Reaction and Matchmaking Attempts

Interrogation and Revelation (308/ 309)

Alberu's handsome self was still obnoxiously pretty. His darker skin brought out his brilliantly brown eyes, which were surrounded by luxurious dark brown hair.

Aside from Kim Rok Soo's jokingly grumpy comment, nobody else offered any words. His counterpart looked resolutely at the table, avoiding eye contact with everyone else.

At this point, the spectators from Side A were genuinely out of fucks to give. Alberu could have green skin for all they cared for. Rather, they want to finally know what his real capabilities were. Cale Henituse placed him on a high pedestal, being the only person in the room he somewhat respected and listened to.

As for those who owned more than one brain cell, they realized that Mary, the powerful necromancer, and the dark elves, powerful fighters and skilled elementalists, would prefer the Roan Kingdom as long as Alberu was in power.

Valuable allies they couldn't do without.

Also, the whole reason the Crossman Family prioritized the golden hair and blue eyes was the supposed blessing of the sun goddess. Adin was a fine example of why one shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Alberu smiled. He wondered how the people, his counterpart especially, would react to the present a certain goddess had given him.

Idly playing with a brown strand, he enjoyed the calculating gazes and poorly hidden plots. His smile slipped off his face when Cale, the one on the screen and not the troublemaker nearby, asked:

'Why is he smiling?'

Cale held back a sigh at Alberu who just smiled without responding as he started to speak.

"Miss Lina."
"Ah, yes?"

Queen Litana flinched before responding. She was looking at Cale and this Dark Elf who were calling each other little brother and hyung with curiosity.

It was not just her.
Saint Jack, Hilsman, and even Rosalyn were feeling the same way. Rosalyn seemed to have the most questions out of everyone.

First of all, this Dark Elf had a skin tone that seemed to be between the brown color of the southern Jungle people and the regular Dark Elves. She was curious as to who this person was.
This was especially the case as the fact that he was with Tasha and Cale meant that he was someone they could rely on for this operation.

Tasha was touched by the level of trust Rosalyn and the others had in her as well.

It was one thing to trust Cale and Alberu, yet seeing Rosalyn place her trust in Tasha as well made her feel warm. A fuzzy, comfortable feeling filled her chest.

The two ladies exchanged knowing looks.

Meanwhile, Alberu didn't know whether to complain or sigh. He only looked reliable because his aunt and Cale were with him? Which part of him looked unreliable?!

However, they all realized that they didn't have the time to be curious about this right now after hearing Cale's statement.

"You can explain the rest of the operation to Miss Tasha here. She is the representative of the Dark Elves."
"Sure, I will do that."
"Have you determined when we will commence the operation?"

When would they be heading into Section 7?
Litana smiled at that question.

"Tonight. We plan on starting right away after Crown Prince Alberu makes his declaration."

Cale peeked toward Alberu before nodding his head.

"Sounds like a good time to do so."

Litana bit back a curse.