FROM LOVERS TO ENEMIES?

"I'M SURE my face already tells you who I am," Neoma said, smiling at Ruto's colleagues. "And you already know Dahlia whom you worked with for the past few years, so let me introduce you to my people."

Of course, she knew that Ruto's colleagues already knew who her people were. Even so, it didn't hurt to be polite.

Neoma politely pointed to Hanna.

"This is my cousin– Lady Hanna Quinzel, the "kidnapped" Quinzel Princess."

Hanna smiled and slightly– yes, just slightly– lowered her head as a greeting.

[Well, we can't expect the highest-ranking noble lady in the empire to easily bow her head to just anyone, especially not to the people from the Eastern Continent. After all, Hanna is the perfect textbook example of a prim and proper noble lady. Plus, she's the future Crown Princess.]

Anyway…

She then pointed to Baby Skylus who was already asleep on the other bed (the other one was occupied by the drunken Aspen).