Chapter 22: A Gift
"So, w-what was the s-sudden visit for?" in his broken language, Ellis... now called Adrian, asked.
The interruption of his sweet moment, when he had been fondling Silas's breasts, was a heavy sin, after all.
He was already prepared to lash out at whoever the visitor was...
But seeing Silas's expression... that complicated look on her face, a whirlpool of emotions, regret, joy, and a quiet sadness, all mixed together, made his mood calm down greatly.
Silas was lamenting the luck of the one she now served.
The one whom she had once been forced to serve, but to whom she now devoted herself, entirely and willingly, with all her heart.
She felt sad that, despite the prodigy the little prince was, he was still not being treated with the treatment he deserved, after all.
"It's an Amulet. Her ladyship Thalia has sent it to you."
Thalia, his mother's name, and then... gift.
Hearing just one of those words would have been enough to surprise him, but the two together?
Ellis's expression, his chubby cheeks, and round eyes that widened, naturally reflected his reaction to the unexpected statement.