"And what exactly do we have here?"
The moment my voice rang out, all eyes snapped toward me.
"B—Brother..." Lenora smiled in relief at the sight of me.
"Lu—Lumiel..."
Vincent, on the other hand, immediately released his grip on Lenora's arm and stumbled a step back.
Good for him. I had been half a second away from cutting it off.
"Is 'Lumiel' how you are supposed to address me, Vincent?" I asked with a sigh, my footsteps ringing softly against the stone as I approached.
He looked at me nervously, his fists clenching at his sides.
He opened his mouth to say something, but I stepped forward, closing the distance between us in a fraction of a second.
He flinched, trying to back away, but my fist was already sinking deep into his solar plexus.
"Gahhhh!"
His mouth flew open in a silent gasp as I knocked every ounce of air from his lungs.
Before a string of disgusting saliva could trail past his lips, I drove my fist harder into his abdomen, forcing him downward.
