An Extra’s POV

"You may come in."

The moment this deep voice echoed within the very dark room, and beyond, a door slowly creaked open.

The intruder was a man with slick brown hair, with bright green eyes, and a very classy outfit—a black waistcoat on top of a formal shirt, black trousers, and a neat tie.

All in all, this man in his early thirties was very handsome in every sense of the word.

He was Aldred Winsley—Broker for the KariBlanc Group.

At least, that was what his identity demanded.

"Greetings, father." He bowed his head the moment he came in and closed the door within the dark office.

"Sit."

Aldred obeyed instantly, moving past the comfortable couches that stood at the center of the room, but moved towards the chair in front of the man's desk.

The man he called father—Lord Blanc of the Obsidian Council—sat calmly behind his desk

His bright green gaze could pierce the eyes of anyone, and even though the office was dark, they glowed intensely.

Aldred was used to this gaze, but even he still felt like prey being constantly watched by a predator.

He sat in front of his father, separated only by the desk that stood between them.

For a few seconds, no one spoke.

Then—

"They're acting much faster than I expected. Things are getting really unstable right now…"

—Lord Blanc spoke.

He didn't have his usual confident and imposing tone.

Instead, a sort of worrying vibe took over his voice, as well as his countenance.

It was easy to see that he was shaken by the current situation.

"How bad is it, Father?"

"Very bad. We can't contact our prime buyer due to some kind of interference through our main channel. We've also lost contact with the merchandise we kept in the warehouse in the East."

Their prime buyer resided far from the Capital, so the KariBlanc had gotten a vast patch of land where they constructed a massive warehouse to store the goods they would sell prior to the final sales.

It was also a major part of their 'Expansion' plan.

now… it was in

in a precarious state right now. If we do not complete that sale, then we'll encounter a devastating loss. Plus, the fact that we've lost

to admit it directly,

Group was

They needed help.

you tried seeking assistance from the rest of your colleagues? You know… the

question, Lord Blanc grunted and shrugged

protecting their interests to spare

Aldred heard this,

would try to save another drowning man if he didn't have some kind of life raft

were experiencing the

As Aldred whispered this, sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he racked his brain to think of a

the end, he

Ralyks… we could enlist

the same one who had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of resources that would make the KariBlanc Group richer than ever

intelligent, and most

of KariBlanc that didn't

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

qualities, Lord Blanc didn't seem to jump

a critical air around him as

had all the qualities we need, right? Besides, to turn the tables,

continued speaking, a slight passion

is a far better fighter than Yuri and a much better Mage than I am. The fact that he was able to deliver so

downright impossible—to find even

things. I never doubted his capabilities

became twisted in confusion. If his father didn't doubt Sir Ralyks' capabilities, why did he show such

"Then—!"

tricks. I find it doubtful that

Lord Blanc said this, Aldred finally understood his father's

to concern himself

only reason they had maintained a somewhat mutual understanding was

couldn't be stopped even if he chose to break

were sinking… why would

our assistance." Aldred swallowed his saliva as

to be

gaze on his son and told him to

proper care of her in his absence. I believe it takes some measure of trust in us for

eyes were

update about the man named Ralyks, but

the period when the Dragon Incident occurred, and the capital

enough time or a

all, after that entire incident, their enemies

to my selfish requests a lot of times, and if we can make it worth his while, I'm

little and maintained a few seconds