"Cousin, huh?" Medeia folded her hands. "Why didn't you tell me about this important matter before?"
After Lucian gave them the token from his cousin, the hunters let the water truck enter the heart of the city.
"Because it's ... a little complicated." Lucian stopped the engine when the car arrived at the Junk Garden base. "The rumors about him are too bad and disgusting, so I'm afraid you'll find me as disgusting as him."
In other words, he disowned his own family because he didn't want his crush to have a bad impression of him.
[He never said you were his crush, Host.]
'Shut up, just let me be happy.'
"How could you think that?" Medeia said confidently. "Disgusting never suited you, Lucian."
If anyone dared to call Lucian disgusting, Medeia would slap their face so hard they would forget their name.
Knock. Knock.
The tall man, Jose Toro, knocked on the car window to get Lucian's attention. "Please follow me, sir."