Chương 91: Devising the Board - Part 2

His lips parted into a wolfish grin, smothered in dudgeon.

"And you are not untouched, are you, little brother?"

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“There is no challenge in a Muse proving themselves.” The prince's reply was dispassionate and reserved, which was more than Cele could say about him own response to it, be it internal. "Simple problems require simple solutions. If you believe a Temple keeper over the likes of your own flesh and blood, so be it. Take me to a Temple keeper."

"Such conviction behind those delusory words." Ingo tutted, as if inconvenienced, before casting eyes to Rudolf, Kaifin, and Cele. “The rest will only slow us down. Enri." He snapped his fingers at the ugliest of the bunch. "Dispose of them.”

Before he could take even a single step, the young prince replied with a sharp, yet restrained reminder.

“Spill their blood and you will enrage Ozik. They protect his Muse. They are his Muse’s ulfa.”

Heiko gesticulated towards Enri with a scowl of subtle revulsion.