"Yes, yes, we want them too!"
The Centaur Grom's booming voice suddenly came from outside the door, sending ripples across the tea in the cups on the desk.
Lin Mo looked up and saw the door pushed open from outside. Grom poked his head in first, followed by Fendona and Kael.
Thorin froze on the spot and turned around in disbelief.
"What are you doing here?"
Kael folded his arms and snorted, still wearing that aloof expression that made it seem as though everyone owed him money.
Fendona, however, could not help covering her mouth and laughing, her emerald eyes curving into crescents.
"Elder Thorin was sneaking around the whole way, looking over his shoulder every couple of steps. Of course we got curious and followed."
"What do you mean, sneaking around?" Thorin's eyes widened.
"I... came here perfectly openly!"
"Did you?" Grom glanced down at him.
"Then why didn't you tell us?"
Thorin immediately coughed and forced out an explanation.
"Do I have to report to you wherever I go?"
"We don't need to report to you before following, either," Kael reminded him flatly.
Thorin: ...
Grom looked at Thorin with dissatisfaction.
"You're... you're..."
He struggled for words for quite a while before finally remembering an expression from Great Xia.
"Hogging it all!"
Thorin's beard immediately quivered with anger.
"What do you mean, hogging it all? I thought of buying Antimatter Bombs first. What's wrong with getting here first?"
"Don't say things that undermine unity!" Grom stiffened his neck.
Great Xia's language was the best of all time!
Thorin: ???
He opened his mouth, momentarily at a loss for words.
True, the various races of the Terra Continent were on the same side when dealing with Great Xia, but he could not shake the feeling that this damned horse