[Prince Altania: Everyone else thinks you've been hiding your level all this time.]

"Huh?"

Lee Shin-Woo had finished deploying his soldiers, but before he started the operation against Metafel in earnest, he contacted Prince through private chat to get a feel for what the seniors he rarely interacted with in the chatroom were doing, especially Ethan Cruz.

[Prince Altania: It doesn't matter what I say; they wouldn’t believe that you’ve grown that quickly. Lloyd is convinced that you were halfway through level 6 when you first got here. Like Kratia.]

"Well, I really don’t mind them thinking that way..."

[Prince Altania: Moreover, you're close with that girl. They think you're just like her. Of the two, at least you're the one with manners. Apparently, they all think that you didn't want to brag in front of your seniors, so you acted like you were weak.]

"I'm glad they think of me so highly."

[Prince Altania: So what's the truth anyway?]

"What do you think, Senior?"

Lee Shin-Woo countered her question with one of his own. Prince took a brief moment to think.

[Prince Altania: I think it's the opposite. You were lower than level 4 when you first entered the Empire, weren't you? But you lied because you thought it would seem too suspicious for you to level up so quickly, right?]

"...As expected of you, Senior."

[Prince Altania: Humph, as I thought!]

Prince would know. She had briefly witnessed Lee Shin-Woo's unbelievable growth rate firsthand after all....