Vicente tried to keep his expression as neutral as possible when he heard the threatening words of Nina's teacher. But he defended himself against these accusations in a threatening tone. "That means nothing. Having weapons similar to this group is not enough to say that we are related. What's to say we didn't get the weapons from the same place?"
Shelby smiled when she heard that. "Hmm, true. That could happen. But don't you think it's quite a coincidence that Cesar's group showed up right after you moved to Millfall? With the same weapons, by the way..."
Watching this woman argue while looking into Vice's eyes, Eve felt a sweat form on her back and felt a little nervous.
This orange-haired woman had just shown them that she knew who they were!
If she were an enemy, this could make their situation very difficult!
Even if Vicente could find reasons to protect himself, suspicion would be enough for the local groups to attack him.
He knew this and was naturally quite tense as he looked into the eyes of the smiling woman in front of him.
'The previous incident can't be linked to me because not only did we leave no clues, but the sound of my weapons firing is very similar to the sound of some special abilities.' Vicente thought back to the attack on Defiant Tyranny and why the firing of his men's weapons had caused him no problems so far.
But if these groups started looking into Vicente's past instead of Cesar's identity, as Shelby had done, they would quickly realize the coincidences surrounding the two.
'Damn it!' He realized the huge problem in front of him. 'There really are too many coincidences! If someone manages to connect me with Cesar and investigate my past, I'll be in trouble.'
"What do you want to forget this, Miss Staples?" He asked with a more serious expression.
Hearing that, Shelby felt a shiver run through her body and realized that she had to be careful from now on.
She wouldn't underestimate Vicente. From what she had heard, Cesar was extremely powerful even though he was only an Apprentice. As far as she knew, he should be stronger than her.
Then she said. "Mr. Fuller, don't get carried away. As I said, I care a lot about Nina, and I don't want to put her life in danger. I just want to know what really happened with Sean Irwin. He and I have a history. I want to know if the bastard is just missing or dead.
I swear that whatever I hear from you will not get out to anyone else."
Judging by Vicente's weapons and Sean's personality, she was pretty sure that Irwin had acted against Vice and died at the hands of this black-haired young man.
Vicente thought for a moment and said. "I killed him. I found him in my house threatening my girlfriend." He pointed at Eve. "And trying to steal my things. Not having many options against a noble, I used my skill and put a bullet in his head. He died that way."
She smiled when she heard that. "But he was seen leaving your residence... Did you kill him afterward?"
"No. He was already dead when he left my residence. I moved his body with my skill." Vicente did not hide it. He knew that he was in the hands of this woman.
He had not yet found a way out of this problem, so he did what she wanted and answered her questions.
But when he looked at her thoughtfully, Shelby burst out laughing and said.
"That bastard deserved it! It's good to know the worm is dead! Too bad it wasn't me who did it." A strange look appeared on Shelby's face, and Eve more or less understood this woman.
As a woman of refined appearance and seductive body, Eve knew the dangers that existed in this world for people like herself and Shelby. Seeing the look on this noblewoman's face, similar to the one she had seen on her older sister once in the past, Eve knew that this noblewoman had been through something terrible.
'Don't tell me that...'
While Eve thought about a possible rape attempt and Vice tried to find a way out of this passive situation, Shelby said after she finished laughing.
"Vicente, thank you for telling me this. You don't know how important this information is to me." She said before adding. "As for the things I told you, I had to get you to talk... I felt you had acted against him, so I had to force you. But I have no intention of revealing anything that could hurt Nina. So you don't have to see me as an enemy."
"Is that so?" Vice asked, but he found it hard to believe.
The way she had threatened him was rather disturbing. Besides, Vice didn't like it when people had power over him.
"Yes. As proof that I have no intention of harming you, I will give you a tip." She said before taking a card out of her clothes and showing it to Vicente. "Find the person behind this card. It will help you make the information about you disappear in Martell Village."
Vicente looked at the card, where a black dagger was drawn on a white card, with the name Casey Rogers written underneath. There was nothing else on the card.
"How does this help me? Is Miss Staples by any chance pointing me to a killer for a massacre?" Vicente asked seriously.
She smiled at Vice's ignorance and said. "Mr. Fuller, you underestimate my contacts. As much as I despise the aristocracy, some people work for aristocratic families who are very good at what they do.
Casey is a professional investigator, capable of changing the world's truth for those he works against. If you can pay his price, I am sure it will be impossible for someone like me to connect you to Cesar in no time.
This is my apology to you. I hope you don't think of me as just another dirty nobleman because of what happened a few moments ago. She said as she stood up and waved her hand before turning back to her class.
"See you later, Mr. Fuller. I want to talk about 'our mutual friend.' I'm very curious to know his goals, haha." She said as she entered the classroom, causing Vicente and Eve to stare at her for a while without moving.
"What do we do now? Are the things she said reliable?" Eve asked Vicente in a low voice, worried.
Vicente had his suspicions, but having already heard from many of the local nobles, he said. "As far as I know, this woman has problems with several of Millfall's noble heirs. I hear she's engaged to the Viscount's son, but also that she doesn't like her situation at all..."
'Perhaps she is trustworthy?' He wondered, feeling that if she was an unhappy rebel whose life was dictated to her by others, there was a chance that she would not harm him.
Of course, he couldn't trust her blindly and could only give her the benefit of the doubt for now since he really had no other choice.
He sighed and said. "Let's see what this name brings us. If he can solve this problem, I will trust this woman not to harm us."
"What if this is a trap?" Eve worried.
"I'll go alone." He said as they were already leaving the academy. "Whether it is a trap or not, I have no choice. Our only option is to continue our plans to get stronger and try to check it out."
Vicente then infused his mana into the card, a special device that worked like a map connected to the person behind it, probably Casey.
When he did that, Vicente felt something 'calling' him about 5 kilometers north of his current position.
When he looked in that direction, Eve was still worried and asked. "What about the Irwin family business?"
"The Irwin family is the least of our worries, Eve," Vice said seriously. "Don't worry about that. If Shelby moves against us, it's Defiant Tyranny we have to worry about, not Baron Irwin's family.
Anyway, go home. I'll take care of this now."
With that, he parted from Eve and headed north, but still with Shelby's words in his mind.
She had said she wanted to know their mutual friend's goal. Vicente was no fool and knew it was Cesar.
'I hope this woman doesn't get in my way.' He thought as he walked at a brisk pace toward his destination.
After 5 minutes, Vicente arrived at a building in an area away from the center of Millfall, where there seemed to be a tavern and some apartments on 2 floors.
He looked around and quickly climbed the stairs to the first level of the apartments, where he felt his target was.
Just as he was about to knock on one of the three doors on that floor, it opened, and a man with black hair and bronze-colored skin appeared.
