Watching Noah trail off his words while having a concerned expression, all of a sudden, Xanthus felt some peculiar anxiousness budding inside his chest. Not only he tightened his grip on both his arms while gazing deep into his narrowed ocean eyes looking at the ground, but he also exclaimed, "Sheoran…why can I sense strong hesitation coming from your body language?"
His stern voice cleared the cloud of anxious thoughts fogging his mind as Noah immediately met his gaze. Watching him make such a dubious expression, he tried to express, "No…That's not I—"
"I am well aware that I have kind of confined you here in this castle…" Intervening his words, Xanthus didn't avert his intense gaze locked on him as he continued, "And I am even aware that outside the castle you could have led your life freely as you wish…but the fact that I am asking you to stay by my side here…is it so disdainful to you?"
