"So it's Mr. Honest's son? That's quite a misunderstanding, I had such a good conversation with Mr. Honest before~"
Lancer sudden change stunned everyone present, especially Leone, who was curled up in a corner trying to lower her presence, looked at Lancer with an incredulous expression.
Although she was very scared when she was first bought back by Lancer, after living together for a while, Lancer image gradually became more complete. For example, although he was a man of few words and spent most of his time practicing with his spear, he was very gentle to her, a slave, and never made her do anything excessive. Although she never said it, she still had a good impression of Lancer, but now she suddenly had a feeling that her dream was shattered.
And after the initial surprise, a twisted smile appeared on Shira's face.
"Haha~! So you're my dad's friend~ That's great~"
Looking at the expression on the golden-haired girl's face, Shira felt a sense of genuine pleasure. If he just wanted to 'get a taste of something new' before, now he hoped to destroy the other party! Only then could he vent the hatred in his heart! It would be best to include that woman too!!
"Since you're my dad's friend, it's easy to talk about~ How about you lend me that slave to play with? I'll put in a good word for you with my dad~"
Of course, once you're no longer useful to my dad, I'll have you killed!!
Although he looked very familiar on the surface, Shira had already sentenced Lancer to death in his heart. After all, the other party had dragged him on the ground, and that was a capital offense!!
The reason he lost his composure before was completely because his lust had gotten to his head and he was stimulated by Esdeath's killing intent. Now that he had regained his senses, he was performing quite well, at least he was in line with his current identity. After all, it was not an uncommon thing in the empire to ask an acquaintance for a slave.
"Young Master Shira..."
But what Shira didn't expect was that Lancer, who was still smiling, suddenly had a somewhat low voice, and the smile on his face looked a bit creepy.
"You should go back~ Otherwise, I believe Mr. Honest would be worried about your safety, right?"
Although there was a smile on his face, Lancer eyes at this time did not have the slightest hint of a smile. Instead, they were filled with a killing intent that was in no way inferior to... no, it should be said that it far exceeded Esdeath's. Shira, who was still smiling sheepishly, suddenly became a mouse being stared at by a cat, and his whole body stiffened...
In the end, Shira left with the support of Zhu Tian. After all, he had already seen it. The reason this man was polite to him was because of his father, but that was it. The killing intent and contempt in the other party's eyes were undisguised. Shira, who was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control himself or be killed by the other party, wisely chose to leave after cursing silently for a while. He was indeed a 'mad dog', but even a mad dog, when it wasn't out of its mind, knew how important its life was.
And Lancer didn't say anything and instead picked up Leone, but looking at Leone, who was bowing her head in his arms and not speaking, he felt a bit of a headache.
"Are you hurt?"
"..."
In response to Lancer question, Leone didn't answer but instead shook her head. But suddenly, Leone, who was shaking slightly with her arms crossed, directly pounced on Lancer armor. At first, her body was just trembling a bit, but it wasn't until Lancer touched her head with his hand that Leone could no longer control her emotions...
"I'm so scared!! I was so scared that you would give me to that man, master!!"
Looking at Leone, who was crying loudly in his arms, Lancer didn't know what to say for a while. He really wanted to tell the other party that he would never do such a thing. After all, he himself hated the so-called 'slavery'. Even for her, he just treated her more as an employed maid. The so-called 'slave' status was meaningless in Lancer eyes.
But he had underestimated Leone fear, or rather, her inferiority complex. In her eyes, she was just a thief from the slums, an insignificant existence, while the other party was obviously the son of a high-ranking official of the empire. Logically, her fate should be self-evident.
But the immense fear and despair, and the huge contrast at the end, made her unable to control her emotions for a while. Even at this moment, crying loudly while lying on Lancer armor, she didn't know if the tears were from the previous fear or the final ecstasy. She only knew that besides crying, there was no other way to vent her emotions...
And Lancer, who always claimed to 'understand women (only in dating sims)', didn't know what to do for a while. He looked at Esdeath for help, but as soon as he looked over, he turned his gaze away. It was clear that the other party couldn't possibly know what to do. After all, the other party couldn't possibly understand Leone thoughts, nor could she know how to comfort others.
But what Lancer didn't know was that although Esdeath had a nonchalant expression on her face, she said...
"Crying won't solve anything. Instead of crying here, you should think about what to do in the future."
Esdeath, who had stopped to think about something, turned and left after saying this.
"Wait!"
"What?"
"Thank you."
"..., no need. I had no intention of saving her. What that scumbag said made me very unhappy, that's all."
Esdeath, who had stopped because of Lancer call, quickened her pace without hesitation after saying that.
And looking at Esdeath's back, Lancer didn't say anything more and carried Leone back to the villa. As for the destroyed alley? The security team would handle it.
Lancer didn't know how to comfort Leone, so he simply summoned 'Aru'. Aru, who was summoned, first looked around warily. After realizing that the group of children were not there, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, looking at Lancer room, he had a bewildered expression, as if he didn't know why Lancer had summoned him.
And Lancer puckered his lips at Aru. The clever Aru glanced at the sobbing Leone and walked to her side to rub his cheek against Leone.
"Boohoo~!!"
The tears that had been temporarily suppressed welled up again, and Aru, who was hugged by Leone and completely collapsed in her arms, looked at Lancer with a helpless expression and held out his two front paws. The meaning was very clear————————10 small dried fish.
Although he knew that Aru was extorting him, seeing the sobbing Leone, he had no interest in haggling with Aru for a while, so he simply nodded.
And Aru also meowed to comfort Leone. He often comforted crying children like this in the village before, so he was quite experienced. And after seeing that Leone emotions were temporarily under control, he simply returned to the living room.
Lancer, who was sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed, began to think about one thing————————How should he deal with that scumbag? Kill him directly? That's not appropriate. Wait! Maybe it's an opportunity...