Vex

However, in this world, being homosexual was heavily frowned upon, to the point of being a crime worthy of getting enslaved for, so his admitting it after trying to boast about his expensive slave is a bit of a strange thing, since he just completely ruined any chances of looking cool in our eyes. Maybe he hit his head on the way here.

"Oh? My ears have picked up on some interesting statements." All my jovial snickering came to an abrupt halt as soon as the chilly tone of a female whose presence I was unaware of sounded from close to me.

"L-l-lady Vex, I was merely jesting, a slip of the tongue between men trying to one-up each other. I'm begging you, don't take it to heart!" Soren shouted immediately, letting me know that the woman behind me was most certainly the Veil Walker sent to act as our examiner.