"When did you arrive here?"
Selena's question caught everyone completely off guard.
For a moment, the room fell into an awkward silence as several pairs of eyes shifted between her and William. Considering that the two of them had just fought a battle intense enough to shake the World Tree itself, the question sounded so absurd that nobody knew how to respond.
William, however, simply smiled. "I arrived a few hours ago," he answered casually. "I wanted to accompany Seraphine during her awakening."
His tone was so natural that it almost sounded as though nothing unusual had happened since his arrival. Anyone hearing him speak would have assumed he had spent the day peacefully visiting the palace rather than exchanging devastating attacks with the Elven Empress high above the capital.
Selena nodded slowly.
"Oh." A moment later, her eyes wandered around the devastated study.
