".It's my personal property." Robin's voice carried a peculiar stillness-calm on the surface, yet filled with an undercurrent of quiet authority. His smile, though faint, was edged with an almost dangerous sharpness, an expression that seemed to pierce through the silence and burrow into the hearts of everyone present. The entire hall froze in place, as if time itself had forgotten how to move. Dozens of faces shifted in an instant. Some twisted in disbelief, others darkened with anger or outright dread. Even Shaddad and Morgana, who had seen Robin act with boldness before, couldn't mask their astonishment. As for Harper, standing near the side wall, his composure cracked. His head snapped up, eyes wide and uncertain, his mind racing to make sense of what he had just heard. He had been the one personally instructed to join under the guise of a disciple, to maintain the master's secrecy, to ensure that no one would ever connect Robin to the rumors of the empire. So why-why now-would his majesty cast away that veil and proclaim such a truth before all?
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