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.

it was in

precarious state right now. If we do not complete that sale, then we'll encounter a devastating loss.

admit it directly, but Aldred understood what

KariBlanc Group

They needed help.

assistance from the rest of your

Lord

protecting their interests

heard this, he

drowning man would try to save another drowning man

since they were experiencing the same challenges as he

or…?" As Aldred whispered this, sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he racked his brain

he could only

could enlist the help

the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed

immensely resourceful, intelligent, and most of

none within the four walls of KariBlanc that didn't

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

Blanc didn't seem to

critical air around him as he narrowed his

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

slight passion in

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

difficult—if not downright impossible—to find even a

I never doubted his capabilities in the

became twisted in confusion. If his father didn't

"Then—!"

whether he'd choose to ally with us. Someone as powerful and intelligent as him will not be fooled by tricks. I find it doubtful that we have enough to thoroughly convince him to take our side, given

Lord Blanc said this, Aldred finally

Ralyks was too powerful to concern

mutual understanding was

couldn't be stopped even if he chose to break their

now that they were sinking… why would he

may come to our assistance." Aldred

to be convincing

he narrowed his gaze on his son and

lover in our care, and we've taken proper care of her in his absence. I believe it takes some measure of trust in us for him to

eyes were wide

of every update about the man named Ralyks, but he could understand why this was never

have occurred during the period when the Dragon

case, there wouldn't be enough time or a

after that entire incident, their enemies sporadically began to

to my selfish requests a lot of times,

hearing this, Lord Blanc sighed a little and maintained a few