"Enough, Yamashita Masahiko. I'm warning you—now that we're teammates, you'd better cut down on those snide, sarcastic remarks!"
At this moment.
Avril looked at Yamashita Masahiko as well, warning him with a stern expression.
To be honest.
She had not wanted Yamashita Masahiko to join this team in the first place.
But Yamashita Masahiko had connections behind him. He was on very good terms with another vice commander of the Holy Knights.
So he had asked that vice commander to approach Lucia and request that Yamashita Masahiko be allowed to join the team for the Spirit Cache mission.
Although Lucia was also a vice commander, she had only recently taken the position and could not casually offend a vice commander with such deep seniority within the Holy Knights.
So she had brought it up to her junior sister.
Avril had not wanted her senior sister to offend anyone, so she agreed.
Besides, Yamashita Masahiko's strength was indeed decent, so it was not too difficult to accept.
It was just that...
Over the past few days of getting along, she had discovered that Yamashita Masahiko always liked treating the other teammates with an arrogant, superior attitude.
Even toward Avril, the captain, he showed not the slightest respect.
One reason he had joined this team was the Spirit Cache mission. The other was to pursue Anseli.
But Anseli knew exactly what kind of person Yamashita Masahiko was.
Moreover, most people in the Holy Knights did not have a very favorable impression of people from Japan.
Naturally, Anseli could not possibly accept his pursuit, which led to the current situation.
Avril knew why Yamashita Masahiko was targeting Ling Zhan.
It was nothing more than the fact that Ling Zhan was handsome—and, more importantly, that his level was too low and he was a