"That was you?!" Elodie was up on her feet, submerged in the rushing stream as she furiously glared at Faerus.
Faerus had his hands raised in mock defeat, his lips were pursed and beads of sweat profusely rolling down from his forehead, thinking to himself that what he just said was the wrong move now that Elodie put up her protective wall back and refuses to trust him again.
"Now, now, calm down! I forgot to add the important part that I did that in hopes to gain the attention of the crown prince, which you are planning to take in the first place." Faerus motions his hands up and down like a circus master trying to calm down a tigress but what he was doing bears no good result, Elodie was still glaring daggers at him.
"You can gain anyone's attention by just yelling and not trying to m
