Rudolf's fatal flaw as a Knight was his arrogance in battle.
As long as he could savor the thrill of a fight, nothing else mattered.
That was why Rudolf, born into a prominent family and a Master Level Knight, was serving as captain of a Special Operations Team here.
Give him a critical mission, and he might decide he wanted to fight the enemy, strike some inexplicable agreement with them, then turn on his own people.
It had happened several times before. To get an uninterrupted fight with an enemy, he had killed allies who got in his way.
And now Rudolf was doing it again.
The man before him had just humiliated one of his subordinates in an openly provocative way.
As captain of the Special Operations Team, he ought to have stepped in and taught Evan a harsh lesson.
But his battle-crazed arrogance left him with no hostility toward Evan. Instead, Evan's extraordinary Physique had made him like him.
Looking into Rudolf's blue eyes, Evan sensed the shift in his emotions.
A chill crawled over Evan's scalp.
That look reminded him of the lovestruck obsessives he used to see in anime and manga.
Evan snatched his hand back as if he had been shocked and stopped testing his strength against Rudolf's.
"Captain Rudolf, I have something important to attend to shortly."
"I'd appreciate it if you could let me review your files on this case as soon as possible."
Rudolf came to his senses. Once he realized Evan would not fight him head-on, the heat in his gaze turned cold.
The change came without transition, as though two entirely different people shared the same body.
"This way!"
Evan followed Rudolf into the offices farther inside, then down the corridor on the left to a cramped room.
Metal cabinets