A collective intake of breath swept the room.
Leviathan's expression did not change, but the temperature dropped just enough for breath to mist.
"So the currents were right," she replied, voice calm, vast, carrying the echo of underwater canyons. "You're not just roaming the surface anymore."
Silence.
Then realization struck the ballroom like a tidal wave.
Wait.
Kraken.
Not just a powerful demon queen.
Not just a terrifying sovereign.
She was...
Whispers erupted despite every attempt at restraint.
"Wait... that can be the legendary Kraken!""Of that Leviathan?""The one sealed beneath the world's oceans?""Then Kraken is..."
"A mythical being," someone finished hoarsely. "Just like her."
Several guests went pale.
Others leaned back slowly, as if physical distance could protect them from conceptual annihilation.
