Chapter 992: Garnering Sympathy? (1/2)
”In the past...?” Dalila Leehan curiously wondered, ”That means that she is no longer fit to be your rival anymore? Why? She took the alchemist path to reach the peak?”
Nora Alstreim shook her head, ”She's dead.”
”Oh~” Dalila Leehan had her mouth agape before she shut it tight. She wasn't insensitive enough to continue asking questions.
”Looking back... I, at least, wanted to call her a friend once...”
”Friend? You once wanted to call her a friend? It's rich coming from the person who was responsible for the so-called friend's death!” A man's voice suddenly interrupted them.
”What do you mean?” Nora Alstreim actually stood up as she stared at Davis in all seriousness. It looked as if she was offended by his sudden yet strange statement.
”Heh!” Davis sneered, ”Keep acting, and I'll see how you'll plead your innocence in the future!”
Dalila Leehan looked back and forth, wondering why they suddenly became tense.
Davis couldn't keep his silence, and he wasn't worried if things went south at this point after hearing all this bullshit from the perpetrator's mouth. It was one thing for her to be proud of her schemes but to lament and act sorrowful as if she was pitying his mother when she was the one who backstabbed her had rubbed him off in the wrong way!
Nora Alstreim's brows were furrowed as she clenched her fists.
'What's with all these people who seem to insist I did something wrong...? Wasn't Ancestor the same...? Even Grandpa quickly avoided by changing the topic...'
Her eyes almost turned moist at these accusations. Nevertheless, she could understand that an outsider like Alchemist Davis didn't know anything about her, so she relaxed her fists as she promptly calmed down and opened her mouth.
”Your statement... I want you to retract it.”
Davis snorted, ”Why should I retract my statement?”
”You may not know, but I can guess because it seems that there are people who might be spreading ill rumors about me. This Aqua Flood Dragon incident, which is ultimately brought my Grandmother Grand Elder Elise, has created the opportunity for some people to push me down.”
”You're downplaying a calamity to an incident. Your words have no weight and truth in it.”
”You!” Nora Alstreim subconsciously walked forwards as her expression turned into a scowl but was held back by Dalila Leehan!
”Alchemist Davis! You have gone too far!”
”If you can slander with that kind of confidence, where's your evidence?” Dalila Leehan stood up for Nora Alstreim.
”Who knows?” Davis remained non-committal as he looked towards the stage where the second round seems to be almost over, ”Perhaps the evidence would show up one day, and that day might be the day of her reckoning.”
Nora Alstreim trembled from anger. Her anger was even visible in her expression as veins appeared over her fair neck. She tried to keep herself from going berserk on this public platform.
The other day, she heard someone, a woman slandering her of adultery with her grandfather. Of course, she killed her in secrecy and retaliation. Before that, there were all sorts of rumors about her, making her seem like that she was involved in various dark incidents of the Grand Alstreim City.