Under the cover of night, King Gerry Foss's face was as dark as still water.
He looked to be in a very bad mood as he strode ahead, half a meter in front.
Queen Svetlana followed slowly behind him, expressionless.
There were no maids or attendants behind them.
Zong Ze did not rashly leave the room.
In fact, the royal couple was still quite some distance from the cabin.
The only reason Zong Ze was able to sense them and gain a limited field of vision was because of a magical artifact Queen Svetlana had given him.
That magical artifact was a pair of rings.
One was worn on Queen Svetlana's finger.
The other was kept by Zong Ze.
As long as the two rings were within a thousand meters of each other, they could share the surrounding sights and sounds.
It was clear that she had prepared for this long ago.
Zong Ze remained still and focused his attention on the shared vision.
King Gerry Foss of Rhodok, his expression grim, stopped beside a flowerbed.
With his back to Svetlana, he spoke in a sorrowful tone.
"I've recently heard some rather unpleasant rumors."
Those words made Zong Ze realize that the gossip might already have reached King Gerry's ears.
Queen Svetlana showed no unusual reaction.
Her tone was calm, as cold as ever.
"Oh? What rumors?"
Upon hearing that, King Gerry slowly turned around.
Through the shared vision, Zong Ze saw the sorrow filling his brown eyes.
"You betrayed me."
"In body and in spirit."
The moment those words were spoken, Zong Ze's heart leaped into his throat.
This was clearly a confrontation.
Yet even with things laid bare to this extent, Queen Svetlana remained composed.
"Yes."
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
"I was a little lonely while you were