Chapitre 621: The Blue-Eyed Monster

"Who are you really? Do you have the Corrupted Prince's bloodline?" Alice demanded, her voice carrying a blend of suspicion and scrutiny.

Amelia's heart raced as Alice's piercing question cut through the air, the tension palpable among the assembled group. She watched anxiously, her mind racing with the implications of Alice's inquiry. Could the Evangelion matriarch suspect something? Or did she already know something they didn't?

Edward stood by, his face a mask of solemnity, observing the exchange with a calculated silence that only added weight to the moment. 

Arthur, meanwhile, looked on with blinking eyes and a complicated expression. He had harbored similar questions about his combat advisor's origins but had never voiced them, restrained by a mixture of respect and his own personal uncertainties.