Annie was furious after hearing that. Her beautiful eyes glared at Claire as she snapped, "Who are you calling a tomboy?"
Claire glanced at Annie, covering her mouth as she giggled. "You, a person whose head is filled with nothing but fighting—aren't you exactly that? It’s truly a waste of such a 'grand' figure; you have no idea how to utilize a woman’s charm."
"And you do?" Annie replied with a disdainful look.
"Of course I do! My Prince, would you say this tomboy is more charming, or is it me?~" As she spoke, Claire leaned down and planted a shallow kiss on the corner of Eros’s mouth.
Smelling the delicate fragrance so close at hand, Eros gave a dry laugh. This was a "death trap" of a question. Until he had an answer that satisfied both, it was best to remain silent.
Beside them, Annie let out a cold laugh upon hearing the question. "I wonder who it was last time who almost got the positions mixed up, unable to tell front from back."
Claire’s face instantly turned bright red. She turned to glare at Annie, fuming with shame. "Tomboy! Are you looking for a fight?"
Annie smiled dismissively. "If you want to fight, let’s fight. Who’s afraid? Though we are in the Sin Realm; a duel would likely attract evil spirits."
Claire let out a mocking scoff, challenging her: "Are you scared?"
"I’d be scared of you?" Annie immediately rose from Eros’s lap, one hand gripping the hilt of the knight’s straight-sword planted nearby.
Seeing the two of them at each other's throats as if they were actually going to brawl, Eros quickly grabbed one in each hand, pulling the combatants apart. Looking at Annie’s disdainful expression and then at Claire’s face, which was still flushed with anger, Eros offered some earnest, well-meaning advice:
"What is there to compete over? You are both my 'wings'—there is no high or low between you."
Hearing this, Mary quickly turned her head away, trying her hardest to stifle her laughter.
Claire snorted coldly. "Tonight, I’m giving the Prince face. Otherwise, I’d certainly teach you a lesson, you tomboy."
Annie glanced at Claire, her tone mocking. "Ah, the charm of not knowing front from back!"
"You!"
Claire was once again incensed and wanted to issue another challenge, but Eros quickly held her back. After a good while of soothing her, Claire finally huffed, "I won't lower myself to your level."
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Annie also knew their current situation wasn't suitable for conflict, so she stopped the mockery. With both of them quiet, the atmosphere fell into silence.
Eros cleared his throat. "Actually, I wanted to ask about your recent experiences."
Because this Sin Realm had undergone a mutation after being "glanced at" by the Evil God, the data he had obtained through his Son of God authority was now completely useless. In its current state, even the terrain had been reorganized, let alone anything else. He wanted to understand their experiences to see if he could gather intel about the Sin Realm that he currently lacked.
Facing this entirely alien Sin Realm, even he wasn't 100% sure of survival, let alone the others. Furthermore, the more he knew, the safer they would be. Perhaps he could even discover the reason why that Evil God had looked at this place in the first place.
Hearing Eros bring up serious business, Annie and Claire stopped arguing and began to earnestly describe what they had experienced over the past three days.
Once they finished, Eros realized their experiences were quite similar to Doreen’s. Everything had been normal at first, right up until that night when everything changed. Some students on night watch had suddenly vanished into thin air simply because they stood a bit too far from the group. Then there was the contamination carried by the mist and the spirits lurking within it.
Annie and Claire weren't in the same class; they had run into each other while traveling to avoid being swallowed by the mist again. Being sixth-years, they had noticed more details than Doreen, but they were mostly minor points. To be honest, Eros was somewhat disappointed because what the two women described was largely what he already knew, though he didn't show it on his face.
After finishing her account, Annie looked at Eros with her beautiful eyes and asked a question she had been meaning to ask but had been delayed:
"Why are there only a few of you? Where are the others from your class? Where is Prince Saliba?"
Eros spread his hands, his tone somewhat helpless. "That night, they suddenly vanished from right before my eyes. I don't know how it happened."
Claire was shocked by this answer. "You mean... only the few of you successfully blocked the spirits coming from the mist?"
One had to realize that their classes of thirty had suffered heavy casualties, yet Eros’s small group had managed to avoid losing a single person.
"Is this the power of a Sequence 7?" Claire marveled, her eyes shining with admiration. Clearly, she assumed the reason Eros's group hadn't lost anyone was entirely due to his presence as a Sequence 7.
Annie, however, looked disappointed. "It’s a pity the Prince isn't here. Otherwise, we could have asked him for detailed information about this Sin Realm. The Royal Family should be able to get data from the Church; with that, our response could be much easier."
Eros sighed. "It’s no use. Some unknown change has occurred here. The previous data on this Sin Realm is no longer applicable."
Annie was startled. "You have the data for this Sin Realm?"
Eros nodded. There was no need to hide this; it wasn't a vital secret. Even if word got out, people would just assume his family used a connection in the Church to obtain it.
Seeing him nod, Annie’s tone became exceptionally grave. "What do you mean by an 'unknown change'? Is it because of this change that the data is completely useless?"
Eros gave a soft "mm" and said, "The terrain here has been reorganized. Over the last two days, not a single part of the map I have matches the current geography. Furthermore, the mist is something that didn't exist before. This is why I say the old data is useless. We are currently in a Sin Realm that has never been explored."
Claire sighed, her tone somewhat dejected. "It seems we can only hope the Church discovers the anomaly soon."
Suddenly, Eros’s brow furrowed slightly. He turned his gaze toward the distant darkness of the night.