"Queen Mystic was actually this cute as a child? And she only realized now that Emperor Roselle had been cheating... She was so slow-witted, completely unlike the unruly and dashing image she had now...
"People really were so complicated. I never thought the noble and aloof Queen Mystic had such a side to her. I hadn't even interpreted it just now...
"No, no, I didn't think that, nor did I describe you that way, Your Excellency Queen Mystic, really! Please don't misunderstand!" As her true thoughts continued to surface, Audrey finally couldn't hold it in any longer, and the corners of her mouth curled upward beneath her hands.
"Hahaha..." Abner timely released the "delight" in his heart, then deliberately let part of his inner voice echo out: "How did you know I was connected to the Calamity Seal? Ah, I understand. That bigmouth Lion told you... In that case, some of the 'assistance' I received in Trier before must have been arranged by you as well."
Bernadette helplessly watched the two of them snickering. Even as a Clairvoyant with many methods at her disposal, she was unable to completely rein in her thoughts for a time, allowing them to echo through the hall:
"This little girl really is a lot like me when I was young. Her thoughts are unusually lively... Could that be something all children cherished by their parents had in common?
"Why did I instinctively think that? And I'm not even two hundred years old yet, so I can't call myself old... No, please forget I said that... Forget it... I need to focus, focus!
"Mm, Detective Braine, I did have someone give you some help..."
"Two hundred years old... No, Audrey, you can't think about such impolite topics. Age is a taboo subject for a lady,