Why did the Yggdmillennia clan display such intense hostility toward Sieg and Astolfo?
The reason was simple: Astolfo's Master had changed.
Command Spells reacted to other Command Spells.
Therefore, the instant Fang Li saw Sieg, his Command Spells had already sent a stabbing pain through him, informing him of something.
The Homunculus before him was also a Master.
Fiore must have felt the same reaction, right?
With that in mind, anyone could guess who had formed a contract with Sieg and become his Servant.
There could be no one other than Astolfo.
And since Astolfo's Master had changed, did they really need to guess what had happened to Sereine, his former Master, who had gone after him?
At any rate, Fang Li did not believe that, given Sereine's obsession with Astolfo and her twisted mindset, she would have allowed Astolfo's Master to become Sieg if she were still alive. Nor did he believe she would have watched these two return so openly.
Now that all this had happened, it could only mean that Sereine had been dealt with.
That was precisely why Sieg remained silent.
Because he had no way to defend himself.
And because they knew Sereine was dead, the Yggdmillennia clan believed that these two before them had killed her and exchanged the contract.
Under such circumstances, Sieg and Astolfo had returned so brazenly, even bringing the Homunculi out without permission?
How could the Yggdmillennia clan not be hostile toward them?
In response, Astolfo kept insisting.
"Neither Sieg nor I killed my former Master. It was Black Assassin!"
Astolfo had been insisting on that from the very beginning.
"When we ran into each other, Black Assassin suddenly appeared and killed my former Master! She even dug out her heart! That was how I could form a contract with