Chapter 510
For a brief moment, they exchanged glances, brows furrowed.
"Do you have any physical evidence to prove what you just said?" the guard asked.
His tone was polite, but the crease between his eyebrows remained, making it hard to tell if he disbelieved Diana or was simply irritated at being treated like a child. To Ian, both seemed equally likely.
"I don't have a certificate or anything like that, but there is a very simple way. Go inside and tell my mother. Tell her that her daughter has returned alive," said Diana.
She still sounded like she was giving an order to a subordinate—naturally so. The guard was likely an Erenos as well, which meant she probably outranked him.
The guard stared at her for a moment before he replied, "To answer your suggestion, that is impossible."
"What?" Diana's eyes narrowed. "Don't tell me my mother has passed away."
"That is not the case, but—"
"Then what is it? Speak clearly."
The guard, who had reflexively opened his mouth to reply, hesitated before clicking his tongue.
"Until you can prove your identity, I cannot disclose any more internal affairs," he said.
Diana's nose twitched. After glaring at the guard as if to pierce him, she finally let out a sigh, her expression softening as she added, "Then, deliver the news to the head of the house."