Rose's gaze was firmly locked onto Julien's neck.
More specifically, it was locked onto the visible handprint on his neck, and for a brief moment, she fell into a daze, her mind wandering away from the present.
She was reminded of what had happened a long time ago.
It was a distant past, one that she had long forgotten about, but staring at that handprint that reminded her so much of her own, she felt her chest quiver.
She wouldn't have cared so much had it just been the handprint, but feeling the familiar mana trace that the handprint gave off left her completely unsettled.
That...
'No, but it's not possible.'
Back then, following her actions, she had felt like she had killed the one who had infiltrated the place. She remembered burning their entire body to a crisp.
The Seat of Dawn was also present.
Given that he didn't say anything else back then, she thought she had killed him.
And yet...