Chapter 316: Usurpation(2)

“……Lord Derek, are you alright?”

Within the visiting room, Derek’s balancer, Smith, requested his grasp.

There was a meal on the desk as effectively, however Derek had solely taken a couple of bites. The distinction in high quality from Shion Ascal’s was too drastic.

“What do you imply by ‘alright’?”

“In regards to the shares within the business…”

Derek had entrusted the shares to Zia. The authorized group’s opinion wasn’t a lot completely different. It was essential to attend the board assembly, given the uncertainty of what may be mentioned there.

“l’m anxious whether or not Miss Zia will act as we intend.”

H owe ver, Smith had his doubts about Zia. Extra particularly, he discovered it arduous to belief that snake-like man, Shion Ascal, who served her.

Derek furrowed his forehead.

“Then, who ought to we ship to the board assembly?”

He requested again with a prickly tone.

“Ought to we entrust it to Jade? Or maybe, Johanna?”

Having been locked up for a very long time, his hysteria was deepening. All the things was displeasing to him; even the meal introduced by his balancer was unsatisfactory, and his psychological power and endurance have been steadily sporting skinny.

“……Or do you wish to take cost of these shares your self?”

Suspicion flickered in Derek’s eyes.

Trusting anybody was the toughest act for him now.

“No.”

Smith bowed his head.

Tch. Derek clicked his tongue.

“How are issues progressing? Are the balancers shifting?”

Derek’s balancers had been excluded from Al operations till now.

Managing the quite a few enterprise ventures Derek had initiated, that they had failed to reply swiftly to his personal peril.

“The authorized group is doing their finest to arrange for the trial, however… bail appears a bit tough.”

It was a case that had attracted the eye of the complete continent. With 1000’s of victims and Holy Knight Theia personally dealing with the case, neither the choose nor the parliament would Seemingly grant bail.

Derek’s face contorted.

“……lncompetent.”

He regarded the life like impossibility because the incompetence of his brokers. Progressively, making rational judgments was turning into burdensome for him.

“Johanna and Jade have to be laughing.”

Derek snickered. Smith shortly responded.

“That is not true. Lord Jade and Girl Johanna are additionally involved and providing assist”

“Are you defending these bastards now?”

“……1 apologize.”

Studying Derek’s extreme temper swings was proving to be fairly tough.

Derek additionally glared at Smith with dissatisfaction and waved his hand.

“Go away.”

At this second, the one one he may talk with was “that man’.

“……Sure.”

“Be sure Vern is taken care of.”

“Sure. I’ve ready totally.”

“……I can not belief what you name ‘totally’.”

Derek smirked and stood up.

Smith watched his again as he returned to the jail, a bitter expression on his face.

Within the upscale condo within the capital, Edsilla, I handed over the share certificates of Derek Industries to Zia.

“WOW…”

Zia blinked her giant eyes in astonishment.

“You actually secured it…”

She then silently stared on the certificates for a second. Was it emotional or bafflement? She appeared misplaced in thought earlier than turning to take a look at me intently.

“Shion… you’ve got labored arduous.”

Maybe, the very best reward she may supply.

“Thanks.”

“l’ve needed the business since I used to be a baby.”

Her informal approach of speaking concerning the firm as if it have been a toy made me chuckle softly.

“Nonetheless, I’m involved.”

“About what…?”

“Given the state of affairs.”

“lf its the Al situation… it is okay.”

Zia stood by the window. I quietly noticed her slender again as she gazed out on the skyline of Edsilla.

“The business has many patents. The analysis services and sources are immense. Its an organization my father nurtured with nice effort… It will not crumble due to one failed enterprise. It should not crumble…”

Her tone was barely elevated with emotion.

I used to be interested by her emotions.

“Miss.”

“Sure?”

“Are you alright?”

Zia checked out me mirrored within the window.

“What do you imply?”

“The usurpation,” I replied.

Zia is a direct descendant of Libra. Due to this fact, Derek is undeniably her elder brother. Although born of various moms, they’re linked by blood.

“Is Shion okay?”

As a substitute, she requested me.

“Have you ever come to pity my brother?”

Her query appeared innocently posed at first look.

I shook my head.

“I’m solely involved about your emotions.”

“My emotions…”

“Sure.”

I took a step nearer to Zia.

“To achieve one thing, one should give one thing up. Bringing down somebody near you is not good to your psychological well being.”

She then smiled softly.

“Derek, my brother… he overwrote the souls of others to create AI…”

It was a transparent crime in opposition to humanity. I, as Killian, had cooperated.

