As Anthony's answer rang out, the sixtieth second ticked over.
All eyes shifted back to him, and even the Executioner's gaze was fixed, his calm smile never faltering.
"I honestly thought you were going to fail this time"
He mused, his tone still unhurried.
"You didn't respond right away… I almost believed you wouldn't answer at all. Yet here we are, and once again, I've been proven wrong"
The Executioner's voice held a note of amusement, but there was an edge of curiosity beneath it.
"You knew the answer from the start, didn't you?"
His eyes gleamed with interest.
"But you chose not to speak right away. Why is that?"
Reynold, Dale, Seraphim, and Kingsley all turned their gazes toward Anthony, their expressions filled with silent expectation.
They had assumed he had only arrived at the answer in the final moment.
But it seemed they were wrong.
At the Executioner's question, Anthony didn't respond.
