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Kael grinned. "Of course—"
He was about to add something else when Thalia's elbow jabbed into his side.
Nero grabbed Kael by the back of his collar and started pulling him toward the door. "We should head back."
Thalia gave a polite nod to Isaac. "Thanks for the offer, but we need to leave now. Curfew's close."
Kael tried to resist once they were outside. "Why'd you stop me? We were about to get some good food!"
Nero replied without looking back. "Did you not see Isaac's maid? Her hand was twitching toward her sword when you said that."
Kael froze mid-step. "...I didn't notice."
He gave up and followed them silently, slightly pale.
As Isaac's maid and bodyguard, she must be extremely strong, probably peak Master rank or maybe even Champion rank.
