"So, you've come to seek my wisdom again?" Melifilia said while playing her cards.
"Is that not allowed?" Aiden countered.
"Of course, it's allowed. To win a game like this, you have to use every card in your hand. I quite like your audacity in using even the gods to your advantage," Melifilia said with a narrowing smile.
Although Aiden hadn't responded to Carmilla's proposed deal just then, he had actually been considering making a move against that underworld figure for a while.
He didn't really care about any gang struggles, Carmilla was put in prison for eight years by her rivals, and that was her own business, but Slyne becoming an undead and entering Rose Iron Prison was a different matter.
Slyne's son was killed, and then she chose to become undead and deliberately entered Rose Iron Prison to seek vengeance on Carmilla, causing him and the other prison guards no end of trouble.
