Lanchi Was Targeted by His Mother-in-Law

Ursula and Elsa watched anxiously as the Mafia leader and Professor Landry nearly clashed in the dark alley before them.

Fortunately, neither of them seemed intent on starting a fight.

"Meow... Imperial Authority Unmatched, Imperial Faith, meow."

Cat Boss recited Lanchi's lines in a stiff voice to bolster his courage. It actually wanted to crawl back into Lanchi's shadow, but it had to protect these two girls now. It absolutely couldn't show cowardice.

In any case, it was still one tier above the Mafia leader, Barton!

Still, judging from Barton's words, he didn't seem to be trying to intimidate them.

This guy named Barton was surprisingly easy to talk to so far. He hadn't misunderstood them because of the Mafia corpses covering the ground, nor had he attacked them at the slightest disagreement.

Considering Tata's limited time in combat, fighting someone like Barton, a former Imperial Army Tier 7 battle assassin, definitely wasn't worth it. At the very least, Elsa and Ursula would be in considerable danger.

It seemed that Lanchi's ultimate trump card was still his King of Cats.

"Mr. Barton, I caught this Blood Race member myself. I'm sorry, but I can't hand him over to you."

Lanchi answered politely.

He had already been quite restrained during his earlier battle with Viscount Carmel and had blocked out the sounds as much as possible.

The only potentially powerful fluctuation of magic energy had come when Talia, preventing Viscount Carmel from using his authority to escape, had shattered his mechanism and forcibly dragged him back.

He hadn't expected Barton Hall, the Mafia leader, to notice them anyway.

"What will it take for you to hand him over to me?"

Barton had no intention of snatching him away. Instead, he asked Lanchi.

But his attitude was clear.

Even if the worst