"...!" Shocked by the sudden voice that rang through his ears, Shinto abruptly turned his head over to the direction of it—Quickly noting that it was none other than Frey. "...F-Frey? What's up?"
"What's up?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue at Shinto's confused expression. "We've literally been calling you for the past minute. The hell were you up to this entire time?"
"...cough. Something came up in my whispers, so I uh... Was replying to that," Shinto uttered out. "I guess I was lost in the conversation?"
As Shinto the situation within his notification window was too farfetched to mention, he had to come up with an excuse. The most plausible was that he was replying to whispers as the ban on it was lifted upon completion of the dungeon.
"...you," Ethaniel helplessly glared at Shinto as he soon glanced away. "Bah, whatever. Anyways, since you didn't listen to whatever we were saying, I'll repeat. You know how we've been walking for quite some time, right?"