Chapter 6033

The silver hall held its breath.

Venerable Celestial Metal did not rise. He did not frown. He did not even blink.

But the air changed.

A thin, metallic hum threaded through the chamber—too faint for ordinary ears, yet sharp as a whetted edge. The Starlight Silversteel walls answered their master, trembling with restrained resonance.

“Verify?” Celestial Metal repeated, voice level. “Glacier, since when do you verify matters with me… alone?”

Jared stepped forward, frost pooling subtly around his boots. He allowed the familiar disdain to tint Glacier’s tone.

“When the matter concerns betrayal.”