Lucipheria pressed her ear to her shoulder and silently stared at Alsira for a while without blinking.
- The Lady knows her way around amusing diversions.
— Hmm! Merely a jest of naive imagination, don't take it to heart. In this hall, there is more than one person who truly understands curious contests. But between us, I find the most cruel torture to be the one doomed to last forever.
Somewhere in the background, some inter-round horn sounded.