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Waver, who had been able to enjoy himself freely for a while longer, was successfully captured by Rinies and hung upside down in a room for interrogation.
In fact, Rinies had already gathered information on Waver and analyzed his personality before capturing him.
Yet even so, after hearing him agree in succession to take on that enormous debt and help repair the Magic Crest, Rinies still found herself dazed.
Was this guy a complete idiot...
Or had his guilt over his brother's death become this severe?
For a moment, her original plan to use the Lord title to win over those two Magi began to waver.
Rather than trade him for an uncertain variable, she might as well keep this idiot. At least he would be convenient to reclaim.
Moreover, their complementary abilities were not without the potential to revitalize the El-Melloi Faction.
"Whether those two would be drawn to a Lord title remains uncertain. After all, there is still a mountain of outstanding debt..."
Without question, a title like Lord was genuinely useful in the hands of someone useful, or a useful faction. It represented a place among the decision-makers.
But for the present El-Melloi Faction, it was truly rather useless. That was why, in the original story, before she had grown strong enough herself, she decisively dumped the burden on Waver and let him draw the fire.
Even now, she was still uncertain whether her decision was the right one.
Yet before she could react, the door to the Chamber of Secrets was suddenly blasted apart.
Three figures stepped through the dust-filled doorway.
"Tsk tsk~, the future Lord of El-Melloi has captured a mere third-rank lecturer. What could you possibly want with him?"
Xu Yue spoke, Bazett had broken down the door, and He Jinyin was the