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."
the
was planning. However, his next words caused the
"What about your family?"
worry about
replied. However, it seemed as though it
out as well. Since they can't come here, in all likelihood, they
calmly looked back
"They won't do shit."
while. A smile soon
I didn't
naive to think that he would be the only
would find out about my identity the
long time ago. At
said, "My family is safe, and
surprise, instead of displaying anger,
thought
again, he leaned
thought that far, then I have no choice but
Octavious interlocked his fingers.
should the Union
Why should you help
eyes opened wide before I eventually laughed. Turning to look at Octavious, I looked
me? ...I need
something before
ever say
actually think that I would seek help from the one organization that
How laughable.
The smile
well, and
your help, nor do I need
situation. I didn't ask him to come to me for my sake, no, it
and shifting my body forward a little, I asked, "I'm sure by now you've seen my
didn't answer. I
dwarves, and not only that, I've saved the asses of some of your precious people
the sharper my words
Not only did I see Monica and the others back
head and gazing at my watch, I tapped on
replica of the contract Octavious and
His voice turned deep, and he asked, "Where did you get a copy
The answer was obvious anyways. It
my situation with the Union, so he knew of my circumstances. The moment we arrived in Issanor, as the Vice-Leader of the Union, he helped me get
I was able to find the
but he headed back to the human domain the moment he got rid of Jasper. He had to sort out his house
and not
a look over
toward two highlighted parts
to provide adequate
toward another
B will provide Party A with a tracking system as well as a blood measuring
raised my head and looked
things could be?...You know, the tracking system,
cross my arms before
even possibly the traces of serum found inside of
closed his eyes and continued to not say
I shrugged it off.
well as a blood measuring system that will verify the identity of the
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