Reina thought of how the memories continued to display the conversation that took place with her predecessor and the children of that village.
Essi, that word in the language of this village, was used to address a woman older than oneself.
It could be a synonym for 'sister' in their language and that was exactly how the children had used to address her as well.
Therefore, Rein, who had pretended to be a man before the King and his group, was now panicking that she had been caught red-handed.
Since she had not expected to meet the King again, she had not tried to conceal her true gender from the villagers who were kind to her.
Since they had welcomed her, she wasn't planning to break their trust by hiding her gender.
Not to mention that the only reason she had lied to the King and his group was to avoid their suspicion.
