Twin-Faced Tower Izermar: Sudden Change

"I don't have the authority to decide something like that..."

El-Melloi II shook his head, unmoved by the temptation of a high-grade mystic code.

"Hey, hey, hey, aren't you the Lord of El-Melloi? How come you don't even have that kind of authority?"

Mick widened his eyes, clearly unwilling to believe El-Melloi II's words.

"That is indeed the case."

El-Melloi II spread his hands in a helpless gesture.

"I am only temporarily borrowing the title of Lord. The family head still needs to make the decisions regarding the family's actual affairs."

"Ahhh... I see."

Mick grinned and scratched his head.

"In that case, we can discuss the deal once I meet the head of your El-Melloi family. Oh, right, your family head is that little girl, isn't she? If I remember correctly, her name was Rinnes."

Carina seemed unable to recognize the young man before her. Her body shrank back slightly as she instinctively retreated.

Mick lunged at her with a savage expression and viciously clamped his hands around her throat.

"Right, right..."

Since they could no longer continue discussing cooperation, Mick turned his attention to the two people some distance away. One of them, the young man, appeared extremely agitated, trembling all over.

A piercing whistling sound rang out as Shu Jing's body was mercilessly pierced by a strangely shaped curved blade.

"Just as I thought. Today's affair—it was you, it was you pulling the strings. You've already obtained it, obtained that beauty, so why... why do you still want to flee Izeluma?!"

The young girl begged the young man bitterly.

After dealing with Mick, the shadow slowly turned around, its scarlet eyes looking toward where El-Melloi VII and Shu Jing were hiding.

Though bushes stood between them, they knew they had already been exposed. They did not know