Lilith

Hearing Solam's words, Marco immediately turned to look at Isabella and the others who were surrounded. But the moment he turned his head, he instantly realized something was wrong!

No! He's trying to trick me!

Marco was certain Solam was trying to divert his attention so he could launch a surprise attack the moment Marco turned around!

So Marco immediately whipped his head back even faster. But when he looked, Solam was still standing exactly where he had been, without even changing his posture, watching the utterly nervous Marco with a mocking expression.

"You...!" Marco wanted to say, "You're lying to me." But the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back. What had Solam lied to him about? At most, he was just messing with him!

Marco quickly forced down the anger surging up in his chest. He knew there was no point getting angry now; it would only give Solam more reason to laugh at him. Yet after this little episode, Marco became even more convinced that his threat would work! Otherwise, Solam would never have tried to trick him.

Others might have found this logic rather bizarre, but Marco himself was extremely confident. As long as he captured these people, he could threaten Solam. That was simply how he felt. If asked for evidence, he could not have provided any.

Marco's instincts were not wrong, but Solam's words could be interpreted in two ways.

First, Solam could have meant, "These people aren't important enough to make me yield."

Second, he could have meant something else entirely. "What makes you think you have anything to make me yield over?"

Marco had understood it as the first meaning, and he had guessed right. Whether it was Lilith or Isabella, both had spent a long time with Solam. Lilith