Gier

'She was not an Awakened…so even if she would have awoken by now, her rank would be lower than mine… so what am I thinking? If the woman behind the veil would have been my sister, she would have long since spoken to me.'

Even though Nial had faced an extremely weird situation just now and had been needlessly hopeful, he was not angry. On the contrary, he was confused about Kirlia Maverick's behavior, the fact that she tried to silence him in a not-so-harmless way just because he was being a little bit nosy.

He wasn't one to be nosy or rude under normal circumstances but Miranda was his master, and Kirlia was a childhood friend of his Master.

Usually, even if one was arrogant or known for acting violently, it should take a second or two for someone to decide that it was fine to nearly kill a childhood friend's disciple.