Chapter 118: Melissa’s Hero
Hearing Sally ask that, Leon thought for a moment before answering seriously, “I have been strictly keeping our agreement.”
He had assumed Sally was confirming the agreement they had made earlier that he would keep his distance from Melissa.
His current situation was far more stable than before, yet from another perspective, he had only sunk deeper and deeper into his Underworld enterprise.
From an ordinary person’s point of view, now that he had become a cadre in the Underworld, he fit the definition of a dangerous figure even more than when he had merely been a Mana dealer in the past.
He regularly inquired about Melissa’s condition through the Reformatory, had sent her things, and had even secretly passed along letters from Sally.
But Leon had never once taken the initiative to contact Melissa directly, nor had he gone to see her.
If one had to be blunt about it, rather than keeping his promise to Sally, it was more that he himself did not quite dare to face Melissa.
Ever since he had told Melissa the truth, they had barely exchanged a few words.
Sally’s expression grew somewhat complicated. She set down her utensils, pondered for a long time, then spoke softly, “If you want to go see her, then go.”