Cecilia took a moment to recover from the terror of being eaten by a monster.
Only then did she make out the person standing before her in the faint light.
A powerful warrior—that was Cecilia's first impression. The material of the armor she wore was something Cecilia had never seen before, and its very design radiated the aura of a strong fighter.
"Are you... one of the guards my father hired?"
Cecilia had never seen anyone dressed like this among the guards.
"What guards?"
She turned directly toward Cecilia, who was still lying on the ground. Only then did Cecilia see her face clearly: she was a woman with dark brown skin. Quite a few islanders in the Coastal Country had that complexion, so it was not particularly unusual.
"Are you one of the king's people?"
Cecilia cautiously rose to her feet. She was already around five feet six inches tall, yet she could only reach the other woman's chin.
"You don't look like someone from the game. Let me think... were you asleep before this?" she asked Cecilia a strange question.
At that moment, Cecilia realized that when the other woman spoke... her mouth had not moved at all! Not only had her mouth remained still, but her expression had barely changed either!
It was extremely eerie. What was even stranger was...
"Your voice is so strange. It sounds like a man's." Cecilia was in no mood to answer her question.
"Huh? I am a man." Her voice sounded utterly matter-of-fact.
But upon hearing that answer, Cecilia took several steps back. Although the person before her wore exquisite armor, it could not hide a figure so perfect that it made Cecilia feel ashamed of her own.
Cecilia was only seventeen and had yet to come of age... but there