Lysis - "So, if I understand correctly, this is blackmail?"
Me - "No, not at all, it's a proposal."
Lysis - "Yeah, that's a great proposal, either we accept and become your minions, or we refuse and leave right away."
Me - "I never said you'll become my minions, I said you'll just have to do what I tell you."
Lysis - "It amounts to the same thing, you just said it in a different way."
Me - "Maybe, but you have everything to gain by accepting."
Kosho - "And what do we have to gain?"
Me - "Teammates to rely on, training that will strengthen you physically and mentally, and most importantly a team that can win the war."
I think I went a little overboard with my last proposal, but when I thought about it it sounded good in my head so I thought it would be a good idea, but seeing their reaction, it must have sounded more like a spoiled brat's whim.
Kosho - "And how can I be sure you're going to win this war?"
Me - "There's no certainty that I'll win, but there's nothing to say that I won't win it either."
Kosho - "Kana? Didn't you say that he outranks me in everything? Now all I see is a child completely blinded by his desire to win this war."
Kana - "Indeed, I repeat, he surpasses you in absolutely every way. And if you only see a stupid kid, it's simply because your ambitions are totally ridiculous compared to his. "
Kosho - "My ambitions are ridiculous? It's all very well to have ambitions, but you have to be able to implement them, and this kid will never be able to do what he wants to do.
Shanlen: "You're a pain in the ass with your childish ways. Anyway, whatever happens, I'll go with Yùichi's choice, so I'll choose option number 1.
Nomiko - "Well, since we are apparently at the moments of the choices, I'll make mine. Yùichi, I accept your first proposal. "
Kana - "I also accept".
Shiro - "Yes, me too."
Angelo - "Yeah, I don't have much choice, I accept."
Ojoth - "If Shanlen accepts, then I accept too."
Menelle - "I'm in too."
May - "Yeah, sure, that sounds cool."
It's a good start, so far no one has said no yet, although I don't think it will last much longer.
Isobe - "I agree too."
Rujin - "Yeah, me too."
Kosho - "Are you all stupid or what? Why do you decide to follow him, he doesn't have any plan or anything for the next step and you follow him anyway?"
- "That's because you keep interrupting him."
I didn't expect him to intervene at all now, because since the beginning of our conversation he has remained silent and moreover that he intervenes while it is Kosho who speaks, that's what surprises me the most, because at first sight he seems to be someone rather docile in spite of his imposing physique.
Kosho - "Zilfius, what are you saying?"
Zilfius - "I told you, didn't I? You can't understand him because you keep interrupting him.
Kosho - "What are you talking about? What do you mean I can't understand him?"
Zilfius - "Well, since you don't seem to understand what I'm trying to tell you, I'll tell you clearly. We decided to follow Yùichi, because in not even an hour, he taught me more about this war than you did in a week."
Kosho - "Wait. So you're joining him?"
Zilfius - "Yes, I just told you, I've decided to follow Yùichi."
Leona - "Ah, it suits me that you say that, Zil, because I also want to follow Yùichi."
Kosho - "What? You too Leona?"
Leona - "Yeah, he seems to be smart and besides I could learn a lot of things and almost half of the people here have already joined his side so I prefer to stay in the camp that will make me win."
Kosho - "Are you going with him just to win?"
Leona - "'Just'? This is my life I'm talking about, so yes 'just' for that reason I'm staying with him."
Kosho - "Tss, pathetic. And you, Zera, are you also going with him?"
Zera - "I don't know, maybe."
And two more, even if I would have preferred that Kosho join us without doing his whims, because even if he decides to join us now, he will always have in him a small ounce of resentment and anger towards me and if I lower my guard a little too much he could make me pay the price, so the best solution would be that he refuses to join us of his own free will.
Alia - "Yùichi, I follow you too."
It's logical, I would have even found it suspicious that she refused my proposal after what we said.
Chauk - "I'm in too."
Vasoros - "Oh, that sounds cool, so I'll come too."
Lysis - "I don't have much choice, I'll go too."
Almost everyone has made their choice, only Kosho, Zera, Selstine and Sonia are left.
Zera - "Well, in the end, I refuse. Goodbye."
This is quite surprising. I didn't expect her to accept, but to refuse and leave at almost the same time is quite destabilizing, even insulting.
Kosho - "Ah, I'm glad to see that finally someone refuses your offer. Of course, I'll do the same and leave as well, hoping to meet again during the war and this time, I promise you that each of you will get through it."
Shanlen - "Well, that was a noisy one. It's a lot quieter once he leaves."
Me - "Yeah, I didn't think he'd be so against my ideas. Speaking of which, you can all see that my wound has completely closed up, proof that the third rule I told you about is likely to appear."
Leona - "Wow, that's great, basically you're immortal."
Me - "Ahahah, I'd love to, but considering how long it takes to heal, I think if I get pierced in the heart or throat, I'll die like everyone else."
Shanlen - "We can try if you want."
Me - "No thanks, I want to stay alive a little longer."
Shanlen: "Yeah, I understand. But let's get back to the point. You two haven't answered yet."
- "Hey kid, can you be a little more polite when talking to women older than you?"
Selstine - "Sonia, don't get upset, he can't help it if he hasn't been educated."
Shanlen - "Wait a minute, but she's also provoking me, the bitch. "
Me - "Please, Shanlen, don't be provoked and you, Sonia, Selstine, stop being so hostile towards him."
Sonia / Selstine - "Yes sir, fine."
Shanlen - "Wow, but you trained them to obey you?"
Me - "I understand that it's quite surprising, but it's not my fault and don't worry, after a while you get used to it."
I was saying that to put on a brave face, but even I am always surprised when she calls me that and this time in particular, because they said the same sentence at the same time, a bit like she could read each other's thoughts.
Me - "If not, what is your answer?"
Selstine - "Of course, Sir, it is with great honor that I accept your proposal. "
Me - "Ah perfect more than one is we are good."
Sonia - "Sorry, but it will be without me."