Chapter 65: Two Schemes (6)
“Yeeesss⎯⎯it is definitely⎯⎯His Hiiighnesss Dantalian⎯⎯.”
Barbatos fell into deep thought. Why? Why did he come to visit me at this point?
She made various deductions; however, she preferred following her simple intuition over complicated logic when making decisions. After concluding that there must definitely be an interesting reason for Dantalian’s visit, she spoke.
“Tell him to come in right away! No, I’ll go pick him up myself.”
“Aaas⎯⎯Your Highness commaaaaands⎯⎯.”
The nearly transparent ghost responded while dragging the ends of his words. The ghost disappeared into the ground. Normally, she would have let out a sigh about how her subordinate would wander through the ground instead of the perfectly built corridors, but Barbatos bit her finger impatiently.
‘Maybe, just maybe……did he perhaps noticed what I did?’
A tingle went down Barbatos’ spine. There’s no way. Even though she knew that there’s no way he could have noticed, the mere thought of him figuring this out filled her with excitement. Her heart pounded. A faint heat lingered in her breath. Of course, it was too soon to make any conclusions. It’s only natural for someone to become as disappointed as they were hopeful. You have to know how to resign yourself appropriately as well.
Nevertheless.