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Jin smiled to himself.
Although Qwaul started shooting from the beginning, it was the mont when it was revealed that Qwaul was not entirely incapable of conversing.
Moreover, isn't it Jin's specialty to answer questions and align with the conditions the other party desires?
"Let's start with the question."
"How did you find out I was here?"
"I found out from Talaris-nim."
"Talaris...?"
Tingen showed a surprised expression upon hearing her na.
It was as if he heard the na for the first ti.
At first, both Jin and Siris wondered if Qwaul and the Tingen ntioned by Talaris were different people.
However, after a mont, he startled and said:
"Ah! Talaris. Yes, Talaris Kendorma."
"Wasn't it Endorma?"
"Endorma? Was it? Right... There was a woman like that..."
Not only Jin, but Siris also couldn't help but be amazed at Qwaul's reaction, whose eyes deepened as he recalled his old mories.
In particular, Siris felt a kind of fresh shock beyond discomfort.
He never wanted to, but Siris had firsthand dealt with quite a few of the many humans who had been lovers of Talaris.
They clung to her to the point of being pathetic.
In severe cases, they even threatened to end their lives if she didn't et them, but Talaris never approached those forr lovers.
Siris had even dealt with those who, in so severe cases, insisted on tarnishing the image of the Hidden Palace by spreading exaggerated rumors about Talaris.
Like when Jin was a cadet interdiate, Siris went to Mamit to remove Talaris's 307th boyfriend, Alcaro Chender.
Jin and Siris first t there.
'Did... he even forget my mother? What kind of human is he? No, is that possible?'
Even if they weren't lovers, once you saw Talaris, she was an unforgettable figure.
First of all, the public didn't even have the chance to see her, and her unique white-silver hair and her aura, characteristic of the Endorma bloodline, emitted an inexplicable mystique that no one else could feel.
But it seed that Qwaul really had forgotten her.
However one looked at it, he wasn't pretending to have forgotten her.
"...No, didn't you already know? Until now, it was Full Ice energy that blocked your bullets."
Full Ice energy emitted a completely different sensation from ordinary ice-type magic.
However, Qwaul clapped as if he had just rembered.
Mort was even here.
"That's right. Now that I think about it, that friend is using the sa power as Talaris Kendorma!"
"Endorma!"
Siris shouted.
Qwaul kept looking lancholic, whether he said it or not.
At that mont, Siris was about to lose her nerves.
"Oh, Mort. It's been a long ti, my friend. So you must be her daughter. Nice to et you. I'm Tingen Bauer."
"Get lost."
"And you must be her son-in-law, or a future son-in-law. Now that I think about it, I heard there are marriage talks between the Twelfth Flagbearer of Runcandel and the lady from the Hidden Palace. How is Talaris?"
Before Jin could choose what to respond, Qwaul shook his head.
"No, well! Forget it. I'm not interested in past love affairs."
"Hah, amazing."
Aren't your eyes too deep for that kind of thing... Jin wanted to say that, but he stayed silent, looking at Siris.
"Well, anyway, if Talaris told you about this place, it makes sense. She rembered this place."
Qwaul seed to have many questions about Talaris, but he held back.
Siris stepped away from them, thinking that if he watched Qwaul any longer, she might draw her sword.
Jin gave Qwaul a mont to gather his thoughts.
A few minutes later, Qwaul's eyes returned to being cautious.
However, it was much milder than the first ti.
"Next question. It was explained how you found out about this wooden cabin and Tingen Bauer's alias. But how do you know my real na?"
"My informants found out."
"I'm telling you beforehand. If you play a joke or tell a lie, the conversation ends there."
"You're strict."
"Do you think Runcandel's intelligence is superior to Zipple's? Moreover, you are still just a Twelfth Flagbearer, your intelligence doesn't co from Runcandel but from the collective abilities of the Val Alliance. It's hard to believe you found out my real na to that extent."
Qwaul's words contained information.
'Didn't even Zipple know Tingen Bauer's real na, Qwaul Ganesto?'
How did you know sothing even Zipple didn't know?
He seed to ask that.
"It's true that my informants found out your real na. My Family didn't even know of your existence, let alone that I was looking for you."
Jin couldn't classify Valeria as a simple informant, but, broadly speaking, she could also be classified as an informant of the Val Alliance, so he wasn't lying.
Qwaul stared at Jin for a while without saying anything.
