Persephone stuck her tongue out. What he said hit the mark. He was always like this when it was about himself, it was just a brief, "I'm doing fine."

When it was about Persephone, he would ramble on and on.

Persephone thought, 'Morpheus has been in Centrolis for a while now. Due to my family's connections, many people try to curry favor with him. But those who know him say he's enigmatic, solemn to the extreme, and maintains an icy demeanor toward everyone.

'Theodore told me that Morpheus inevitably attends some events in Centrolis, where there are always flashy socialites and heiresses. Initially, these girls surrounded him, but eventually, not a single one dared to get close.'

During her phone call with Theodore.

Persephone joked, "Is Morpheus hitting women?"

Theodore said, "Sis, of course, he wouldn't hit women. In his eyes, you're the only woman. Would he hit you?"

Persephone blushed and hastily hung up on Theodore.

"Sephy?" Morpheus' voice came through again.

snapped back, pretending to be annoyed. "Don't think that by changing the subject, I'll forget! You still haven't answered me. Why didn't

Morpheus just chuckled.

Persephone got a bit

tell you," he murmured softly. "I... I had a sparring match today. My face

"What?" Persephone's heart clenched.

thought, 'How could he possibly get hit? He would always emerge unscathed, leaving others battered and bruised in

and well-lit arenas,

"Morpheus, you don't want to video chat with me because you don't want to

on the other

and panic in that one

didn't offer

didn't push further

"Actually, I wanted to video chat with you earlier

"Yeah, what's up?"

beautiful and wanted us to

"Is it the fireworks you set

was studying fireworks design in Southeast Aciatic and

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