Zoemi woke up on his double bed and looked at the ceiling with a grim expression. Kierul was upset – she was straight-up sad about the whole thing with the second prince.
In Zoemi's opinion, it would be better to actually test the water first before assuming anything, but as much as he didn't want to admit it openly, Kierul had better intuition than him and was leagues better than him in terms of planning things ahead and also figuring out other people intentions...
Still, she did sometimes get people wrong because she expected them to not do anything outrageously stupid that would ruin their lives and then got surprised by their rashness or straight-up stupidity – just as was the case with her crispy older brother.
"...the second prince could be acting friendly with her just for the sake of future connections or simply to keep other nobles on their toes... Haaa... I shouldn't punch through his skull before confirming it, should I...?"