Chapter 273: Instinct

"...Should we really be opening that door?"

There was a moment of silence after Miquella said that. Malenia stared at her at first, spending seconds squinting her eyes almost as if trying to find a way to refute her sister's words as harshly as possible — but alas, she was making sense.

And so, Malenia just turned her eyes toward the shivellan, as they might back her up in what she was doing. But alas, even they could see that it would not be a wise choice to open the door. And it did not even matter whether the nymphs had changed or not — their ancestors had shed their scales numerous times, and yet the Nymph's Rest have remained closed — there was also the tradition to be kept. But of course, it was not like they could rebuke their High Priestess' words when she was obviously adamant about it.

And so, Malenia then turned her attention to Rhys, who just shrugged her shoulders and told her to,