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Although he was hoping that his improvisation strategy would work, Noelle's father naturally knew how unlikely it was to really succeed. After all, whether she died or not, just the fact that he attacked the eldest daughter of the main branch's leader was enough to get him in plenty of trouble.
But while he was okay with being stopped by one of the elders to 'explain himself', and was even prepared to be restrained, Gildroy never expected that the one to stop him would be a powerless little girl.
"I'm really not in a mood to entertain little brats like you right now, so get out of my way before I lose it!"
Emilia only sneered at his threat as she pointed at the half-dead woman on the ground. "Given that she's almost at the death's door thanks to you, your words aren't helping your case at all. Are you going to put me in the same position as her, or worse, just because I dared to speak up?"
