Chapter 381 Hearing From Esme

Chapter 381 Hearing From Esme

After some more minutes—nearly spanning an hour—of discourse concerning the company, its assets, and a bunch of other technical things kept brief, the official handing down was over.

Of course, this was just the official state of things.

Rey still appointed Rebal as the CEO, and Kara as the Deputy. Asher's role, as well as the other staff's responsibilities, would be decided by the two heads of the company.

Even though he was the true Head of The Reaper Group, he didn't have to do anything.

'I guess being Ralyks is enough for them...' Rey mused, considering how they readily agreed with no caveats.

Just as he expected, this must have been what they were after all along.

'I don't even really mind that they're using me. I'll be using them plenty in the future...'

The people of the Reaper Group knew that he could kill them at any time, so they wouldn't dare scheming against him. He was also sure he had shown a fair amount of intelligence to accompany his power, so they wouldn't consider him to be dumb.

'If I was all muscle and no brain, they could have manipulated me and used me for my strength while offering nothing of real value in return.'

But that wasn't what happened.

The KariBlanc Group, now Reaper Group, knew what he was capable of... and they probably suspected him of even more feats.

'I'm sure they won't betray me.'

"A-ah... Sir Ralyks, I apologize for not remembering until now. Lady Esme informed me that she would like to see you now."

Rey's eyes nearly bulged the moment he heard those words.

'He knows her name?! Did Esme tell him?' That seemed to be the only explanation, all things considered.

"Did she tell you that personally...?" Rey asked, his tone as calm as possible despite feeling all sorts of turbulence within.

"Well, no. She told the maid attending to her. But, we spoke after I was informed of that for a brief moment."

"What did you speak about?"

"She just wanted to know when next you would be coming, and I told her that I didn't know. Then she asked a few questions about you, and your relationship with our Group."

"S-she did that? What did she... ah, hold on..."

After a while of internal deliberation, Rey decided against it.

'Make tons of money for me!' Was what he shouted in his head before he teleported away.

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~VWUSH!~

Rey appeared in front of Esme's room in an instant, and while he stood in front of it, he remembered what happened just two weeks earlier.

He recollected her pain, and the more time passed after then, he could understand how deep her despair ran.

'For the first few days, I was tempted to go back and see her. Maybe even knock the door over if that was what it took...'

Rey thanked Ater for stopping him during those moments. His Familiar talked some sense to him every time, allowing him to calmly assess the matter.

After the first week passed, he became a lot more stable and decided to give Esme her space.

That didn't mean that he didn't miss or think of her at times. However, he just reached the point where he unerstood her intentions and was willing to truly respect her wishes.

'I still can't believe she spoke to a maid, and even Asher, before me, though...'

Rey didn't want to admit it, but he didn't feel the best of emotions after learning that Asher spoke to her.

'I still want to know what they talked about, but...' He took a deep breath as he stepped forward.

'... Seeing how she's doing comes first.'

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[A/N]

Thanks for reading!

We finally see our belloved Half Elf again! I wonder how much Esme has changed, or maybe she hasn't really. Who knows...