The moment Sage's question left his mouth, the entire treasury seemed to hold its breath.
For a few heartbeats, nobody answered him. Gregor simply stared at him with a face that seemed torn between disbelief and the urge to strangle him.
Vanthrice simply stared at him with a cold gaze that looks like it would freeze him at any moment.
Brutus, who had only just managed to sit up from the pile of shields beneath him, slowly lowered his head into one hand as if he had expected this nonsense from the very beginning.
Caelis closed his eyes and let out a long tired breath, the kind of breath a man released when he realized his leader was about to drag him back into danger for reasons that were both stupid and painfully understandable.
