While procrastinating like that, the day of departure suddenly arrived.
“Thank you for the gift, Noona. The… fire fairy is also very pleased. I’ll cherish it while I’m away.”
Holding the small lamp received from Amelia, Morres uncharacteristically smiled brightly.
Watching that scene, Owen thought.
‘Yes, Morres is not a newbie. He’s always been somewhat calm and dignified, right? He didn’t easily let loose in front of people like that.’
As Morres left the imperial palace, he sat up straight and skillfully rode his horse. Uncharacteristically, he looked ‘calm and dignified.’
So Owen thought again.
‘Yes, no matter how I think about it, that guy is not that cute newbie. Even when he was slaughtering players with his sword, he looked excessively adorable like a goat.’
Above all, if Morres was really a newbie, there’s no way he would have pretended not to know Owen even after meeting him. The various hardships they went through together with Lee Seongjin surely carry that much weight.
Thinking up to that point, Owen suddenly felt a strange sense of discomfort.
‘…Wait a minute. But when did I ever tell the newbie my name?’
I did introduce myself at first. As ‘Owen Lockwood.’ But in Delcross, Owen is officially the empire’s First Prince…