As Lidia and Slimo continued bowing their heads, the Queen looked at Slimo with a smirk.
"And here I was thinking you both should be honored to be in my presence. Little did I know, I should have been the one honored to be in your presence, Slimo Kin."
A wry chuckle escaped her mouth.
"To think the Prince of Paria Empire himself is my personal servant! By Zalo, no one will ever believe me!"
Slimo finally decided to speak.
"You call me a Prince rather than a murderer?"
"I do not care what kind of inner struggle you must have had with your older brother. I simply thought you would be much stronger... for being royalty and such. What Zalo are you hiding from me?"
"I do not carry one."
"Impossible."
The room fell silent.
"I truly was never blessed with one. Why must you think it impossible?"
"Because no ordinary human can survive the dangers of this world, let alone the assassins sent out to murder them, all of whom contain powerful Zalo's."
