The guards both wanted to rebuke, but for some reason, they did not manage to inspire the courage to do so; an unknown fear was slowly creeping up their spines. They could only surrender to that growing fear at the back of their minds, so one of them went out while the other remained and watched her like a hawk.
But from time to time, the guard's expression became strange; he would lose focus and start thinking about different kinds of thoughts, completely contradictory to the current situation in which he was supposed to be watching the suspicious women with the utmost caution.
She did not have to wait long, as her brother soon arrived. At first, he was wary of her, considering her whole figure and face were suspiciously covered up in its entirety. Sophia spoke this time, her authentic voice filled with a trace of her genuine emotion escaping her lips unconsciously, "Hello, brother."
"It's been so long, hasn't it?" she stated again after a pause.
