Chapter 289: Treason If We Fail, Revolution If We Succeed (3)
Nila, the Moon Rabbit Tribe of the Seven Cursed Species, was dumbfounded. Keter had just uttered nonsense, and yet he wore the expression of someone who believed he was being generous.
What kind of person is he?
If someone said something absurd, they should at least explain why, but Keter kept his mouth shut, even looking at her as if she were the strange one.
He’s waiting for me to ask what he meant.
Nila found him ridiculous, but since he didn’t seem intent on attacking her, she decided to play along.
“What do you mean by that?”
“What else? I’m saying I’ll send you to someone even the emperor of the Samael Empire can’t touch.”
“...?!”
Her drooping ears shot straight up. That was impossible; there was no place on the continent beyond the emperor’s reach. Even other royalty wasn’t free from the emperor’s pressure. Above all, no one would bear the risk of defying the emperor just to protect a member of the Seven Cursed Species. If someone or a faction like that existed, Nila would have gone to them already instead of hiding in the Bydent family like a parasite to help them rise.
“You’re not playing some kind of game, as in sending me to the afterlife, right?”
“I stopped making jokes like that seven years ago,” Keter replied.
“Must I really ask for you to explain? So who is this great person, and where are they?”