She didn't give anyone any semblance of attention, and her presence seemed to have became just that much more heavy since the young master Noel lost his conscious.
It was clear that she didn't put anyone in her eyes aside from the child him.
And while many seemed to have their pride hurt at that, no one dared to voice his thoughts.
No, rather, they were happy, that she suddenly vanished… and Derek, the head of the Cross Noble house included!
Hilda watched the last step of the ritual in silence, while taking everything around her.
Her gaze would go toward one of the two centers where, Noel, battered, and sbrawled on the ground were… only to end shedding her gaze to some different direction unable to see him like that.
Like that, time slowly passed, with the ritual going on, and the sound of Elaine's sobbing, not far away.
When the ritual finally finished?
