The sting lingered long after his hand withdrew, her pride smoldering along with the heat in her skin—I can't believe he just did that… The echo of the slap still rang faintly in her ears, and her skin tingled beneath the faint brush of cool air.
Leon, seeing the look on her face, couldn't understand what was happening. Having so many cores to absorb—who wouldn't want that?
"Seraphine, why are you making such a face? Do you not want to absorb all the cores, or are you still upset about what happened?"
Yep, my Leon's a monster. He doesn't even know the struggles of a normal Awakener.
It seemed she had to be the one to make His Highness aware of the common reality of average Awakeners.
Her voice sharpened, each word cutting through the charged silence as she fixed him with a glare that shimmered with unspoken frustration.
"Do you really not know that normal Awakeners can never absorb cores like you do with your monstrous talent?"
