Chapter 497 Deal & Truth



Along the way, Daimon noticed Jeanne and Emily gazing at him as if they tried to tell him "Everything will be fine", he felt somewhat amused that these two had become much more welcoming to him than before, because they thought he was like them.

But it was understandable, it was easy to imagine the kind of difficulties these two should have faced in a world were humans and Ghouls aimed at each other throats, so fiercely, they were in the middle, meaning that they had enemies on both sides.

On the other hand, he was sure that while Emily's situation was somewhat public for those with enough status to know about it, Jeanne not being human was a secret, otherwise Eliot who seem to fear/respect her, wouldn't have made those snarky comments at Emily earlier.

And that also made him wonder what was Reyne's situation like, was she also like them, or was she human, maybe that was why Jeanne had so much things prepared in case they needed to escape.

In other words, things weren't as simple as they appeared to be, besides those two, Reyne also had a somewhat worried and also angry expression on her face, she invited them to thank for having helped her, and they ended up in trouble.

She couldn't help but think that it was just the church involving them in the fight behind scenes, that they had ongoing against the Adjudicators and the Valleris in general, meaning they got in troubles because of her.

"You should worry about them, since they have come for us, their ends won't be pretty~", casually said the crazy girl, making Reyne return to her usual calm self, Eliot on the other hand was fuming right now.

'Even under the current situation why are you getting along with these idiots', he thought as he glared at Daimon who didn't even pay him any attention, unaware that his life was saved by a mere couple of seconds earlier.

With this mix of different points of view of the current situation, they soon arrived at the main hall, where a large table was prepared while the ones who came from the church waited for them.

Daimon casually observed the room which could be said to be divided in half, the left side where guards all wearing white amor and holding halberds were, and the right side where the guards of the castle wearing the gray armor with the emblem of the Valleris, a yellow sword and a blue shield.

Besides them, there were three guys sitting on the table, one was the Archbishop Terrence which Daimon saw once when they visited the cathedral earlier, that guy wearing full white clothes, the other was a tall man wearing golden and red armor, he was exuding the pressure of a peak Arch rank, so he should be one of the s-called Cardinals who are supposedly on par with high rank Adjudicators like Oliver.

And the last one was a young man with white hair who seemed to be on the same range of age as Eliot, wearing also red and golden armor, but much less voluminous than the one of the Cardinal.

'One peak and two middle stage Arch ranks as well as ten peak Lord ranks, less see what is your play', thought Daimon after a quick peek.

The Archbishop Terrence was the first one to look at the newly arrived group, to then say with his fake smiling expression.

"For such important guests who came to discuss important matters, to be left not even in a proper meeting room, I guess the Valleris's are as "free spirited" as always".

Unfortunately for Terrence, Jeanne wasn't in the mood for petty comments, after being interrupted during an important conversation earlier.

"You should be happy that we have actual guests, otherwise you wouldn't have been allowed to enter into my house".

Let alone the Archbishop, even Oliver was taken by surprise after listening at Jeanne be so fierce, she normally is quite easy going, while Emily is the straightforward one after all.

Ignoring the awkward silence that the sudden response from Jeanne caused, Daimon casually took a seat at the table, Sarah of course sat at his right, and to Eliot's displease Reyne took the left next chair to him.

Not only that but as he was about to sit next to Reyne, Jeanne sat next to her, and then Emily, at that point he was between the sword and the wall, because he wasn't going to sit either next to Emily, nor Sarah who casually threatened him earlier.

Oliver sat next to Emily, which had to be the case since this way he was right in front of the Cardinal, while Emily faced the Archbishop, Eliot clicked his tongue and sat next to his father, which placed him in front of the white-haired guy.

"Yo, Eliot, it seems you have gotten more miserable since the last time you lost to me... to the point that a sinner is getting a better position than you", said the white-haired guy with a mocking voice, as he gazed at Reyne.

"Shut your trap Alex, you lost our previous match to that so don't be acting all high and mighty in front of me!", exclaimed Eliot, he was already having a bad y and now this bastard was provoking him, of course he was furious.

Unfortunately for him, this wasn't the time nor the place for him to solve his personal feuds, Oliver cleared his throat and then said.

"Now, Scott, I want to hear it directly from you, why are you accusing us of hosting "sinners", when these two friends visited your cathedral earlier without any problem?".

The Cardinal first of all turned to see Daimon and then pointed at his mask.

"Before we start, take that mask off, you are in the presence of the 365th Cardinal that the Corius family has produced", he demanded only to see Daimon shaking his head.

"So, what, I don't think you and me share beliefs, so why should I follow your rules, tell me what the hell do you want with me or get lost", he casually said.

