ASTRID glanced at his brother who was pedaling the bike with a serious expression on his handsome face. He had been silent ever since they left the clearing where the lake was. He was probably still shocked to find out that the person he admired for his strengths and skills turned out to be such a shameless man. If Astrid was in his shoes, he probably also wouldn't be in a mood to talk.
When the prince – he still felt a bit awkward calling him that – revealed his identity, of course both he and Reas didn't believe it. How could that prince suddenly appear in their family's land? And they remembered the rumor about the prince being missing. Add that to his white hair and golden eyes, which matched the description of the prince, and that bald man calling him 'general', they started to believe what he said by 50 points. But they were still not fully convinced.
