[Realm: Álfheimr]
[Location: Heart Kingdom]
[Pulchritudo]
Gretel had been half expecting the conversation to sour.
She simply had not expected it to happen so quickly.
The warmth, or rather the amusement, that usually lingered within Echidna's emerald eyes gradually disappeared. The monster's pupils narrowed to thin slits as she regarded the oni before her with hostility.
The bustling streets of Pulchritudo continued around them, oblivious to the tension steadily thickening between two beings.