"Hmm, I don't think you're lying."
That prolonged eye contact was Qwaul's way of detecting lies.
It seed there was no proof, but since they had surpassed it, it was fine for Jin.
"I also have so things I want to ask."
"Do it after I finish my questions."
"Why is Zipple's engineer, especially a crucial figure for the developnt of the teleportation device and mass-produced battleships, trapped in a place like this? Moreover, why isn't there any magician coming to escort him, not even to this point?"
Qwaul didn't really hate Jin's behavior, ignoring his words and asking questions.
He thought this aspect was better than the powerful ones from Zipple, who usually showed a servile appearance by carefully looking after themselves.
Perhaps this small favor was the price for helping him rember a long-forgotten past love, but Qwaul vehently denied it.
"Even those rods you made seem to have the ability to interfere with the concentration of warriors' auras. No matter how I think about it, it's strange that an engineer of your caliber is left aside in a place like this."
"Left aside? Did you say I was left aside? Ha! You don't know well. No one can contain ."
For so reason, at that mont, Jin thought of the Black Dragon he knew well.
'It reminds of Murakan...'
These kinds of individuals, whether described positively as simple and unique or negatively as sowhat foolish and arrogant, sotis showed signs of being obsessed with sothing.
Jin hoped Qwaul also had those kinds of elents.
"Zipple released you, is that what you're saying?"
"I was trying to be nice, but you keep talking about things that scratch my pride. Zipple? They only cared about my skills and took in for a while. I've never been affiliated with them."
Jin had a rough idea.
It's likely that Zipple was unable to recklessly deal with this eccentric individual.
This person seed to be soone who, even if slightly offended, would never cooperate.
So they had no choice but to play along.
Nothing was known about this arrogant engineering genius, Tingen Bauer.
If Jin hadn't obtained so chanical device blueprints and battleship plans from the Sota Desert, and if Valeria hadn't been there, and if he hadn't had any connection with Talaris, he probably wouldn't have found this place.
Even if he had found it, it would have been much later.
Additionally, Qwaul had the ability to confront quite a few people, and Zipple suffered from a severe energy shortage after the Sword Emperor Castle War.
'But still, it's insufficient to explain why Qwaul Ganesto has been sidelined. Maybe it's because the na Ganesto is still unfamiliar to Zipple.'
Mind manipulation.
Suddenly, one of Zipple's spells ca to Jin's mind.
At least from what he had seen so far, Qwaul didn't seem to be affected by mind manipulation.
His ntal control was not yet perfect, so if we exclude that, things fit a little.
And why was Qwaul working with Zipple in the first place?'
Although he wasn't from an academy, and his fa wasn't widespread, it was evident that Qwaul Ganesto was a genius engineer of another caliber.
Therefore, it was very possible that Zipple took notice of him because of his exceptional abilities.
He's not soone who can be easily recruited.
If he only needed advanced engineering equipnt or resource support, he probably would have turned to the academy first.
Zipple must have made an attractive offer to Qwaul.
To redeem himself, he's going to put Zipple as an enemy for a while.
Jin reached that conclusion.
"Maybe you were working with Zipple because there was sothing that attracted you?"
"Think what you want about that part."
Jin thought it ant yes.
Originally, upon hearing Qwaul's response, Jin would have felt a bit stuck.
Because the Val Alliance and Runcandel had no alternative offer against teleportation devices and mass-produced battleships.
But now, the situation was different.
There's a multi-purpose mana spraying cannon, sothing Ala claid was a masterpiece of ancient artifacts, and they also have so of the battleship plans and teleportation device parts.
In particular, the parts and plans were clearly a masterpiece among masterpieces even for Qwaul.
"Let ask you directly, Qwaul Ganesto. If I could make you an offer as attractive as Zipple's, would you consider working with ?"
"That's not possible."
"Do you want to hear my proposal? You said you would consider leaving the cabin if I answered your questions and if I fulfilled your conditions. Is that correct?"
"Although I said that, I don't really have any expectations. If you're thinking of moving through torture or sothing, feel free to do so. However, by doing so, you will beco the villain who will set back the progress of this world for centuries."
Jin didn't respond to that and instead pulled out a chanical device from his pocket, presenting it to Qwaul.
"I thought you'd want to complete this thing, but it seems I was mistaken."
Then Qwaul's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.
"What, what! Why do you have it?"
Jin couldn't help but smile once again.
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