Pride and Greed took Shivan back to their house, while Shivan still looked utterly bewildered. He had not sorted out the logic behind any of this.
Because he knew he could never hide it from the professor, he could only tell the truth. It was impossible to say he had no thoughts about it at all. Perhaps his childhood experiences had affected him, or perhaps being the headmaster of a magic school really was not that easy, but in any case, he truly lacked power somewhat. If he had the chance, of course he wanted to pocket the thing for himself.
What he had been looking for was indeed not a shielding device. But precisely because that kidnapper had said they possessed shielding devices—meaning they could evade Brainiac—he had decided to give it a try. What if he happened to pick up a Divine Artifact in one of Brainiac's blind spots? Wouldn't it become his?
He just had not expected someone else to move faster than him. The item had already been found and had even been handed over to Brainiac. Brainiac would never let him get near it. Since there was no hope left, he simply stopped hiding anything and told the truth.
Yet unexpectedly, Schiller seemed quite supportive of him obtaining the item. But in Shivan's view, Schiller should have stood on Brainiac's side. Based on his understanding of Schiller, the man was clearly left-wing, so he would surely think it better for human scientists to study it together.
After he voiced his thoughts, Greed shook his head and said, "For something like this, it must be studied, but it must also be used. At this stage, though, using it is more important than studying it. The alien civilization capable of creating this thing isn't dead yet. Who