Changing Star's words brought the room to dead silence. On both sides of it, people were slowly preparing themselves, dark resentment burning in their eyes. It felt as though the tension reached critical mass and was about to explode into a storm of violence.
Only three people remained calm and unaffected by the direness of the situation: Nephis herself, Sunny… and Tessai.
The giant bared his canines in a grin. His eyes, however, remained cold as ice.
"What a… revelation. And here I was, thinking that you are a great defender of justice. Were you not, Changing Star? Or is your sense of justice reserved only for the crimes of those who don't serve you?"
He sighed and added, his voice full of disappointment:
"That huntress of yours is accused of murder. Why are you trying to prevent me from bringing her to justice? I thought that you, of all people, would not get in the way of fairness."
Nephis frowned.
