from me?
Looking at Audrey's embarrassed smile, Angel sighed softly. She watched Georgina disappear at the end of the gallery, then said,
"She's already achieved her main objective, so she probably won't be angry. But as a demigod of the Arbiter pathway, she can tell you're a Beyonder and roughly where you stand... Her 'reminder' just now was probably well-intentioned, too."
Where I stand... Audrey mulled over the phrase, then asked with some hesitation,
"So the demigods in the royal family and the military can actually tell at a glance whether someone has become a Beyonder? That means the royal family probably already knows about many of the nobles who secretly took potions and became Beyonders. They simply don't care... At least, not as much as they seem to?"
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