They went straight up the spiral staircase to the second floor and emerged into a corridor. It was brightly lit and turned at a sharp right angle. Past the corner, they could see Lhutel at the far end, with a door behind her.
It was an ordinary room door, with nothing special about it.
Lhutel was fully armed, holding a shield in her left hand and a spear in her right. In a narrow, straight passage like this corridor, she could raise her shield and brace her spear, advancing like a tank to kill anyone who tried to threaten Godwyn.
"Who are you?" Lhutel's cool voice echoed down the corridor. For a woman, her voice was a little rough.
Zhao Si answered, "Ah, young master Godrick said he had a gift for Lord Godwyn."
"Come here," Lhutel said.
Zhao Si took a breath and approached Lhutel step by step. When he was nearly ten meters away, Lhutel barked at him, "Stop. Put the box on the floor and open it. Let me see what's inside."
Zhao Si could only obey. He set the box down and opened the lid to reveal its contents.
It was a black garment.
"Lift that garment out of the way," Lhutel ordered again.
Zhao Si had no choice but to lift the garment and show her the bottom of the box, indicating that this really was just an ordinary gift.
By then, sweat had actually broken out on his forehead, because all of this was Fortissax's transformed body. Put plainly, it was an illusion.
If Fortissax lost patience first, he might undo the transformation and reveal his true form, giving the game away. But in fact, if Lhutel wanted to separate the "garment" from the "box," that would give the game away too.
Fortunately, Lhutel