Kisuke currently couldn't see the face Stralit is making, however, he was pretty sure that she wasn't the slightest bit happy from the cold and pressuring aura she was emitting.
'The way she grabbed me... Her presence was way too vague than my initial estimates.' Kisuke thought while displaying a fearful expression and shutting his mouth.
"Not going to say anything, huh? Fine. I can waste as much time as you." Stralit exited the archive with Kisuke picked up like a kitten and used a teleportation spell to leave the facility.
The moment light returned to his eyes, Kisuke saw that he was in a wide, strange bedroom. Strange because the only thing that tells him it's a bedroom is the wide bed in the middle of it but the rest of it looks like some control room in a spaceship. He took a glance at the monitor and saw that he couldn't understand the words displayed on it.
Stralit seems to have guessed what he's thinking and said, "Can't understand it? Don't even try. That's the language that the top officers of Etoulde use. It's only a bunch of characters strung together and doesn't have any vocal equivalent."
She then tossed Kisuke to the corner of the room and before he landed, black fences erupted from the shadows and formed a large cage around him, "Until you're already willing to speak, you'll have to stay there."
Kisuke already 'calmed down' and checked the cage he was in, '...It's similar to the [Black Coffin]. Amazing.'
"Your adaptability is really amazing. Or are you just acting?" Stralit commented.
Instead of addressing her question, Kisuke replied with a question of his own, "Are you going to torture me?"
Stralit sat down on her bed and started staring at the monitors, "I apologize, but I don't have such a hobby. And I don't want to worsen the relationship between us."
"Worsen the relationship?" Kisuke asked with an unbelieving expression, "I did espionage work yet you want to keep the relationship between us from worsening? Are you naive or just plain stupid?"
Stralit stared at him for a moment with a contemplating expression before saying, "So you've been acting. This is the real you."
Kisuke let out a bit of himself. This wasn't a mistake as this was just another change in his plans due to the changing situation, '...Strange... Even if she was sure that I wasn't from Evie's side, she should at least contact her leader... But what's with the strange tone in her words?'
"If you're from Evie's side, they wouldn't use you as a spy. Because of your spiritual abilities, they'd rather turn you into an experimental subject. So I'm sure that you aren't their spy. As for the other opposing forces, well... They don't exactly exist anymore. Even if there's a remnant, they wouldn't be targeting this place because this is near the frontline against the Evies. If they knew something about the Evies, they don't really spare anyone regardless of their motives."
Kisuke remained silent and let her continue her monologue.
"The only other big possibility is this is just something personal for you. If that's the case, then I don't really want to have a fallout with you."
"...Why?"
Stralit grinned at her and said, "I have a use for you."
'Now this changes everything...' Kisuke immediately thought. If she has a use for him just because he showed him a little bit of power, then negotiation is possible, "Are you confident in forcing me to do your bidding?"
Stralit saw that Kisuke visibly calmed down, 'Look at this guy... He guessed that he won't be going through due process and trying to gauge me now. Well, this is a lot better than getting a stupid teammate.'
"I'm not and as I've said, that isn't my thing." Stralit smiled at him, "And I'm pretty certain of what you want. We could start from there."
Kisuke stared at her for a few seconds before turning around and lying down to close his eyes.
Seeing this, Stralit just shrugged her shoulders, 'I can wait. For the time being, I'll gather all the related materials.'
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The next morning, Kisuke opened his eyes with a warm breakfast in front of him. Not just that, the cage extended, and at the end of the new expansion, is a private booth to do his private business, 'She might actually keep this for months or years.'
For now, Kisuke arranged what he knows in his head and pulled out several conclusions from it, 'First possibility, she wants to use me to advance her career. Second, she had something against her superiors and wanted to get back at them. The third is that the Etoulde might not be as monolithic as I initially thought and several factions are vying for supremacy.'
'I still don't know what she wants me to do so I can't make a concrete guess now. Hmmm... I think stalling for time to gain an advantage over negotiations is out of the window now, huh?'
A few hours later, Stralit returned from her usual work and Kisuke immediately started with, "What do you want me to do and what do I get in return?"
"Not playing the waiting game anymore, huh? Pretty decisive. I like it." Stralit smiled and snapped her fingers. In an instant, a curtain of shadow enveloped the whole room, terminating anything that moved any information.
She then brought up her right hand to conjure a ball of light to give proper vision to the surroundings.
"I'm not going to beat around the bush, I am willing to do anything you want as long as it's not unreasonable and doesn't go against my goals. In exchange, I want you to be a point of contact between me and my Evie friend~."
As soon as she dropped that 'bomb', Kisuke glared at her. But on the inside, he's cheering in delight, 'Oh my~ I like this kind of drama. I really struck gold upon meeting her.'
At that moment, Kisuke tossed out the multiple plans he'd made with care out of his head, 'This will be amusing.'
The more chaos and confusion he could make, the better it was for him.