"First of all... what you are about to hear is personal information that will give you the shock of your life. So... please don't act immediately after hearing it, stay calm."
All the happiness that had just been on the king's face disappeared.
Anxiety.
Fear.
Anxiety.
I saw it all, in fleeting seconds, on Faelan Aroniel's face.
"This will be about... your son. So I want you to avoid looking at his side as much as possible."
At first he was a little surprised to hear that it was about his son, Alith. But then he realized that he really wasn't going to like what I was going to say and his brow furrowed.
He was so focused on me that I felt an intense pressure, even though he wasn't using mana.
Still, I couldn't back down, so taking a deep breath... I started.
"You know what I am, right? The whole planet knows."
The king thought for a moment, but without waiting for him to find the answer, I answered my own question.
