It would indeed be difficult to make Nicholson accept the reality that he had to cooperate with that person when he was unwilling to give up even the slightest chance to cause Kament Tower trouble.
Rute, seated in the place of honor, could not help sighing... but what else could he do?
What was lost was already lost. The living were what mattered most.
As long as Nicholson looked at the people he still cared about, he would naturally know what choice to make.
Besides, it was not as though retaliation was completely impossible... he merely had to swallow his anger for now.
Kament Tower himself was not actually that important.
The truly frightening one was the person behind him, the one who had allowed him to break free of Sia Tower's soul shackles while continuing to fulfill his positioning function.
The other party had no intention of stepping into the open, clearly intending only to hide behind Kament Tower... and it was not as though Rute had not guessed that person's identity.
At Kament Tower's side, there was only one person who appeared utterly unproblematic yet could not withstand close scrutiny: Rommel.
However, only people like him and Nicholson, who knew every detail of the affairs of recent years and could spot what was wrong with the timing of Rommel's public appearances, would possess such sensitivity.
If it were Aislin... forget it. Bringing her up would hurt their relationship a little too much.
Even Oliva would never be able to see it.
Of course, Rute could confirm his suspicions because, when he mobilized the main magic array, he had sensed the overly smooth operation on Black Mystery Tower's side, as well as... array circuits with somewhat excessive energy.
Although the other party did not seem to intend to affect