"Feng Chen, she is...?"
It was entirely within Feng Chen's expectations that Yae, who usually woke up first, would enter the kitchen at this hour.
And this "she" most likely wasn't Rita, but Bella in Feng Chen's arms.
Why did he think that? The reason was simple. Since Theresa knew Rita would be coming today, she definitely wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut. Given her poor relationship with Rita, Kiana and the others had probably noticed something was wrong immediately—and successfully coaxed the truth out of her.
"Who she is, Yae, you should know very well, right?"
Naturally. Yae was also a Herrscher, and she had a deep connection with the Second Herrscher. As someone who had once been part of the Second Herrscher, the Herrscher personality within her body surely knew Bella.
Bella merely glanced up at Yae, yet Yae felt as though she had fallen into an icy cavern. The gaze hadn't been directed at Yae herself, but at the Herrscher Core hidden within her—Gem of Conquest had noticed that gaze and instinctively reacted. Bella carried Sirin's aura. Back then, that aura had suppressed the Herrscher personality within Gem of Conquest completely. Although it had since left Sirin's body, that aura remained its shadow.
The Herrscher personalities created by Herrscher Gems were infinite amplifications of the darkness in the human heart—which was why Gem of Conquest had formed another personality upon encountering Yae. When it had been inside the Second Herrscher, however, it had been suppressed by Sirin's powerful Herrscher personality. That was why it was so sensitive to Sirin's aura.
In the Third Herrscher's own words, it was "the kind of terror that leaves people incapable of feeling fear." That was precisely what it was. When Yae saw Bella, she also felt as though she