We didn’t cease their evil deeds prematurely, ready as a substitute to assemble extra conclusive proof.

“Has my brother been blinded by cash?”

Zia tilted her head in surprise.

“I had no concept you have been that puppeteer, Akane.”

Contained in the black SUV, Sheron, who had agreed to cooperate in change for a onetime use coupon for astrological mage companies, glanced at Akane.

Akane responded indifferently.

“Deal with the job.”

“…Hmph. As smug as I heard.”

“Simply deal with the job. Do not be impolite.”

“…I might if there was one thing to do!”

Sheron glared at Akane.

Certainly, we have been fairly idle in the mean time.

We have been hiding close to the gates of the detention heart. Parked within the automobile, we have been ready for ‘somebody’.

In fact, Sheron was sporting an Infimian.

She may really feel frequencies even from a distance.

“Sheron, there are a couple of extra folks coming.”

I known as out to Sheron.

Just a few people related to Libra have been getting out of a automobile on the detention heart gates, seemingly from their Authorized group.

“…Obtained it.”

She stared at them, sensing their wavelengths.

“ls there an issue? Or relatively, can we actually discover Mr. Homunculus like this?”

“Homunculus.”

“No matter.”

“Nicely, it would take some time, however we’ll maintain ready like this.”

“What?! Do you assume I’ve on a regular basis on this planet?!”

“Astrological mage would not have time to spare both. You’ve got heard the rumors about how they revived the GLofeld household, proper?”

“…”

Sheron closed her mouth shut.

Anyway, if synthetic people, homunculi, actually exist, they1 re undoubtedly lurking amongst Libra’s key figures.

Soliette and I are each sure of this.

“…Then give me two coupons.”

Sheron grabbed the sleeve of my coat.

“Why do you’ve gotten so many questions?”

“l’ll use one for bragging rights. In society.”

Bragging rights, what now.

I used to be surprised however nodded as if I understood.

“lf it takes a very long time, I will give it to you.”

“Sheron, it seems to be like it may take some time, so let’s have a meal first.”

Abruptly, Soliette opened a lunchbox. Akane additionally picked one up.

Sheron frowned.

“I do not eat lunchboxes.”

“What? They’re actually scrumptious.”

Soliette stirred her chopsticks and widened her eyes. Sheron shook her head with the expression of a real noble.

“…That may be scrumptious by your or Akane’s requirements. I’ve a luxurious style~”

Akane stated.

“She undoubtedly lacks manners.”

“…Please, can we cease with the manners factor?”

—Three weeks handed like that.

There was no such luck as figuring out them on the primary day. We staked out in entrance of the detention heart for 3 weeks, recurrently.

BaLancers, congressional Senators, heads of assorted firms, and even Jade had visited, however there had been no actual progress.

“…Hey. Shion.”

It was night, the solar had set.

Sheron, sitting within the backseat, known as out to me.

“ls there one other lunchbox?”

Her fingers tightly gripped the picket chopsticks, and grains of rice have been caught to her cheeks—a stark distinction to her preliminary disinterest within the lunchboxes.

“I believed you stated your style was too luxurious.”

Akane threw in a jab. Sheron shot her a pointy glare.

“…Utilizing Spectrum rather a lot makes me hungry, okay? It isn’t like I wish to be doing this… God, how Lengthy do we’ve to maintain this up…”

Regardless of her complaints, her eyes have been nonetheless mounted on me, inquiring.

Is there one other lunchbox?

“l’ll provide you with one after we go away.”

“…Hmph, no matter~”

She snorted in obvious satisfaction.

“I will not give it then.”

“No! I will take it. Thanks~”

Sheron settled again into her seat contentedly.

“Yaaaawn~”

Yawns echoed round. Soliette, myself, and even Akane.

Two weeks of nothing had barely eased our rigidity.

“…Yaaawn.”

I scrolled by means of Bell Moore group’s hotline on my Libra cellphone.

Nothing significantly particular gave the impression to be occurring. It appeared about time to take care of Ged ley.

That is when it occurred.

“…Wait.”

Abruptly, Sheron appeared out the window. Her expression hardened.

“What’s it?”

I shortly straightened up.

“How can that individual…?”

Sheron muttered as if shocked, even beads of sweat fashioned on her temples.

“What’s improper?”

Soliette requested flatly, and Akane furrowed her brows.

“That individual, that individual… their wavelength is completely different. Such as you stated, Shion.”

“Which one?”

Sheron’s hair bristled as she pointed someplace.

I appeared within the path her finger was pointing.

There was…