Chapter 38 Mocked

With wide eyes meeting small ones, Emilia's face twisted in a moment of awkwardness, clearly caught off guard. It didn't take long for her to figure out what had happened. That little greedy brat must have gone to Angela to beg for something to eat.
What she hadn't expected, though, was that Angela would egg the child on, sending him straight to her for food.
But the embarrassment on Emilia's face was fleeting, vanishing almost as quickly as it had appeared. Her expression hardened into one of cool authority, the kind she always wore when she wanted to remind others of her seniority. "You're back," she said curtly.