"What's your name, brother?" Haruki asked, feeling the tension in the man's shoulders completely relax.
The man shook his head. "Names hold power, especially in my case. Call me R instead."
Haruki nodded with a look of full understanding. "Okay, R! Won't you let us in? By the way, is my nephew okay?"
R frowned and looked at Haruki, as though they had been friends for years, completely swept up in Haruki's flow, not even realizing he was regarding him as a true friend.
"Your nephew's alive, but it's been ten minutes since they started submerging him in that black stuff. Are you sure you can take on six Knight-Level mages?"
"Only knights. Do you know how to block them from teleporting out? I can handle the rest if you can take care of that."
