"Eh? Why are you... apologising?" Rei asked as she stared at Holly with a slightly confused look.
"Heh?" And Holly herself is a bit confused as well.
Then, after staring at each other for a few seconds, the two girls burst into laughter. With that brief conversation, both Rei and Holly feel that they are having a lot of similarities with each other.
"It must be a hard time for you during those years in Qin's palace, isn't it?" Holly asked, in a friendlier and gentler tone.
"Well, you too, it certainly required a lot of courage and a strong mentality to survive and walk out from that shade," said Rei.
Holly smiled without saying anything...
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