At the mention of this, Clelia looked resentful, indignation brewing within her.
'I worked so hard to reach this level, yet it was completely ineffective against a Wizard Apprentice...'
"Why don't you find them first, and then we'll talk."
Wei'en didn't bring up the matter of cooperation again. His strength was only at the captain level; getting involved in this would make him little more than cannon fodder.
'The right move is to find a way to pass the information to the higher-ups. Let the big shots in the city state get a headache over it.'
Besides, just as he'd said, if he really ran into some irreversible danger, he could just up and leave.
'Live and die with Caster? Now that would be crazy.'
"Just you wait..."
Clelia gave him a deep, meaningful look, then turned and vanished into the shadows, apparently determined to find every last one of the parasite hosts.
'She's actually going?'
Wei'en shook his head. He just couldn't figure out how that woman's mind worked.
