Awakening

Sigh... Seriously. This is the worst possible turn of events.

I grumble from inside the room.

Fiene smiles brightly at me.

"Is that so? I'm looking forward to it."

"I don't want to say anything harsh, but you'd better abandon that excitement right now. Those people aren't the sort you think they are. They're among the strongest on the continent—and also among its most twisted."

"That's quite an assessment. By the way, do you count yourself among them?"

"I'm perfectly normal. Compared to them, I'm enough of a sensible person to pass as one."

"I see. I'll decide that after I meet them."

Fiene replies with a soft giggle.

Her attitude practically calls me a troublesome person, and I frown behind my mask...