"Were you very surprised?"
"Was it completely unexpected?"
"Did you find it unbelievable?"
Lily Telles walked up to Katelyle. Her bright eyes swept over Nike and Talis Dulef before she looked at Katelyle, reached out, stroked his cheek, and smiled.
Lily Telles had never expected to see Katelyle here. Ever since he had entered Hogwarts, he had rarely appeared outside.
It would have been one thing to meet him elsewhere, but she had never imagined they would meet here.
Being discovered so suddenly had caught her completely off guard.
"It truly is shocking."
"And a very pleasant surprise as well."
"So, should I call you Lily Telles now, or Euryale?"
Katelyle was indeed shocked. He had thought Lily Telles would be Stheno.
Yet the one standing before him now was Euryale.
It was not just Katelyle. Thales Dulev felt the same way.
Thales Dulev was certain that what she had sensed was Stheno's aura.
"Lily Telles." Lily Telles gazed at Katelyle and said, "We are still old friends, aren't we?"
"You are still the man I have been trying so hard to pursue."
Katelyle chuckled, then looked at Anubis. "Anubis, rather than following her, why not follow me?"
Anubis had been watching Katelyle closely from the very beginning.
With his strength, in his own territory, he had actually failed to notice how Katelyle's group had appeared. It was as if they had materialized from thin air—or perhaps they had been here all along, utterly silent.
Now, this stranger Katelyle had opened his mouth and demanded that he submit. The anger that had just died down flared up again.
"You're courting death!"
Anubis struck without hesitation. A powerful gray aura instantly shrouded Katelyle.
Seeing this, Thales Dulev was about to act and teach Anubis a lesson.
But Katelyle stopped her.
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