The moment Infernum’s gaze fell upon them, the twins began trembling violently.
Their pink eyes quivered as though convulsing, and their thin vertical pupils expanded into circles.
Looking down at the twins, Infernum asked,
“Why are you here?”
It was a ridiculous question when he must have come knowing full well.
But those few words were hell to the twins.
The twins, who had been rigid until then, flinched violently and dropped to their knees.
Bang!
It sounded as though something had broken.
Ella and Ellun bowed their heads deeply and begged forgiveness.
“We dared disobey the command our lord bestowed upon us and committed the sin of abandoning our assigned post.”
“We shall willingly accept any punishment.”
The Fire Dragon Race was organized in a rigid vertical hierarchy.
At the pyramid’s apex stood only one being: the lord.
For the Fire Dragon Race, obeying the lord’s commands was an instinct they could not defy.
Ella and Ellun coming to me had been an act of tremendous rebellion.
Despite receiving their lord’s wrath, they had not repented. Instead, they had left the dungeon in search of treatment.
At this moment, it was natural for the twins to ask their lord’s forgiveness while naming the sin of abandoning their posts and failing in their duty as the dungeon’s gatekeepers.
But….
It was not natural for their lord, Infernum, to come searching for them.
From his perspective, the twins were merely lowly gatekeepers.
Yet he had personally come for the…