章 63: What Really Happened?

"With him? Why?" Pamil didn't understand.

"He is our newest member, isn't he?" Milia answered while looking away. "I need to make sure he doesn't die, or others will think we don't treat our members well. It is already hard as it is to find Maguses who prefer to give their Familiars the option to go independent."

Pamil and Natalie narrowed their eyes. Sure, Milia's reasoning seemed flawless... but that was Milia! The Ice Queen! She couldn't care less about such things. It's not that she wouldn't help her faction members, but the way others saw her or the faction mattered little to her.

Milia glanced at Alvin a little and looked away a few times while she waited to see what Pamil and the others would say.