The entire room was silent for a moment after Cattleya's hand hit Arthur's face.
In the next moment, powerful cosmic energy erupted from Arthur's body as a furious Celestia attempted to manifest physically.
However, Arthur stopped her with a single command. 'No, Celestia.'
[But master—!]
'No,' he insisted, stopping her despite her obvious dissatisfaction.
The furious waves of cosmic energy reluctantly receded, and despite being unable to sense this cosmic energy, Cattleya could tell that something had occurred.
However, she paid no mind to it as she looked at Arthur and asked, "Why didn't you dodge?"
At this, Arthur chuckled, silently grabbing his cheek as he said, "Well, I guess there's a part of me that thought I kind of deserved it."
