Nikolai Jimenez and Emilio Compton's gazes simultaneously fell on Elise Parry, Nikolai's filled with subtlety, Emilio's was furious.
"Didn't we agree to report back to the Sect first?"
"To think they sent someone to assassinate in secret!"
"It was just that they weren't successful. If they had been, Carson Flores would have been killed without a trace, and the Water-Fire Mirror would have ended up in Elise Parry's hands, to be taken directly to the Spiritual Ruin Blessed Land—who would have known?"
"Here I am, foolishly kidnapping, waiting for someone while Elise Parry feigns innocence by my side, putting on an act, reveling at my plight."
Just the thought was enough to infuriate anyone!
If it weren't for her failure, if it weren't for my current need for their help, Emilio Compton would have wanted to turn against them right now.
Upon further thought, although she had orchestrated this in secret, she hadn't succeeded. With that in mind, Emilio suddenly felt less angry.
