"Dear Hill, in this world, only results matter." Shar smiled softly. "People who reason things out are good, but Hill, remember to bring your fists too."
Hill smiled helplessly.
When he was facing Shar, he really did seem to relax a little... In the past, he would never have blurted out something like that.
Then he nodded very seriously. "I'll remember that, Shar."
Perhaps he had lowered that guard the first time he sensed something like an elder sister-in-law's presence from Shar.
When someone treated you as a junior and cared for you, it was truly difficult to keep seeing her as someone you needed to guard against.
Shar smiled in satisfaction.
She was very pleased by Hill's reaction... Though William had not said much, she could sense how much he cared for Hill.
Though that might have been because he had once lost his way and done things that displeased Hill, causing William's feelings for Hill to deepen instead, but... if their relationship had not been friendly to begin with, William would not have acted this way.
From what Shar knew of William, though he was upright, he would not feel guilty to that extent just because his actions had hurt someone else.
He would compensate those who had suffered misfortune because of him, but he would never become deeply attached to them because of that.
On the other hand, Hill, who was close to William, was also the best lubricant for maintaining harmony between the Human Pantheon and the Earth Pantheon.
Though Shar had not paid much attention to matters in Telashir, with only the Undead spreading gossip, there was actually very little she did not know.
So she understood very clearly that though Hill did not appear to hold such a high status, he was in fact