Jason said without hesitation.
Listening to the bad news before the good news helped dispel some of the terrible feelings brought about by the bad news, allowing one to feel some sense of comfort. But on the same note, the good news might become something that was not worth being so happy over.
Jason hated such a feeling.
Since he was happy, he should only be feeling happy, through and through.
That would be a matter for later on.
“His Lordship, the director, is very pleased with you, Jason.”
“Whether it was before or just now, he’s satisfied with everything.”
Jason and Bondy boarded the first carriage and waited quietly.
The two of them sat face to face.
Looking at Jason, who sat across him with such a calm expression, the sheriff, who had been holding back for a long time, finally could not help speaking up. So he asked,
“Aren’t you curious?”
With that, the sheriff looked at Jason.
He was expecting to see something subtle in Jason’s face.
Unfortunately, Jason’s expression remained as calm as before.
“Why did Kurtz become an Avenger? Aren’t you curious at all?”
“What’s the relationship between Kurtz and Kalina? Aren’t you curious at all?”
“How did Kurtz come to possess that ability? Aren’t you curious at all?”
Bondy asked his questions in succession.
“Kurtz became an Avenger because of Kalina.”
“He should have known Kalina since a long time ago, and they should have been involved in a romantic relationship. It might even be because Kurtz came to Rhode to become a constable, so Kalina also chose to come to Rhode.”
“And in Rhode, while the probability of ordinary people encountering the mysterious side is small, it’s not exactly zero. Kurtz’s talent caught the attention of someone from the mysterious side. So he was accepted as a disciple, and eventually, he gained that kind of ability.”
Jason answered the questions one by one.
Hearing the answers here, Bondy’s face was filled with surprise.
If it was not for the fact that he had confirmed that it was impossible for the investigation report, which was just handed over to him, to have first been in the hands of someone else, Bondy would really have believed that Jason had stolen a peek at the report.
“Did you practice divination to derive the answers?”
Bondy could not help asking.
“I’m not good at the practice of divination.”
Jason said matter-of-factly. Then, without allowing Bondy the chance to ask any further, he said right away, “Kalina is an admirable lady. She’s brave, tenacious, and she’s neither vain nor greedy. Given her character, if there’s no apparent reason to do so, I believe she basically will not leave her hometown.”
“And a reason that’s enough to make a young lady leave her hometown, other than love… I really can’t think of any other.”
“Love is really something so frightening.”
“We have discussed enough.”
Jason said as he adjusted his posture. Just as Bondy thought Jason had finished talking and was prepared to close his eyes to rest, Jason suddenly opened his mouth to speak.
“What are the chances of an ordinary person encountering people from the mysterious side?
“And as luck would have it, this ordinary person happens to be quite talented. How likely could this be?”
“Or even more coincidentally, this ordinary person lost the love of his life to an unexpected cause of death, thus causing him to be filled with hatred. If so… how high could the odds be in this case?”
A series of questions brought about a series of changes in Bondy’s facial expressions.
“Is manipulating all this?”
Once again, Bondy’s voice became so soft that it was only audible to the two of them.
“All the good, and also, all the bad, in the world, come with reasons.”
“Those gifts that seemed to be given by destiny?”
“Those have long been secretly marked with a price.”
With that, Jason closed both his eyes.
Once again, he thought of himself.
The series of opportunities he had met along the way… were those also marked with a price from a long time ago?”
Jason did not know about this.
He only knew that, even if it meant being used as a pawn.
He was going to live through it.
And, he had to live well enough, as well as long enough.
Only then would he have a chance to jump out of the chessboard!
And at this very moment, he was about to face another crisis.
It was going to be a situation that was many times more dangerous than what had happened in the afternoon!
While he was thinking of it, Jason suddenly opened his eyes.
“Bondy, I need some stuff to increase our chances of winning.”
“I’ll do my best to help you get hold of them.”