Lily turned her head to look at the little boy sitting next to her, not even having the courage to tell him her true identity.
The little boy looked down at the stone steps beneath his feet and said faintly, "I know you dealt with those women to stand up for me."
Afraid that she wouldn't understand, he added another sentence.
"In the banquet hall, I saw it all."
"You..."
It turned out that Ben had also been there at that time.
Lily suddenly recalled that when she attended banquets in Europe, she would often hide herself away.
Sitting in some inconspicuous corner, or in a lounge with an excellent view, secretly appreciating the myriad human interactions at the banquet.
But if Ben had been there at that time, what would he have felt hearing those people mock him?
And Milly, she was supposed to be someone Ben could trust, but she...
Lily felt her whole heart submerged in a solution of sorrow.