After declaring his sovereignty, Tangmo glanced at Melia with a provocative look, then contentedly followed the others to the banquet hall, leaving only the awkward Luo'er and Melia.
After everyone left, Melia still looked at him with a smile in her eyes as if she was not bothered by what had just happened.
"Um, Your Highness, please this way," Luo'er awkwardly wiped the mark at the corner of his mouth then said to her.
"Still calling me 'Your Highness'?" Melia chuckled.
Startled, Luo'er blushed again, coughed, and then said awkwardly, "Melia, this way, please."
Melia considered it a small victory that she got Luo'er to address her casually. Her smile never left her face when facing Luo'er. That heartfelt smile seemed inexhaustible for the time being.
"Are those people part of your crew too?" Melia pointed at the mercenaries on the ship and asked.
"Oh, they are mercenaries," Luo'er replied.
"Let them go down for a meal, I'll have my soldiers take their place," said Melia.
