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"What the Crimson Prince told you, after you leave tonight, you're not to mention it to anyone else. Do you hear me?"
Chaerin raised a single finger, beginning her earnest lecture.
Ye Huai was too cowed to speak back. Though still unwilling, facing his master's divine pressure, he could only nod obediently.
"From now on, you're forbidden from having any contact with the Crimson Prince. If he tries to spread more nonsense, pretend you didn't hear it and leave immediately."
"Master, how do you know everything he says is slander..."
Ye Huai couldn't help but talk back one more time.
But the next second, he sensed a terrifying killing intent and was immediately scared into falling from his chair, cowering on the ground with a hand covering his face.
Watching this scene through the wardrobe crack, Yino found it mystifying.
