"WAS IT really necessary to show your face to His Majesty's Paladin?"
"Of course," Nichole said as a response to Gin's question. "Lord Gavin Quinzel is our trump card. He hasn't regained his full strength yet. Thus, we have to keep his existence a secret."
Right now, she and Gin were having tea inside the huge Black Cube.
The Black Cube was actually her version of the Dome that she learned from Dominic Zavaroni when she was young. In short, the Black Cube was a formidable barrier that could only be broken from the inside.
To make up for that weakness, she combined her Black Cube with Gin's ability to create illusions based on the target's memories.
But since Gavin Quinzel created a Shadow Veil inside the Black Cube, she couldn't see Princess Neoma's memories that were being recreated by Gin's illusion. Even the cat himself had no idea because the former Commander was also blocking the cat's "eyes" with his shadow.
