177: The half-point

“What is it? I’m not a mind reader” Venus almost yelled as Maria stared at her in wonder. She could see that the princess felt nervous by having Maria’s stare aimed at her. Not that Maria blamed her either.

But still, she stared down at the princess with an appreciative look aimed at the other. She could almost not believe that the princess had ended up helping her out in that fight.

“You could have been free if the beast did manage to kill me. And you still helped me out? Maybe I misjudged you a bit too hard” Maria spoke under her breath. Her words were just loud enough for Venus to take offense to them.

“Let you die? Who do you think you are to tell me what I can and cannot do? True, I would have been free if you had died and I kind of did not think about that” the princess’s expression went from angry to thoughtful.