"What do you think, unknown bird?" Emerson's words echoed throughout the silent room, and all the retainers turned their heads in accordance with the duke's vision, but they saw no one.
Rion stared at Emerson with an impressed gaze and remarked inwardly, 'Heh. No wonder he is holding a sword... he has awakened his Weapon Sense before awakening his Zone.'
"Why are you silent?" Emerson asked. "If you have decided to enter, you may as well be useful to the discussion, no?"
"Who are you talking to, my lord?" The first retainer on the left voiced the question that every retainer had on his mind.
Emerson didn't give them the satisfaction of the answer; instead, he continued to stare at Rion with a calm expression. "Fish got your tongue?"
Hearing him, an amused chuckle escaped Rion's lips, and all of the retainers trembled in their chairs.
