Negotiations Concluded

The car drove along the street, while silver-bell-like laughter echoed inside the cabin.

"Hahahahaha... I never imagined I'd get to see someone who stands as a Lord of the Clock Tower make that kind of face. As expected of you, Big Brother. Although both the stick and the carrot are necessary during negotiations, wasn't holding a nuclear bomb in one hand and a lollipop in the other a bit too much?"

The one laughing was Reines. At that moment, the girl was swinging her legs from side to side on the seat with the exuberance appropriate to her age, like an excited child who had just watched a movie.

"I merely gave them a deal they couldn't refuse."

Sitting in the back seat, Duanmu Huai looked quite calm. Normally, a car this cramped would never have been able to contain him. However, the Clock Tower seemed to have used some kind of magecraft, making the cabin look far more spacious than it appeared from outside.

I never thought spatial magecraft could be applied to this level. If I practice a little more in the future, maybe I'll be able to drive.

"Even so, all those Lords' faces had gone pale at the time. It's amazing they were able to accept your proposal in the end, Big Brother. After all, nobles are generally unwilling to abandon their pride even in death."

Though she said that, Reines naturally understood why those Lords had been willing to agree to Duanmu Huai's demands. Even she had been able to sense that Duanmu Huai had stirred up the Leylines throughout Britain at that moment. He hadn't relied on some Mystic Code or special magecraft ritual. The mere aura emanating from his body had caused the Leylines across the British Isles to tremble violently. That meant