After speaking, Carl took the initiative to leave the guest room and went next door.
Though she was cold, she was not heartless. On the contrary, having endured countless scornful looks, she understood human nature and social dynamics better than most.
There was no use trying to reason with someone like Archer.
The more shrewd a person was, the less they believed in kindness without cause. If Carl had tried to wear her down, humbly begging her to form an alliance and unite their fronts, she definitely would not have agreed. Instead, she would only have become more convinced that Carl had ulterior motives.
Put yourself in her place. If someone would rather kneel than let you use their money, you would surely think there was some unspeakable scheme behind it.
Even if the two of them truly formed an alliance, how reliable could an alliance born from one person's humble pleas possibly be?
So Carl used this coldhearted method. He first created an established fact, then forced Archer to accept it.
Carl had confidence in this.
Because Archer was clever. Her firm refusal to ally with him and her insistence on viewing him as an enemy were enough to prove that she was a mature-minded woman. Though her methods were overly forceful, they still spoke of wisdom.
So once she discovered that the contract had already been formed, no matter how upset she was, she would endure it and compromise for the sake of victory. There were quite a few people with that kind of personality.
This might damage the relationship between Carl and Archer, but what did that matter? Carl would provide Archer with magical energy, and all of Archer's abilities would be enhanced. As for orders, Carl only needed to give them to Tsukahara Meiji.
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