For a moment, my mind goes blank.
For a moment, my smiling face freezes.
And after thinking for a moment about what the Nameless One had said to me...
"...What do you mean?"
I realize it.
Hahaha. Ha.
Ha.
A bitter laugh escapes briefly. But His face remained coldly hardened, unchanging.
"I... I dare to ask again. What, wh-what do you mean by that?"
Then He turns around. He looks at those soldiers who made way for Him and speaks.
"I told them I would punish you and entered this place."
The meaning of those words was clear.
So clear that at that moment, the smile lingering on Richard's lips shattered and his eyes wavered.
"What... what are you saying... What do you..."
Richard's hands tremble violently. Unknowingly biting his lower lip so hard it bleeds, he says:
"What do you mean!"
Startled by his outcry, his followers gather around. Regardless of their whispering, he spoke:
