For a mont, I was flabbergasted. It was obvious why Fabian would ask such a question.
Was he trying to blackmail yer into revealing the truth?
I wanted to laugh at him because it was useless, but it was a pity that I couldn’t.
I did my best to act scared, hoping that he would just tone it down.
“…What’s wrong with knowing?”
“I’ve been thinking. Why did the Black Knight even let you, a support-type wizard, sit in the position of the vice commander… Isn’t it strange that he not only accepted a support-type wizard he t by chance into the Black Knights but also made her sit in the position of Vice Commander?”
Fabian never doubted that it was a coincidence that yer had co for .
Well, even I couldn’t believe that yer had co all that way to pick up.
But I can’t believe I thought this guy would be the only one who would recognize . At the ti, I really felt like I had broken eyes.
Or maybe Fabian hid his true feelings in the first round.
Maybe Fabian broke down sowhere after the second round.
In the past, he had kept his true feelings well hidden with decorations, but now he didn’t have the strength to hide them anymore.
Just as yer, who pretended to hang out with people in the first round, was acting exclusively at a distance in the second round…
But he wasn’t yer, and Fabian’s situation was not sothing I could consider.
Fabian, who didn’t know anything about , proudly affird.
“You must have sold the first round information you had in connection with your ability. Right?”
There were so minor differences, but not really major mistakes.
But it was not enough to threaten that much.
I scratched him, eager to know what it was that Fabian was holding.
“So? Do you want to tell yer that the world is now in its second round and that I seem to know the information well because I rember the first round? Do you think that’s a threat?”
“No. You’ll only get more preferential treatnt for that fact alone. I’m not a fool either, Jun.”
Fabian nodded at my words. Then he continued with a voice of joy.
“However… If he finds out that you tried to assassinate him in the first round, will he trust you as he has done so far?”
“… What?”
Until now, I pretended to be surprised, but now I was really surprised.
“Did you know I tried to kill yer?”
I couldn’t help but be perplexed, as I had no doubt Fabian didn’t know about it.
I was so anxious not to be caught by the expedition mbers that I was close to Nova in the first round.
As my position in the expedition was not good at the ti, I wanted to avoid any misunderstandings.
‘…But both Fabian and yer knew I approached Nova on purpose.’
All my trepidation felt like a waste of ti.
Whether I was devastated or not, Fabian shrugged with condescension.
“Of course.”
“If you knew, why didn’t you pretend you did? Shouldn’t you be a public figure?”
My mouth was quivering in mockery.
He’s been working so hard to make himself a hero, and he was just standing back and watching the whole thing?
But Fabian had always been beyond my imagination. He spoke with shalessness.
“My faithful subordinate says they won’t refuse to do dirty things for , but if I pretend to know it, it becos what I ordered. You wouldn’t have hoped for that either.”
“…”
Wow, I really have nothing to say.
Whenever I guessed that Fabian’s bottom would be this much, he showed a lower personality than that.
Well, what did I want from him?
He had a despicable personality that had already ended at the point where he freely used what I had done for him as a threat.
As soon as I was speechless by Fabian’s pathetic behavior, Fabian smiled confidently, perhaps because he thought I was scared.
“If I tell the Black Knight all of this, will he be able to trust you as he has done so far?”
… I don’t think yer would care much.
Had it been the first ti I t yer in the second round, I would have been greatly shaken by Fabian’s words.
However, it has been almost a year since I t yer.
To say that I had a complete grasp of yer is a bit of an exaggeration, to be honest…
Having learned to so extent, he was never a person to doubt or abandon for that reason…
‘He can be a little annoying, asking if I was loyal enough to do things for Fabian.’
Therefore, Fabian’s threats were only funny.
“There’s no evidence. Do you think he’ll believe you?”
I struggled to keep my voice shaking. But it wasn’t easy.
I was worried that I would co off as too much of an actor, but luckily Fabian seed to think I was bluffing.
Or that he never dread that he was at my rcy.
He spoke with great enthusiasm.
