It's not that the queen didn't pay Daimon's group attention earlier, she did inspect Horals and was surprised to notice she couldn't see past through his armor, but then he didn't hide his strength as a middle stage Arch rank, though she calculated he was far stronger than what his realm suggested.
What really weirded her out, was that woman hiding in the silver haired kid's shadow, she a Half Stellar expert wouldn't have noticed her existence, if not for the fact that her head peeked out just to teach Ralph a lesson.
Mellie doubted for a second before saying.
"Ah, right, there was this strange pillar of white flames, that suddenly raised when he came out of that ice dome… mom's pendant reacted for a split of a second".
A strange glow flashed through Annete's eyes; she dragged her little sister along with her towards the other side of the mansion.
"Oh, really, come with older sister, we'll have a nice sisterly conversation~".
