Chapter 820: Discourse Between Familiar And Master

Chapter 820: Discourse Between Familiar And Master



"I see..."

Rey's fingers were stroking his chin as his full mouth was chewing on the last of Ater's delicious meal served on a literal silver platter.

He had just finished listening to Ater's detailed report regarding the control of the Dwarves and Giants in the Southern Continent. The whole process seemed like overkill to Rey, but he couldn't help but see the brilliance in the plan.

'He was able to finish his task quicker than I expected as a result of that too.'

As Rey swallowed his food, washing down its contents with his drink, he couldn't help but marvel at Ater's genius.

'He used his superior strength to forcefully seize control of the Giants, and then dangled immortality before them to keep them all loyal to him. As for the Dwarves, he waged war to break their spirits by showing the gap between their might, and then offered them resources and help with their current crisis.'

In essence, a more advanced method of the carrot and stick.

'It seems the Dwarves were more problematic, but they weren't a problem for him at all. Plus, from what he tells me, they'll especially be useful to me.' Rey smiled, concluding his meal in totality.

Since the Dwarven Nation had been facing scarcity for some time now, they were trying to generate a renewable energy source.

'It's in our best interests if they succeed, since we'll reap the benefits. I was right to tell Ater not to be too rough on them.'

Sure, there would be a few among the camp of the Dwarves who resisted the Alliance-unlike with the Giants, who were completely loyal to Ater-but after seeing what Rey could do for them, their minds were sure to change.

Even Ater shared the same sentiment.

'Looks like things in the South is going way better than I imagined... which leaves the real mystery here.' Rey parted his lips to speak, but before he could get a word out, Ater smiled and addressed the thought he had.

"You desire to know what's on my mind regarding this whole war, and how it relates with the students in this Excursion, don't you?"

"So you did have something to do with it! I knew it wasn't merely a coincidence we came here."

Ater smiled and nodded slowly. "We have to make use of every opportunity that we can, don't you agree, Master?"

Rey nodded, but he was still puzzled in many regards.

"How did you even manage to... no, hold on, what exactly do you plan to do with this? You called it an opportunity, right?"Cheêck out latest novels on n/o/ve/l/bin(.)c/o/m

Perhaps the Familiar had noticed Rey's discomfort with the plan, and was also trying to boost his morale by feeding into the rationalization. It didn't seem like that was what Ater was doing, but Rey couldn't help thinking that way.

In order to distract himself from those thoughts, though, he swiftly changed topics.

"How are Belle and Justin? I haven't seen them since I arrived, and I don't sense them

around."

Ater shrugged slightly as he responded. "They're helping me handle things in the other location of the Excursion... where Lucielle and Adonis are."

Rey nodded in understanding.

He had already told Ater about Adonis' presence in the Academy, so this wasn't a surprise to

either of them.

"And how about Adrien? How are things going with him?"

This time, it was Rey's turn to shrug.

"I have things handled. In fact, we've been speaking in detail about the plan to infiltrate the Capital, and he has a good plan for it."

Rey went ahead to tell Ater about Adrien's idea to use the Storm Dragon Lord's connections to get into the Capital. It would be easy to do if Adrien recommended Rey and Lucielle, since the Storm Dragon Lord would even be paying attention to the Inter-Class Exchange.

Of course, this would mean Rey had to inform Adrien about Lucielle's presence in the

Academy, but something told him that he already knew.

'I guess there's no use hiding it, then.'

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