096 ※ Frozen Sea in the Archipelago K'hir [VII]

"NATASHA," SILVER'S VOICE WAS CALMING IN A WAY I expected Ruby's to be, not to mention his gentle smile that caught me totally off guard. "Jokes apart, we are two hundred years old, and we've been part of the squads that go to the Kingdoms and Empires, and search for any threats, for quite a while. But what I meant to say, by reminding you of this, is that we became experts in understanding the persona and essence of someone in an incredibly short amount of time, child."

Oh, Goddess, why do I think like he's going to give me a lesson of how fucked up I am? If he's that good, he must have noticed, right? Once even Val sensed it.

"And you know what I sense from you?" I gulped, feeling more nervous than before.

"What?" I managed to ask.