Lucien was now again seated in the same seat she had sat before. Breakfast with the emperor doesn't look like it would end any moment.
Calix disappeared right after spilling some tea which made Lucien to be stuck in this pergola for a while. She looked anywhere but him, fumbling her thumb.
"So, the Earth Spirit has finally appeared among us. No wonder," Efthalia commented. Benjamin was standing a little further away but he could still hear them communicating. "My curiosity never seems to be over no matter how much I think about it."
Lucien was listening, avoiding eye contact. "Are you trying to act like a modest person or trying to become one?" He tilted his head. "Were you trying to think of yourself as an important person that you need to hide your identity or was it your brothers who made this–"
