"Hey, that's a bit too much," Luscia moved the forelimb that was covering her head, as the Soul Fire flickered discontentedly. "It was a choice made out of necessity. How can you describe it as deception?"
In fact, not just Luscia, even the young girls behind Pannis had an odd look in their eyes when they gazed at Pannis; however, the emotion conveyed was not blame but curiosity. The trust and understanding that had been established over the years between the girls and Pannis allowed them to fully believe that Pannis would never mock someone unreasonably in a formal setting. There must be a reason for him to do so. However, to lighten the mood and prevent the atmosphere from becoming unnecessarily tense due to Pannis's satire, Catherine still grumbled in a half-serious tone, "Yeah, Pannis, you shouldn't speak about others like that."
