Alice hesitantly lowered her gaze to Klein.
Is he insulting me...?
Alice had vaguely noticed it, but she knew she could not ask outright. She could only swallow her angry question.
Bishop Electra smoothly picked up where Mr. Dwayne Dantès had left off:
"Fortunately, it was merely a little tiring. At least it did not sound like you, an excellent hunter, were in mortal danger at any moment."
That may not necessarily be true... Klein exerted tremendous effort to hold back the words that had nearly slipped out.
"Yes, you truly are an outstanding hunter!" Councilman Mori Macht praised as well. As he spoke, he picked up a small piece of red velvet cake, successfully drawing Alice's attention to the enticing-looking dessert. "When I served at Old East Dam, I never had the chance to enter the jungle. I never expected it to be so dangerous."
As he said this, Alice watched him put the piece of cake into his mouth.
He swallowed the cake without chewing. After Alice watched his Adam's apple bob once, her gaze shifted to his face.
After staring for several seconds, Alice silently looked toward Liana again. A strange feeling in her heart became increasingly distinct. She subconsciously raised a hand to push up the monocle over her right eye, and at a certain moment, she saw the couple smiling as they put on monocles.
...?
Alice opened her eyes wide in astonishment. Looking carefully, how were they a couple? They were clearly two rats—two rats wearing monocles.
Alice sprang up in shock. Councilman Macht and his wife turned back into people in her eyes, both looking at her in confusion.
Alice sat back down, paying no attention to their questions as she bluntly asked:
"Have you recently... met anyone who likes wearing monocles?
"No,