149, Sudden Mission, Return to Type-Moon

Emily fell silent for only a moment before agreeing to Lilith's proposal. In truth, there had long been an internal opinion that Brent should serve as a hub for friendly exchanges between both sides. Under those considerations, most people actually did not want Brent to return. First, Brent, who had become Lilith's believer, was uncontrollable. Second, it might offend Lilith and further worsen their relationship with her. After all, following the successive unrest and the public exposure of supernatural powers, the domestic situation in the United States was still far from optimistic—

If they allowed Brent to remain in the Hidden Alliance while maintaining good relations, they would at least gain an option to speak with Lilith whenever necessary—especially the people of the Iron Throne. Though they dared not say anything about Nightmare Your Eminence privately reaching an agreement with Lilith and Hell, they were deeply dissatisfied as well, yet equally helpless.

After all, even getting a single word to Lilith was extremely difficult for them.

It was like how, in the Type-Moon World, only magi knew of the existence of other magi and how to find them.

Only Nightmare and the Dragon King could speak directly to Lilith, the leader of the Hidden Alliance, whenever they wished—others were not incapable of doing so, but they could only contact low-ranking personnel or informants first, then wait for reports to be passed up layer by layer for Lilith to handle... Who knew how long that would take? And having the message intercepted midway was hardly uncommon.

But if Brent remained with Lilith, things would be different. Though Brent was nominally Emily's subordinate and belonged to Nightmare's faction, that did not prevent them from contacting Brent through the channels of the New York branch, which they both belonged to.

Besides, if Brent