But Sirin had expected this all along, so she did not find anything strange about it.
"All right! You can leave now!"
Sirin waved at the two men before her, telling them to leave. After all, killing them had no value whatsoever, and she was not some maniac who enjoyed killing.
"You're really letting us leave?"
Hearing Sirin's words, the two men could not help but be astonished.
Though they had held out a sliver of hope, now that it had actually happened, they found it somewhat hard to believe.
"Do you want to stay for dinner or something?"
Sirin raised a brow at them.
"No! No need, we'll leave right away."
At her words, the two hurriedly turned to leave.
"Wait."
They had not taken more than a few steps when Sirin called out to one of them again—Kogetsu.
"M-My lady..."
Hearing Sirin's voice, the two stopped in terror. Was Sirin going to go back on her word?
"Isn't your wife pregnant? Take this! Consider it payment for answering my questions!" Sirin took out a crate of milk and tossed it to Kogetsu.
Honestly, this did not suit Sirin's identity as a Herrscher at all, but... hearing that Kogetsu's wife was pregnant and about to become a mother stirred something within her.
"My lady, th-this is?"
Kogetsu caught the milk, breathing a sigh of relief as he asked curiously. He had thought Sirin had changed her mind and intended to kill them, but she was giving him something instead.
"Milk... All right! Go on!" Sirin waved again, telling him to leave...
"Milk..." Hearing that, Kogetsu's gaze toward Sirin changed greatly. However, he did not ask any more questions. Continuing would only be tactless, so he quickly turned and left with the other man.
"Queen..."
Once the two had disappeared,