Chapter 45: A valuable Lesson (3)

While walking down the staircase, Whittaker asked with innocent curiosity,

"Shadow why did you hand her seven platinum bar?"

He didn't have even a single hint of jealousy or other negative feelings rather he was thinking whether handing out some of the total sum to the service provider is a basic courtesy of some sort. 'If it is then I messed up!" he thought.

Shadow smiled and calmly said the famous quote while walking down the staircase, "Don't judge a book by its cover."

"Eh? I am not dense but you make me feel like one~ Can you explain the reason in words I can comprehend?" Whittaker finally said what he wanted to say for a long long time, but he had been controlling himself as first, they weren't close acquaintance and later, Shadow announced his identity as a Royal!