Men of the Harem (137 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 224

As if her pupils and gaze were bound to his, La Til stared fixedly at one spot without looking anywhere else.

Calain, with a stiff expression, couldn’t even move and merely looked at La Til in return. At least she didn’t avert her eyes—that was fortunate, perhaps.

“Why would you even think such a thing…?”

Though his voice sounded no different from usual, La Til wouldn’t let it go.

“Shall I tell you about what happened in Shode Poli?”

“It seems many things occurred.”

“I met the merfolk.”

“!”

“At first, they thought I was the Adversary. I went there with Girgol. But later, everyone changed their minds. They said I wasn’t the Adversary—that the Adversary wouldn’t be like me.”

La Til paused and watched Calain’s reaction.

Calain sat rigidly upright on the bed. Then, perhaps sensing La Til’s gaze, he moved unnaturally, his joints creaking, and muttered under his breath.

“What would those beings know? They’re of a different race.”

“The Adversaries can’t understand merfolk speech, yet I could understand it.”

La Til continued coldly toward Calain, who kept denying everything—then suddenly widened her eyes in surprise at her own words.

Now that she thought about it—Girgol. She had clearly spoken with the merfolk ruler right in front of Girgol. Why had Girgol stayed silent?

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