>>6111253“Wait, can I say something before we start again? I think I figured something out, too!” You say with a determined look towards Morgan.
“Oh, what is it?” Her tone sounds innocent enough, but you can just tell it’s mocking.
“There is no traitor, is there? This is a test of comradery! we need to prove that we support other Strangers no matter what before being allowed in the Heaven Society!” You’ve got a satisfied smile and fist pump when you see Maxwell and Seo-yun seem agreeable while considering your words.
“Hey, I like that one. Is that the answer?” Maxwell says.
“Idiotic,” Rin dismisses.
<span class="mu-s">*Snort*</span> And just like that, a dam breaks in Morgan, spilling out an extensive volume of hideous laughter. It’s solely directed at you, even though three others seemed to agree with you, and goes on for far too long. Your cheeks are flushed red with embarrassment when she finally settles down from her gut laugh to wipe the tears from her eyes, “That’s good, that’s a good one, Ma-Midori, that’s good. Stranger comradery, I’ll have to use that in the future. What a stellar deduction you came up with after only a few minutes of talking with the person you came here with. Hey everyone! Did you know Midori and Minato here came together? She carried our poor slime here in a sack!” Huh, what exactly is she trying to do?
<span class="mu-r">"Discredit you,"</span> I mean yeah, that’s obvious. But why?
But before she can continue, the eyepatched man speaks up, “You’re saying she’s suspicious? I agree, she is, but why signal her out for this?”
“Hm? No reason,” Her faux innocence is apparent, “But trying to stop someone’s fun game before it even really begins is quite rude. But what she said about Stranger comradery really itched a nerve. Some Heaven Society members were killed by Strangers, don’t you know?”
“What!? Why would someone kill some of our own?” Seo-yun is the most disturbed by the revelation, while Maxwell and Rin barely seem disturbed.
<span class="mu-r">” Ignorance, this one has never tasted combat before. Deplorable.” </span>
“Pah, and using the Inquisition term for us too, Stranger, how distasteful,” She spits the word out. You thought that was just the catch-all term! “We’re Earthlings, maybe even Terrans if you want to get sophisticated. Hey, did everyone know some Strangers sold themselves to that terrible organization? It’s true! I heard quite a few Heaven Society applicants were done in by other Terrans just the other day during their missions. Horrible, isn’t it?” At that, Maxwell’s eyes dart from the group, Minato shivers, and Rin looks at you suspiciously.
<span class="mu-r">” She knows things she should not. Unwittingly, you’ve made her force her hand at the cost of raising your suspicion amongst the group.” </span>
Then Seo-yun blinks, “What’s the Inquisition?”
“How could you possibly not know what that is? Your suspicion is so obvious it’s downright obnoxious,” Rin remarks.
