The dust managed to settle down, leaving the entire area in an eerie silence. And in this silence, Mia continued to stand in place, refusing to move even an inch.
The compelling nature of Arthur's order has long faded away, allowing the girl to move to a more natural position.
There was no reason for her to just keep standing like that. Yet, after Arthur rejected her for the second time, it was the closest she could get to him.
'Maybe if I obediently listen to his order, he will accept me again?' Mia thought.
Her mental state was strange, locking her between the eagerness to follow Arthur's command and the unwillingness to accept what it truly meant.
'What are they doing?' Mia asked herself as she observed people rushing around the place. Even though she refused to move even an inch, that didn't stop her from looking around the place.