"Are you okay, miss?" Alice asked gently, steadying Mindy to her feet when she didn't respond the first time. But even after being helped up, Mindy remained silent. Without waiting any longer for a reply, Alice turned to Hera with a reproachful look, seizing the moment to demand an explanation.
"Hera, what is the meaning of this? We're not in our own country, and treating others like this in someone else's homeland is completely inappropriate. What do you think the public back home would say if they found out about this?"
Alice, as usual, was quick to cast Hera as the villain. She had been looking for an opportunity to insert herself into the situation ever since hearing Mindy and Alexandre speaking English. It suddenly became clear to her—they had all been pretending not to speak English earlier, likely mocking her while she stood cluelessly nearby. Maybe they found it funny, watching her unknowingly make a fool of herself.
