Chapitre 118: No Emotions

"If you like it here, I will bring you here often," Cian offered when he realized that his youngest sister was staring at the lake in a daze. He could not help but add in his mind, 'At least, till you are here with us.'

'Do I like it here?'

Seren realized that rather than the lake itself, what she liked was this brief getaway—spending time with her brother, simply sitting inside the gazebo and enjoying the pleasant breeze coming from the lake.

However, she did not share her true thoughts and simply nodded, continuing to stare at the lake while the servant poured more tea into her almost empty teacup. Since she was not looking at her brother, she failed to see the conflicted way he gazed at her. It was both apologetic and filled with guilt at this moment. 

Her response made Cian relax his mind. After several minutes of comfortable silence, Cian tried to probe, "Seren, have you heard of Megaris?"