"Not fair. I'm here alone, you know? And the next thing I find, I can't meet you anymore." Hana pouted, staring at Clovis behind the screen.
"Ahahaha…" Clovis scratched the back of his head while looking away. "Well, it just happens to be that way."
Hana was unconvinced. She sobbed playfully while saying, "You're so heartless."
"Alright. Alright. Enough acting. I will make it up later." Clovis sighed.
"No taking back?" Hana took a peek at him before hiding her eyes again behind her hands.
Clovis could only shake his head helplessly at her acting this way. She was usually acting high and mighty to all her business partners, but she had always acted with him.
Clovis nodded. "Yeah. No taking back. Well, once I come back, I might be able to show it to you."
"Show it to me?" Hana raised her head.
"Yeah. Not the ones you've seen as of now, but the true form of my unique ability."
"Really?" Hana was surprised. A person's unique ability was a secret that they should safeguard the most. Among all the Tier 9 humans in the world, only several of them explained everything to another person, yet Clovis was willing to show it to her.
This showed how much he trusted her.
Clovis nodded in confirmation. "Yeah. I promise. After reaching a certain threshold, I should be able to show its true form to other people. You will be one of them."
Hana's eyes lit up. She nodded furiously, acting as if the sobbing had never happened. "In that case, I will send the money as usual. For now, it will be the money for the income for the new beast soul.
"Although it's not as big, it should be enough for the construction of the new city.
"I have surveyed several places where I can build a branch. It's all in the neighboring countries. So, the revenue will become greater as time passes. Of course, I'm planning to expand it to the entire world so that the gain can become greater.
"I will first send the money to your account. Then, you can send it to Kanaria for the construction. Is that enough?"
Clovis thought for a moment before nodding his head. "Yes. That's enough. Thank you."
"I prefer using action to words, you know?"
Clovis smiled helplessly. He was truly going to be sucked dry by this gree—lovely lady. "What do you want me to do?"
"You have confirmed your relationship with Kanaria, Luci, and Christina, right? I want it too."
Clovis fell silent for a moment before saying apologetically, "Can it wait until I come back?"
"…" Hana was worried. It would be a long time before Clovis returned. It could be a few months or even years. So, this meant it would take a long time for that promise to be fulfilled.
"I just don't want to do it behind the screen." Clovis rubbed his cheek, feeling embarrassed to explain his reason directly.
"Ah!" Hana might be a bit too anxious that she forgot about it. She sighed before saying, "Don't take anyone else before you fulfill that promise."
Hana waved her hand, feeling a bit empty that she had to end this call. "In that case, I won't bother you anymore. Please be careful out there and do your best. Come back soon."
"Nhnn… Please take care of yourself and the others." Clovis waved back before hanging up the call.
Clovis let out a long breath, feeling a bit exhausted. He kept the Skyphone close as Reolf let out a small groan, as though he was letting him know he sensed a presence ahead.
"Waaf!" Reolf nodded, confirming the smell.
"I see." Clovis took another deep breath as Mara entered his vision.
Mara looked at Clovis, holding a glaive in one hand and a burger in the other. "Hmmm…"
Reolf halted his steps a few meters before Mara, since he was a bit scared of her power. Clovis, on the other hand, jumped off Reolf and approached Mara calmly to show that he trusted her.
Mara glanced at Reolf and asked, "He's with you?"
"The reason he became my family is due to my unique ability. So, yes." Clovis nodded.
Considering he would be going in and out of Another World Mall when he was training under Mara, he thought it would be fine for Clovis to show his Another World Mall right away.
After all, Mara would have found out about it sooner or later, and it was his sincerity to the person who would be teaching him about her own unique ability.
Clovis took out a burger and a cola out of nowhere while saying, "Since you like hamburgers and cola so much, I have brought this special kind for you. If you don't mind, would you be willing to taste it?"
"There's no need to talk to me politely. It takes more brain power to think of the polite word. Just say whatever word comes into your mind first, whether it's the polite one or the casual one," said Mara as she didn't grab Clovis' food yet.
Instead, she continued eating the one in her hand while continuing, "I will be teaching you my unique ability. When the world recognized your unique ability, I received a notification saying that your unique ability is the same as mine.
"This is the first time I see such a strong reaction from the world's system. It even made me hear my own voice saying words I have never spoken."
"Huh? There was such a thing?" Clovis raised his eyebrows while awkwardly seeing Mara finishing her burger before reaching for the one he offered, as if telling him she wasn't trying to reject the burger but she just didn't want to waste any food.
"Yeah." Mara nodded. "I said I gave you my unique ability. For some reason that I don't know, it should be the case."
"!!!" Clovis widened his eyes in shock, recalling what her mother said about him awakening this second unique ability when he was four years old. "This…"