Upon confirming that I was indeed 876, the very air in the room chilled by a few degrees.
When I felt this, I merely smiled.
There was not an ounce of nervousness inside of my body.
Octavious Hall was a pragmatic man. He was someone who calculated profits above all else. Although he didn't look like it, from where I sat, I could tell that he was fuming.
If there was one thing that Octavious hated, it was losing control.
In a way, he was like me, except that he sought a different type of control. He sought control for the sake of his minuscule pride, while I sought control for the sake of being able to quickly adjust over the slightest of changes.
Even then, seeing his current complexion, I couldn't help but think to myself.
'Guess Gervis overdid it…'
There could only be one reason I could think of for him to be like this, and that was because he had been threatened by Gervis.
Well, it was inevitable. I had to guarantee my own life, after all.
"Does your confidence stem from Gervis's backing?"
Octavious finally spoke, his cold voice reverberating throughout the whole room.
I tilted my head for a second before eventually nodding.
"In a way, yes."
"So you're not afraid I will ignore his warning and kill you right here on the spot?"
"Yup, not at all." I shook my head. Then, glancing at him from the corner of my eyes, I softly added. "To be honest, I fear Melissa more than you."
This was not a joke.
As I've said before. Octavious was a pragmatic man. He wasn't the type to act rashly.
Since Gervis had obviously threatened him, it was clear that he couldn't make any rash moves, and as such, I wasn't worried about my safety.
But unlike him, Melissa would attack me even if she was threatened. There was a clear difference between the two.
"I see."
Octavious nodded. Surprisingly, he didn't look too fazed by the fact that I mentioned his daughter.
Did he perhaps already figure out that I was the one working with her regarding the magic cards…? If so, things were going to be even easier than I thought.
After a brief moment of silence, he opened his mouth again. His voice sounded much calmer than before.
"Your goal is freedom, isn't it?"
My brows knit.
"…Yes."
At my confirmation, Octavious quickly followed up with another question.
"And you're trying to frame Aaron as 876 in order to gain freedom, correct?"
"Right."
pretty much the gist
he had fully understood what I was planning. However, his next
"What about your family?"
worry about
seemed as though
The Monolith must have found out as
my eyes, I calmly looked back towards the scenery
"They won't do shit."
a while. A smile soon crept
you believe I didn't think this far
that he would be the
I knew that the Monolith would find out about my
long time ago. At the moment, they
"My family is safe,
anger, Octavious
you've thought
eyes once again, he leaned
that far, then I have no choice but
Octavious interlocked his fingers.
me. Why should the Union help
Why should
I eventually laughed. Turning to look at
messing with me? ...I
something before
I ever say that
that I would seek help from the one organization
How laughable.
Octavious's eyes. The
and listen
need
as though he had completely misunderstood the situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it was for their
little, I asked, "I'm sure by now
answer. I
with the dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of some of your
I spoke, the sharper my words
Monica and the others back at the Monolith, but I also had many other qualities that should prove my
at my watch, I tapped on the screen and a holographic image
the contract Octavious and the others had signed with
finally changed a little. His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get
probably already know," I replied. The answer was obvious
so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the
I was able
the human domain
and not the real thing, but
look
my hand, I pointed toward two highlighted parts in the
fails to
toward another section of the
as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the captive. If the two criteria are met, Party A is requested to bring the individual
I raised my head and looked
what these two things could be?...You know, the
cross my arms before
even possibly the traces of
closed his
I shrugged it off.
will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as
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