Her Highness the Princess or Her Majesty the Queen

"What did you say?"

In the luxurious hotel restaurant, Athrun suddenly lost his composure and stared at Mia in disbelief.

"Shh~!"

Startled by Athrun's reaction, Mia hurriedly reached out and pulled him back, glancing around as she said, "Keep your voice down. I only just found out about this too!"

"I'm sorry, I—"

Athrun hurriedly apologized, but his urgency left him momentarily at a loss for words.

Gibril was actually in Orb!

Had the Sairan Family lost their minds? They still dared to shelter Gibril under these circumstances!

"It's okay. I was shocked too when I first found out."

Mia hurriedly reassured him.

Though she had not actually reacted at all at the time.

"Thank you for telling me."

Athrun said sincerely.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just thought that since you used to stay in Orb, this information might be helpful to you."

Mia was delighted. This was the first time Athrun had looked at her with such blazing enthusiasm.

Although she and Athrun often ran into each other, he never looked her in the eye. He was always avoiding her gaze.

It had left her feeling rather depressed for a time.

"Did the Chairman say anything else?"

Athrun continued questioning her.

He desperately wanted to know what Chairman Durandal thought about this matter.

For example, whether he would—

"Mm, the Chairman was troubled by it too."

Mia recalled the scene and said, "He said Orb might not agree to the request to extradite Gibril."

"And then?"

Athrun's heart abruptly leaped.

"That was all."

Mia answered honestly. "The Chairman didn't say anything else after that."

Athrun fell silent at her words.

Given the behavior of the Sairan father and son, they certainly would not agree to PLANT's extradition request. But PLANT could not possibly keep allowing Gibril to continue as