[00 Months: 17 Days: 13 Hours]
"I'm not sure. I know he's stronger than you, though." Lucy Fer's response was as swift as it was brutal.
"In any case, you should be careful. How do you plan on taking care of things here?"
As expected, Francis was way ahead of me. But that didn't matter. I planned on catching up to him very quickly.
I couldn't tell if Lucy Fer was intentionally hiding more information from me, but at the very least, I knew she wasn't on Francis' side.
That was more than enough for me.
'I don't want to make you my enemy...'
"I plan on helping Theo, the heir of the Lyma Family. We'll rebuild this place and I'll help them in any way to ensure the Lyma Family doesn't fall because of this." I answered Lucy Fer's query.
"Hm? Why, though? They shouldn't matter to you, should they?"
I understood her perspective. To be honest, this ran counter to my goal of becoming stronger.