“If you have any questions, you should ask. It will be a problem if you keep just siding with me on everything.”

Raven smirked and continued his words while drinking his tea, which had long gone cold.

“They’re not bad. They have some skill, and they are faithful. It’s hard to find such people among mercenaries.”

“With all due respect, I think they are loyal amongst themselves.”

“Well, you are not wrong. But Jody, their leader, clearly showed trust in me when he did not know of my true identity. He did so in a situation that was dangerous and potentially endangered his own life.”

“You mean the incident at Elma’s main road.”

Isla also felt that Jody’s actions in Elma were quite surprising, especially facing someone as renowned as Filmore. He had never seen a mercenary who showed quite as much loyalty and responsibility as Jody ever since he left Valvas to wander from place to place.

“Do not get me wrong. I’m not taking the three in because I was touched by that. I’m thinking of placing them under Vincent Ron.”

“Hmm…!”

Isla’s eyes showed a bit of shock.

He was already aware of the fact that Raven had taken the man named Vincent Ron from under Count Sagunda in Leus, and that the man had headed to Pendragon territory.

But since then, this was the first time Raven...