Oliva still did not quite understand.
Like Aislin, he was actually a rather selfish person.
But being selfish did not mean he lacked character. It merely meant he would not put himself in others' shoes.
Still, Oliva had one fairly decent quality: he knew that there were many things he failed to consider thoroughly, and that he could easily offend people.
When dealing with outsiders, he had no interest in changing his attitude for anyone else.
But when dealing with his own people, as long as his interests were not affected, Oliva was fairly easygoing.
He nodded at Hilbert. "I'll remember to praise her differently.
"Anyway, she's quite useful."
Hill shook his head helplessly and could only smile it off.
That was why he could never truly dislike Oliva... In a world like this, someone with principles like Oliva was genuinely rare.
He could not possibly decide that people living in such a cruel world were evil just because they lacked much sympathy, could he?
Hill lowered his head and looked at the construction that had nearly been repaired all the way to the top of the tower, then seriously asked Oliva, "Want to help me fix the walls?"
"Absolutely not!" Oliva replied at once. "You look like you're doing fine anyway, so I'm leaving!"
"Where are you planning to go?" Hilbert took large metal plates and stone bricks from his storage ring and made them float around him, then drew a deep breath.
The consequence of attracting too much attention was that he had to lay the bricks himself.
It was not that puppets could not do it, but... the puppets he currently used were rather rigid. They could not incorporate magic formations into the walls while laying the bricks.
Rather than waste time squatting nearby and waiting for