The walk back to the entrance was quick and silent. The voices and the heavy atmosphere had vanished as if they never existed in the first place.
Lucen exited the treasury, and the king was there to meet him.
"Oh, you barely made it before the six hours were over." The king looked at his pocket watch and spoke. "So what did you choose?"
Lucen then showed the ring on his finger. The second the king saw the ring, Lucen noticed that the king had a weird expression on his face.
What made it weird was that Lucen could not tell what kind of expression it was. It was like he suddenly became stoic like his Father, but at the same time, there's this hidden feeling that the king seemed to be hiding that Lucen could not quite pick up on.
"Where did you find that?"
"It was near the end of the treasury, wrapped around in mist. Why is there something wrong?"
