Book Chapter: Luo Shu and Lacus Clyne
Although the words were sincere and free of malice, Lacus Clyne knew perfectly well that Luo Shu was now questioning her motives.
There was little Lacus Clyne could do about that. After all, she had no way to interfere with someone's personal thoughts. Or rather, the ability to interfere with other people's thoughts was precisely what she considered most terrifying.
"What I said earlier about SDS allowing people to leave still stands. If you change your mind in the future, Luo Shu, you can tell me at any time."
At Lacus Clyne's words, hesitation finally appeared on Luo Shu's face. "Are you sure you mean that?"
After saying this, Luo Shu suddenly thought of something else and added, "I find it hard to imagine you'd actually let me leave."
"It was Kirika's behavior that gave you that impression, wasn't it?" Lacus Clyne's tone was certain.
From the looks of it, Tachibana Kirika's behavior seemed to have troubled her many times.
"Kirika's desire for talented people is the same as mine. I've just never agreed with her methods."
At this point, Lacus Clyne picked up the pink Haros on her lap, lifted him, and held him out to Luo Shu.
"I imagine you've already guessed how short-staffed SDS is, Luo Shu?"
"I have." Luo Shu nodded. It was not difficult to guess. The fact that SDS had only one branch in Japan's Eastern Capital and had previously been considering establishing a branch in Chiba Prefecture made it clear.
A multinational company having only one branch in a country was understandable, but for an organization like SDS, dedicated to collecting Abyssal Artifacts, it was rather hard to justify.
To put it bluntly, collecting things that appeared at random like Abyssal Artifacts required, at the very