Chapter 187: Cooperation (1/2)

Although she could feel the immense weight of the boy's anger, the Lady withstood it without as much as a visible flinch in her eyes. Instead, her eyes became crescent-shaped as a smile began to settle on her face behind the safety of his silver demon-shaped mask.

”Now, now, Aiden. Calm down, nobody is threatening you with the girl. I just wanted to know what's your connection with her, as she is the only other newly joined adventurer without a last name.” The lady's speech was calm and gentle, despite the pressure of the boy's aura.

Hearing her words, Aiden's anger began to gradually subside, his aura began to recede, slowly easing it up on the Lady and on the room as well. The golden glow that originated from his exotic eyes began to fade, returning to their original state. Whilst his subconsciously activated innate was turned off, he was still on alert against this masked woman who seemed to know way too much for an average person.

”I have to say…” She continued, adding a bit of cheekiness to her tone. ”I just wanted to test it out, as she kept mentioning her brother who was sick or bedridden at the time. I wasn't sure if that was you… Well, it seems my hunch was right.”

”She will not get involved with you or anybody for that matter. If you know about her, you know what happened to her as well, and then you should know what happened to those that kept threatening her happiness…” Aiden scowled, adding a clear, and obvious warning. Even if he were to fail, he would go all out against those that would threaten her dear sister's safety.

”You have nothing to fear Aiden, I give you my word. I will never do anything against the girl.” The lady responded, ignoring the threatening tone of the boy as she kept her gentle attitude. ”However, you should know that this is a very obvious weak point to your invincible facade. Others, with not as just intentions as myself, could easily find out about her and use her against you. They could even control you through her. You should work on fixing this fault in the future.”

Aiden did not respond, but there was a flinch in his expression, as anger began to slowly rise again.

Seeing how her words would not hit the mark she would be aiming for, the lady decided to change the subject.

”Anyway, let's continue.” She reached for Lilly's registration form, and pulled it back to the stack, before pulling out yet another one. This one was visibly aged, possibly a few years older than Aiden's. She pushed it in front of the boy, closely observing his reactions.

”Do you know this person?” She asked with great curiosity.

Giving one last angered look at the masked woman, Aiden turned to look at the paper presented in front of him.

The form was older, it seemed to come from a time where there were different requirements to sign up. There were several questions that were no longer available on today's forms. The first question, the top on the paper, however, remained the same.

”Name: Michael Sonovan” He read out the name on the paper, before looking up facing the woman. ”No, I have no clue who this person is. Should I?” He answered honestly.

”Are you sure? You have met him already, and he even came into contact with your sister. In fact, he showed great liking towards her when they first met.” The woman added, keeping a close eye on his reactions along the way.

Just as she expected, as soon as her sister was mentioned, Aiden reacted, his anger once again rising, and a faint hue starting to shine through his eyes. His voice however did not change, but there was a coldness to it.

”Sir Michael?” He asked curtly, upon which the lady responded with a nod.

”The famed golden knight, the only Rank 3 Adventurer in our small city to this day. The hero of Highrove and so on, and so on… He is also my current candidate, you see. I plan to put him in charge of the city so he could carry out my orders.” She answered truthfully, not minding to hold back any information at all. She stated the fact in a nonchalant manner as if she didn't just reveal an incredibly huge and important secret.

”Your knight?” Aiden asked, surprised by the reveal, his expression returning to a mad scoff shortly after. ”If he is such a big hero of this city, where was he when my sister got in trouble? Where was he when she needed help? Huh?!”