Li Ji advanced closer, resolute, but was pulled back roughly by Jian. Nonetheless, it did not stop her looking at Ishirō right in the face and she sneered, still quoting his words: "'Justified in protecting my sister's virtue', 'defend her reputation and decency?'" She harrumphed an echoing "Ha!"
Subsequently, her arm promptly extending towards Emika, and with an air of cynicism and ridicule Li Ji bawled out: "Sir, the conduct of your sister is far from being virtuous or decent! You deserve a good beating for your attempt to shift the blame to His Highness for what is essentially your sister's doing!
"It was not His Highness who encouraged your sister in sneaking out in the secrecy of the night following him here without a chaperone; and doing so for the past eight years of to-nights as a matter of fact!"
