Thomas momentarily forgot to breathe, and the cold hand that had been clutching his stomach was suddenly released as instant warmth spread across his entire body. He quickly bowed down with all his considerable weight.
"That horn! You are from the lineage of gods!"
The stranger just smiled innocently and looked behind them. Specifically towards the house, where Lily was still watching the meeting between her papa and the stranger with a bored expression.
Seeing that the stranger was looking directly at her and waving his hand in greeting, Lily's face immediately reddened and she quickly hid to the side, taking the wall as her shelter while giggling like a little girl caught doing something naughty.
She got caught spying. Her mother reprimanded her for peeking at her papa's business, but she didn't particularly care about the scolding, and after a moment of calming her racing heart down, she once again peeked around the corner, this time just poking her head out from the side.