Not even a second passed after Daimon finished speaking, when the guards from the church all released their pressures as they pointed their halberds at Daimon, that being said their pressures were easily blown away by Jeanne slightly moving her index finger.

"Lady of the Valleris, should we take that movement from you as a declaration of war against us?", asked the Archbishop.

Eliot gritted his teeth but seeing that no one was standing up for him, he stood up and left the room.

Only then Daimon stood up from his seat and then Oliver guided them to the meeting room, while he inwardly sighed, he already talked with his son but it didn't do much.

...

Once they were inside of the meeting room, they all took a seat and then Daimon casually dropped a bomb on Oliver by saying.

"What will you do if you had solid evidence that there are some in the church working with the flesh eating demons, will you be able to convince those stubborn guys to go all out against them?".

Oliver's eyes widened a bit, he gazed at Jeanne but saw her shaking her head, she didn't mention any of it to Daimon, Emily was the one who helped the City Lord understand what was happening.

"He was able to tell the real appearance of the informant... I don't know how though, but it seems like his senses are really sharp, which again makes sense seeing what he dealt with the church", said the dark gray haired woman.

Oliver felt his hear stop for a second, being able to tell the real appearance of an informant was something serious, little did he know that he was in for a big surprise when he answered.

"Okay, I won't pry into why you know about the conflict among the high echelon of the Adjudicators and the Church, but yeah there has been some rumors that some of them are working with them, but we have never been able to catch them red handed".

"Recently, they have been more active due to a certain situation... if you are able to provide said evidence then those old fogeys won't be able to complain anymore, we'll purge those traitor bastards on the spot", he said.

Daimon nodded satisfied with the answer, to then say.

"Very well, in that case, I can give you a 100% guaranteed to work evidence, but you'll have to pay for it, here these are my requirements", Daimon handed a piece of paper to Oliver, who felt his legs weakening when he read it.

"Kid, I know we didn't have the best start, but isn't this a bit too much...", said Oliver as he read the list of things Daimon put there.

After strolling around the black market, he understood the overall level of the things he could get, and he was of course unsatisfied with it, so he then thought that if he wanted treasures why not go directly to the source.

Recipes, blueprints, a ton of mana crystals and of course beast equipment and beast cores of the highest rank available, those were his petitions.

"You are not the only one who needs my "evidence", so just divide it among all your friends, the amount is non negotiable by the way", casually said Daimon.

Oliver let out a defeated sigh, as Daimon said, if all the Adjudicators chipped in, then the amount each will have to put will be bearable, what they will be able to achieve is something that has been postponed for quite a few thousands of years.

Just when Oliver had come to accept, he was being practically blackmailed, Daimon's voice made its way to his ears once again, nearly making him vomit blood.

"I want you to take me to the Alzac Volcanic region as soon as possible, and you'll have to grant me the authority to enter in the first batch".

"Hey, that's going overboard, to begin with, why do you even think I have that kind of authority!", exclaimed Oliver to which Daimon smirked as he pointed downwards.

"Because of the old man isolated deep down below the castle, and because you are the one who has the "key" needed, and that is why those idiots would have tried to kidnap Reyne, and now messed with me, am I still missing something", he said.

Seeing Oliver be at a loss for words, Reyne couldn't help but softly laugh, it is the first time she sees someone being able to make her father be frustrated like that, besides her mother of course.

"I accept on his stead with one condition", said Jeanne, taking Oliver by surprise, but he didn't say otherwise.

"You two have to show us your real appearances, of course we can swear to not reveal anything to anyone, but we'll need at least this if we are going to make such a deal, since we'll be fighting together", said Jeanne, to which Emily and surprisingly also Reyne nodded.

Oliver shrugged and then stood up from his seat, he no longer had a say in the negotiation so he proposed himself to leave since he had to contact those who were allied to the Valleris and Tiria.

"I'll leave everything in your hands, I have to wake my father too", he said as he left the room.

Daimon turned to see Sarah who nodded at him.

"This way we can reach that place faster than on our own, besides I have been waiting too long to show her who I the best~", said the crazy girl as she gazed at Reyne who had a smile which wasn't a smile on her ace.

Daimon decided to ignore whatever was going on between those two and nodded at Jeanne.

"Deal, but we'll add a few more conditions", he said.

"Mm, we'll have to add a few more too, leaving that aside can we continue what we were discussing earlier?", asked Jeanne.

Which put Daimon in a predicament, since he isn't like them, but he decided to first hear their story.

"I want to hear how you two ended up like that, then I'll decide whether I tell you my story or not", he said.

Surprisingly Jeanne an Emily both agreed, in fact they had expressions of "It must have been tough for you" on their faces, which made Daimon bitterly smile.