He leaned in, his face inches from hers. "But I cannot understand... how did you suddenly become so incredibly smart?"
Elara simply looked at him, unblinking. She had died as the CEO of NetVault Security and woken up as Princess Yue Lian, but her fundamental processing power remained unchanged. "Continue the story, please," she said.
Seeing her completely unhurried, emotionless expression, Ken let out a harsh bark of laughter. "Well, that's not the main point. We kept observing you. We saw your obsession with the collars, and we worried again. But then you ran away."
His face shifted into cold, unadulterated fury, his ears pressing flat against his skull. "You know, at that time, we wished we had choked you before. We were furious. How could you run away after promising us so much? We needed somewhere to vent that anger. So when the masquerade happened..." He smiled darkly. "We killed everyone."
"Ah," Elara said, her hand lifting to touch her shoulder lightly. "As I suspected."
