บท 417: Praise

"You're praising me too much, Viscountess," Lucius said. "But yes, the Blackshield is an incredible gift, isn't it?"

Lucius made sure that he used the word 'Blackshield' to gauge the Viscountess' reaction. She did a wonderful cold and neutral expression, but there was the fact that microexpressions weren't easily controlled like other things.

It may have only been less than a few seconds to even a split one, but since Lucius watched for it, he would have caught any sudden and minute changes.

"It is what helped my family rise through the rank, so we are most fortunate because of it." Viscountess Blackshield acknowledged with a polite smile. "We've chosen our name solely because of how our life changed thanks to this particular gift."

'There was no shift or anything.' Lucius noticed.