These doubts can probably only be answered by the Black Earl. However, since these undoubtedly involve the secrets of the Noah Clan, Angel finds it difficult to ask...
"What is going on here? Didn't you say you were dying? How are you now fused with the Black Earl?"
While Angel was pondering whether he should remain polite, Dox, standing nearby, directly spoke up, disregarding the occasion and atmosphere, unloading all his questions in one breath.
"And who are you now? Yourself or the Black Earl?"
Dox stared into Vay's eyes.
Originally, Vay wanted to throw a few more sarcastic remarks or mock casually as he always did, but seeing the suppressed complex emotion in Dox's eyes, he swallowed down his words.
"I'm still myself, naturally. I thought I was about to die, but as you saw, the Earl saved me." Vay shrugged, showing a 'who could have predicted this turn of events' expression.
Dox: "You said earlier that you would become a puppet? Like Ella? What's that supposed to mean?"
