'Crap,' Hajin thought, keeping his face completely flat while his mind raced to find an excuse.
The Captain did not wait for an answer, his eyes narrowing as he took another step forward.
"That ring around your wrist, that golden mana," he said, the claymore still pointing at Hajin's chest while his voice dropped to a low whisper, "were you the one who caused that incident in the capital?"
"Did you trick the King to get your sponsorship?" the Captain asked, the four Shards around his wrist flickering with unstable silver light. "What exactly are you after?"
The atmosphere on the sand dunes became incredibly tense, the surrounding knights holding their breath while they watched the confrontation.
Juna took a step forward, her tail puffing up while her claws slid out from her fingertips with a quiet click.
Loccy crouched lower, her ears pinning flat against her head while her face turned serious. Vella did not move, but her eyes narrowed while she kept her arms crossed.
