Before the fitting room door, everyone stared at one another, and the atmosphere was bizarre to the extreme.
"Lord Samael, weren't you in Greece working as a bounty hunter? Why did you come to London without telling me so I could properly entertain you?"
Luviya, who had no idea what was going on but vaguely smelled gunpowder in the air, gave a dry cough and was the first to frown and ask.
In light of their friendship from the trip to Athens, she decided to give the man opposite her a chance to explain.
However, the moment those words left her mouth, the gazes around them all sharpened, as if slicing into their target's flesh from afar.
"Samael..."
Hearing that familiar direct address, Ereshkigal clenched her silver teeth, and her smile gradually darkened.
"Lord..."
Themis, Goddess of Justice, who was using the alias "Astrea," rolled that subtle form of address around in her mouth. She slowly raised her head, her star-reflecting eyes deep and boundless.
(Note: Besides being a form of address between ruler and subject, "Lord" can also convey intimacy between friends or spouses.)
"Entertain..."
Rin Tohsaka's gaze repeatedly swept between her old rival Luviya and a certain someone. Her knuckles cracked as she bent them, and her smile twisted.
"Bounty hunter..."
Hinako Akuta, who had just seen off the Department of Law and Politics investigators, turned livid and crumpled the book in her hand out of shape.
Why, thank you so much...
Under the wolfish and tiger-like stares, Samael felt the pressure multiply. Fine sweat beaded on his forehead as he looked miserably at Luviya, who had supposedly wanted to give him a chance to clear things up. He forced a difficult smile onto his pale face.
If you can't talk, could you just stop talking?!
At that