Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 520: Young Miss’ Psychological Battle

Subtle body language often betrayed a person’s true emotions.

Someone who was feeling happy would naturally relax their muscles, whereas someone who was upset was prone to turning cold. These were natural reflexive responses that were hard for humans to control.

The difficulty of controlling these reflexive responses was further heightened for transcendents due to the additional element of mana, which happened to be a strong conductor of emotions.

That was also why Charlotte woke up at this precise moment.

In her groggy state, she had sensed a mana pulsation that she had never felt from Roel. It was overflowing with extreme anger and rage, but it was also mixed with hints of indignation and desolation. If she had to draw an analogy, it felt like an incredibly melancholic sigh.

It was as if a warm spring had suddenly turned cold and turbulent. Such a jarring change couldn’t have escaped Charlotte’s notice, even though she had been asleep a moment ago.

She opened her eyes and looked at Roel.

What she saw on his face was neither burning rage nor tearful sorrow, but confused exhaustion. He seemed to be pondering a complex question that he simply couldn’t find an answer to. He hadn’t noticed her awakening yet, which was why she was able to see his true feelings.

He had never liked to worry others. The moment he realized that she was awake, he would immediately put on a smiling face, but that only made her even more anxious and perplexed.

What could have made him so distracted that he would reveal such an expression and not even realize that I am awake?

After a moment of hesitation, she decided to call him out.

“What’s wrong, darling?”

“!”

Roel jolted. He immediately put on a smile—just as she had expected—before lowering his gaze to look at her.

“You’re awake? It hasn’t been an hour yet. Why don’t you sleep a while more and resume work in the afternoon?”

“…”

Charlotte spent a moment staring at Roel’s uncracking smile before she finally answered.

“…I’ll postpone today’s work.”

“Charlotte?”

“It’s all right. I’ve already d

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