“He won’t believe it all at once, but he will suspect you. He’ll try to find out what’s going on with . Don’t you think so? He might even suspect that you might steal so information. Of course, he’ll have his use for you, so he won’t get rid of you all at once, but he’ll see an opportunity to see when he can get rid of you after the distrust. After you’ve endured such humiliation, will you co to ?”
Aha, he’ll cause internal strife within the Black Knights…
Oh, what should I do? I’m sure he’s confident in himself.
As I knew the reality of all this, it was just ridiculous.
I fumbled to cover my face with my hands.
Unbeknownst to myself, my mouth was hanging open in an attempt to mock him.
I’d had enough of Fabian’s babbling idiocy for this long.
It was ti to get out of this incoherent feast of dog noises.
I countered with an effort at facial control.
“How are you going to reveal that to yer? Will you let yer know that you’re on your 2nd round?”
“That’s…”
“What if yer kills you for trying to monopolize information? Like you abandoned .”
Of course, it can’t be.
yer would not kill an expedition mber easily if they would help him close the dungeon to dust. Even if it was Fabian, it was the sa.
If I were yer, I would have killed Fabian as soon as I rembered the first round.
To be honest, yer’s broken beliefs were sotis admirable.
However, Fabian did not know yer’s nobility.
Fabian’s face, which had been relaxed, cracked by my bluffing intimidation.
He didn’t even think the aftermath would affect him.
Fabian couldn’t get the words out easily, just a quivering lip on his face as he took a hit.
He was going to threaten with his confidence, but instead, I threatened him, and the back of his head would twitch.
‘Well… I’ve told him this much, so what’s the point of hanging around yer for the ti being and revealing the truth? And he won’t go against his feelings.’
In the end, I’m the one who has to relieve yer’s feelings when he feels uncomfortable. I grumbled little by little.
Co to think of it, I have to get out of this place slowly before Fabian cos to his senses…
The mont I looked at the sky, thinking it was ti, I saw Sevi stepping into the air from afar toward .
Perfect timing.
“Vice Commander!”
Sevi jumped out of the sky in front of .
Fabian stepped back in surprise at the sudden appearance of the wind wizard.
Sevi approached and bowed his head without even looking up at such Fabian.
“What’s going on?”
“A dungeon has been opened! All the expedition teams are gathering, so we have to go quickly. The Commander is waiting for you, too.”
Only then did Fabian rember what happened in the first round, and his face was distorted.
“Jun, don’t tell you…”
“I can’t leave the Commander waiting, I better get going.”
I cut off Fabian’s words and slowly held Sevi’s hand. Then, I passed Fabian and said goodbye to him with only the tip of my chin.
“Then I’ll be on my way now. It was a useful conversation. See you later, Fabian Ignis.”
“… Jun Karentia!”
Fabian shouted from behind .
He seed to have noticed that I had returned what he had said last ti.
Perhaps it was quite upsetting, Fabian’s mana waves soared.
He couldn’t even speak when yer was around, but it seed that Sevi looked like he was worth rubbing against
As soon as Fabian threatened , Sevi blocked the space between Fabian and at an angle, as if to protect .
Sevi didn’t back down one bit and stood tall in front of Fabian, who was a higher level. But it wasn’t a safe situation.
Even if I cast a magic spell for support, Sevi was at a disadvantage in attributes, and his battle experience was not a lody to rub against Fabian, who had mories of the first round.
But this was the Imperial Palace.
The difference in skills was not large enough for him to handle us without making a fuss.
Whether Fabian knew that, he grumbled and cald down his mana.
“… You’ll see. I’ll make you regret it later.”
I think you’ll be the one to regret.
But I had no ti to reproach him, and Fabian hurried away.
Sevi, who was suddenly attacked while picking up, looked at Fabian’s back and asked as if it was ridiculous.
“What’s wrong with him?”
“He’s trash.”
I answered calmly.
Then I took another peek between the branches of the overgrown trees and quickly got to my feet.
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