Chapter 111 – Stolen Ring
Persephone and every heir inside the Hall of Welcomes listened carefully to the slurred, fragmented, mouth-too-full-to-speak words of Nourou.
It was a genuine test of patience, to say the least. But if even Persephone said nothing, the others found themselves too afraid to speak up.
Cassius was the only one who might have dared. But he was simply too tired to care.
Nourou, however, might have lacked manners while lacking nothing in shrewdness. He knew exactly what he was doing.
During his account, he was careful not to lie in front of the Head Maid — who likely had a skill or an artifact that detected dishonesty — nor could he afford to put the two Tier One Heirs against him.
After today's events, all of them — the Tier Three heirs especially — had understood one thing clearly:
Going against either Cassius or Emrys was the most efficient way to arrange a personal first class meeting with Vorn.
