Selection (6)

Evelyn finally managed to close her mouth, but she still could not stop her body from trembling.

Fireworks were exploding in her mind. What? How? When? Tens of questions began to revolve around her consciousness.

She somewhat composed herself as she turned left, towards him. Adrian was still looking down upon the highest echelons of the second strongest nation of the continent. A slight smile which conveyed 'these puny creatures are quite interesting' was plastered on his face.

"Ha… how?" She stuttered. "How did you get the Lochtear family to join us?"

"I was just lucky. Some unlucky fellow stumbled out of nowhere and made the plan I was brewing for those blue eyed humans much easier."

The princess on his right failed to understand anything he said.

But Sirius to his left forced a wry smile. He knew who was that 'unlucky fellow' was.

Maria who was standing behind her cousin, on the other hand, squinted. 'Blue eyed humans?'