None of those "three" were flattering terms, but the "honest man" was definitely the "winner" among them. After all, he ultimately got the beauty.
"Give me half."
Klein said flatly, "I just contacted my friend. He knows the pirate who kidnapped those women, so he should be able to get her to release them-if they're still alive."
Aldrich shuddered. This was the question he had been unwilling to consider all along: after so much time, were Olivia and the others still alive?
"Oh, to help you understand just how much value you're getting for your money, I don't mind telling you that the pirate who abducted them is actually one of the Seven Pirate Admirals, Ailment Maiden Tracy. That Half-God of hers is also a Sequence 3 powerhouse." Klein gave a hollow smile. "I think, on this sea, no one but me would be willing to help you for so little money."
"A Pirate Admiral? Sequence 3?"
Aldrich's head swam. He simply couldn't understand how an "ordinary" security commission had become entangled with such people.
"All right, just wait patiently now."
With that, Klein walked over to the railing, just in time to see a sailing ship entering Bansy Harbor. A young man in a black trench coat stood on the foredeck.
As Klein looked over, the man in the black trench coat happened to look his way as well, but their eyes met only briefly before shifting away.
Before the sailing ship had fully docked, the man in the black trench coat leaped several meters onto shore and headed straight for the harbor.
Inside the inn on Symeem Island.
Edward opened his eyes to find Lilith standing before him, staring straight at him. He tugged the little one's soft cheek and asked with a smile, "What are you