Charlie's playful question left Penny momentarily stunned.

She didn't actually recognize his face, but she had presumed from his uniform that he was just another one of the armed cavalry guards stationed here in Duca Mines.

With her supervising these mines, there was no way some interloper would just waltz into her office.

As such, she was stupefied that an armed cavalry guard had the nerve to speak to her with such disrespect!

Clearly insulted, she glared at Charlie in cold fury as her Reik