Alice's body suddenly stiffened.
That voice had come from right beside her. At some point, the female demigod had approached her. The crowd behind them passed through them as though they had not noticed them at all. Even the guide had not realized that someone was missing from the group and led the remaining visitors out of the Exhibition Hall.
The next tour group entered the Exhibition Hall, yet they still failed to notice them. A new guide naturally led the new visitors along, while the visitors wandered around the display cases on their own. No one noticed the two of them standing in the Exhibition Hall.
Just as the next group was about to leave, the female demigod's voice sounded again. "Why aren't you speaking?"
Alice controlled her body and slowly turned to face the demigod. The female demigod's gaze fell upon her. Her face was concealed behind a thin veil, and with only her eyes visible, Alice could not judge her emotions.
Alice looked at the demigod before her without speaking. The only thing she could be certain of was that this demigod did not currently intend to kill her.
...Then what did she want?
"You seem very familiar with the things here," the female demigod's voice sounded again. "Love poems, Novel Manuscripts, Basic Education Textbooks... even those games that never spread through the Outside World."
Alice met the female demigod's gaze and tried to keep her voice calm. "I-I simply admire Emperor Roselle very much..."
Under the other woman's gaze, Alice's voice grew softer and softer until it vanished.
It truly was far too clumsy an excuse. The female demigod merely looked at her calmly and asked, "Do you believe your own words?"
Alice Became Silent. Considering that the demigod before her had done nothing to her