Collecting the reward (4)

The wall split in half revealing a dark, narrow corridor.

" Follow me~ "

The King and the Queen took the lead while their children kept talking with our group. While the Prince entertained Eli and Eric, the Princess kept talking with me and Ava.

I didn't quite get why, but Ava wasn't too adamant on talking with the Princess. They even exchanged names, but Ava still kept the Title ' Princess ' while talking to Mia.

Ava built an imaginary barrier between them, clearly drawing the line that she didn't want to know the princess. Even though I knew her character disallowed her from opening up to the strangers, Mia, the princess, is a literal NPC, she hasn't even done something to offend Ava, so why was she so petty?

Looking towards Ava she met my gaze, but due to the corridor being dimly lit I couldn't read her expression.