Twenty-Eight

As the celebration reached its end, Minerva bid her goodbye to her Aunts and Uncles together with their sons and daughters. She rubbed her eyes as she was carried by her father towards his chamber to sleep.

But who knew that the moment her father opened the door to his chamber, the black-cloaked man was already inside like it was waiting for them. Furthermore, Harika was beside him as they silently stared at each other.

"I thought you already left." Her father said when he saw the black-cloaked man.

"Well, I was late, wasn't I? So I figured that I should wait until you return out of courtesy." The black-cloaked man nonchalantly said as he inclined on the backrest of the seat.

"Who would've thought that the Great Sebastian knew courtesy?" Her father mockingly said as he placed her down on the bed.

Minerva curiously stared at him. Right, he was there all along. But she wondered why she