The false, aristocratic smile on Philip's face.
Vanished completely the instant Cui Ciyou finished speaking.
In its place came utter shock.
And scrutiny as sharp as a hawk's.
Philip abruptly straightened in his chair.
His hands instinctively pressed hard against the smooth desktop before him.
His knuckles turned slightly white from the pressure.
Revealing just how violently shaken he was inside.
As for Philip's father-Sauros.
He sprang up from the sofa, his face filled with disbelief and fury!
"You damned black-haired brat! What... what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Another world? Are you making a fool of me? Of all of House Boreas?"
Sauros's voice grew hoarse with rage.
His spittle nearly landed on Cui Ciyou's face.
This hot-tempered old man could shake the entire Fitoia Territory with a stamp of his foot.
He even instinctively clenched his iron-vise fists, his knuckles cracking sharply.
From the look of him, at any moment.
He would charge forward and punch this black-haired brat for his outrageous claims.
But fast as Sauros was, someone else was faster!
Almost at the very instant Sauros rose.
Ghislaine, who had been standing quietly beside Cui Ciyou, moved!
Ghislaine swiftly stepped forward, placing herself precisely between Cui Ciyou and Sauros.
A bone-chilling, almost tangible killing intent instantly erupted from her.
Locking firmly onto the enraged lord!
A cold gleam flashed in Ghislaine's uncovered amber beast eye.
She unleashed the powerful aura of a Sword King without holding anything back.
The temperature throughout the study seemed to drop several degrees!
Sauros's forward momentum was forcibly driven back by that killing intent!
He could clearly sense that if he dared make even the slightest reckless move.
The tall, muscular Beastfolk swordswoman before him would spill his blood on the spot without a moment's hesitation!
Even if he was the lord