Encounter Battle

When she heard my command, after her wild coughing fit that shook everything that could shake about her, she stared at my face with a complicated expression.

"... I'm warning you, but you can't enter that place without the key. Only my husband holds it."

"Key? No need."

After all, unless it's spatially locked, we can just use the Shadow dimension to bypass barriers. Although it'll mean we have to leave Queen Thalia behind later, that still works.

As if realizing that we wouldn't have reached her bedroom undetected without proper skills to back us up, she sighed.

"Alright... But let me change clothes first."

She was wearing nothing but a negligee, after all. Although there's nobody who could see her as long as she's inside the barrier, she'll be exposed to everyone if we leave her behind.

"Oh, please. Don't mind me."