On the surface of a nearby planet—
Marlik watched Robin's calmness after those explosive declarations, observing how easily he returned to the gifts before him after saying things capable of shaking the entire universe... and somehow, despite everything Robin had just revealed, Marlik himself appeared equally calm on the surface.
He didn't burst into laughter like his master Sevar, nor did he explode in rage like Antares after hearing those words... He merely continued staring coldly at Robin's face through the broadcast, without allowing any obvious reaction to appear.
It was a coldness accompanied by such accumulated killing intent that the region around him had become completely uninhabitable.
As the executive responsible for all of the Syndicate's operations, he knew better than almost anyone exactly how badly Robin had just screwed over those operations and how troublesome the consequences of those few declarations could become.
