A little over a week had passed, and the people at the Jade Palace were training diligently every day, along with the GTS leaders and vampires.
During that ti, Lilith revealed that she had been attacked by a mysterious figure at the mansion before she encountered the necromancer.
The succubus described it as the figure of a woman who appeared out of nowhere and punched her in the face. However, the attack didn't do much to her other than startle her a bit.
Lilith comnted that she wouldn't have had any trouble killing her attacker, but she was perplexed when she noticed that no energy was flowing from her as if it were an inanimate object.
Moreover, the woman wholly halted her movents as soon as Darius commanded her, so the succubus believed it was so kind of undead she had never seen.
"Hmm, even if they were so kind of rare undead, they would still produce a bit of umbra or spirit…" said Dante after hearing Lilith's explanation.
After Camille heard the description of the unknown attacker, she placed her hand on her chin inquisitively, rembering old information she had heard from the Azure Rebels before she beca the handler.
When Dante probed her thoughts, Camille, with a hint of secrecy, promised to delve deeper into her mories before sharing them with the group, not wanting to increase their burden.
A few days later, the day of Camille's eting with Alexander arrived, and she was driven to a rooftop bar located on the terrace of a skyscraper in Novis.
The entire restaurant had been reserved for the two handlers, who sat at the bar counter and ordered drinks from the lone bartender.
Alexander Spring, the handler of the Spring Family, was a 31-year-old man with short, light-brown hair and blue eyes. He was tall and skinny, but he didn't look weak.
His expression looked stern and disinterested, but Camille was aware that he had been like that ever since they were young, so she wasn't intimidated.
After Camille got herself a martini, Alex ordered a glass of whisky with no ice, prompting the bartender to leave them alone after serving.
"So, you've been busy, huh?" Alex said, sipping from his glass.
"Right. I'm sure you've heard everything…" Camille replied.
"Versions of it… Though, I wanna know what you have to say about it," he comnted.
Camille locked her gaze with Alexander's, a sharp and severe glare that left silence hanging in the air for a brief mont.
"You know? When the four of us were still kids, I didn't think you would turn a blind eye to this kind of stuff…" Camille muttered.
The handler reminisced about the ti she was a 12-year-old, learning the ropes of how to beco the next handler for her family.
Each of the candidates who were going to beco handlers for the Stellar families of that generation had to attend classes together until they were 18, and the four of them were sent to a remote mansion in Europe to study.
Alexander was the oldest, followed by Noah Sumr, then Camille, and linda, who was the youngest.
Even if they had a few years between them, they still had to attend the sa lessons that taught them about their families' affairs.
Since Alexander was the oldest, he always treated the others as an older brother, and for a long ti, Camille believed that their generation would be a peaceful one between the mafia groups.
Back then, Alexander had a strong sense of justice, which was natural for soone who was a descendant of the people who helped free Novaria from a violent dictator.
For that reason, when the Onyx Cartel used their dirty tricks to create the Blood Dragons and bring conflict, Camille felt disappointed at the lack of interest from her peers.
She tried to contact Alexander after most of the Jade Dragons were wiped out, but she was ignored.
anwhile, linda, who couldn't directly support them in the battle, as it was considered an internal conflict of the Jade Dragons, was the only handler who extended her arm towards Camille and held onto most of her properties and companies.
"I had given up on Noah a long ti ago, but I didn't think you would fall so low…" Camille comnted.
"So, I'm giving you this chance to explain. Why did you ignore eight years ago?" She continued, her cold tone slicing the air.
Alexander broke eye contact and took a sip from his drink, looking down with a sowhat disappointed expression.
He could clearly rember the days when he and the other handlers lived and studied together in the remote mansion and how Noah suddenly changed his deanor toward them.
Noah was a year younger than Alexander. His hair was dark-green, which was a common characteristic of the Sumr family, and he was considered to be the "calst" of the four handler candidates.
Still, even with his fa of being tranquil, he suddenly changed one day and began treating the others with hatred and disdain.
A few years later, Alexander overheard a phone call between Noah and his father, who was the handler of the Sumr family at the ti, and discovered that his parents were ordering him to break friendly relations with the others.
Alexander knew from his own parents that the Sumr family was stubborn and hard to deal with, but he never expected them to manipulate their child into following in their footsteps.
The Onyx Cartel was the most hated mafia group in Novaria since most of their operations were illegal and damaging to the communities on the west side of the country.
However, instead of wanting to improve their reputation by allying themselves with the others, the cartel reveled in their infamy.
"Camille… As a handler, have you ever seen sothing that you believe you shouldn't have?" Alex asked.
"I'm getting used to it," she replied, thinking of all the unbelievable stuff she had witnessed ever since eting Dante.
Alexander clenched his glass tightly with apprehension, and Camille understood that there was sothing preventing the Azure Rebels from acting freely.
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