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

encounter a devastating

didn't want to admit it directly,

Group

They needed help.

rest of your colleagues? You know… the ones that

question, Lord Blanc

also like me—too busy protecting their interests to

Aldred heard this,

drowning man if he didn't

Blanc had powerful connections, but since they were experiencing the same challenges as

sensing his Father's increasing frustration,

he could only

could enlist

had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of resources that would make

intelligent, and most of all…

four walls of KariBlanc that didn't know who this esteemed man

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

of these qualities, Lord Blanc didn't seem to jump

around him as he narrowed his eyes

we need, right? Besides, to turn the tables, we need as many powerful allies as

a slight passion

better Mage than I am. The

find even a single

never doubted

in confusion. If his father didn't doubt

"Then—!"

choose to ally with us. Someone as powerful and intelligent as him will not be fooled by tricks. I find it doubtful that we

said this, Aldred finally

to concern himself

somewhat mutual understanding was because the KariBlanc

stopped even

they were sinking… why would

may come to our assistance."

just have to

heard this, he narrowed his gaze on his

care of her in his absence. I believe it

Lord Blanc's eyes

of every update about the man named Ralyks,

when the Dragon Incident occurred, and

time or a

after that entire incident, their enemies sporadically began to make their

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

sighed a little