GoE 111
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Elle was stunned by Clete's determination to get out of Zeredian completely. Go as far as possible and choose to stay in the loving Milky Way Galaxy. However, Elle also knew that Clete desperately wanted freedom by traveling far from Zeredian.
"Interesting. Very interesting." Hector commented looking intently at Elle.
For some reason, Hector's heart skipped a beat when he got a glance back from Elle. Intense gaze without any odd preconceptions. Hector felt respected as a human, not just as a prince of the Solar Galactic Empire.
The acknowledgment that Hector was also a human being who could be interested in things other than the military. Though Hector grew up with high ambitions to become Emperor. But it wasn't an ambition that came from the bottom of Hector's heart.