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Translated by: Miss Ruby
Edited by: ShadowDog

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"Let's go inside first."

Kalian did not wither even though he was facing Dominic's anger. Dominic's sharp gaze stayed fixed on Kalian's face for a while.

The people standing outside the room were Kalian's direct subordinates, so they prioritized Kalian's orders over Dominic's.

The servants who were supposed to stand guard in front of the door stood in the corner, not knowing what to do.

But after checking around earlier, Dominic could tell that one of his attendants was nowhere in sight. He had obviously gone out to ask for backup.

"I will give you just five minutes. I believe that should be enough."

After a while, Dominic turned to face Kalian completely.

Although he was following Kalian's request, it didn't look like Dominic had lost. Rather, Dominic's attitude made him seem like a tolerant parent who was taking a generous step back in the face of his son's stubbornness.

Tak.

Kalian made a gesture and his subordinate, Russell Harpman, who was standing right in front of the door nodded and closed the door.

Once again, there were only two of them remaining in the office.

"I did not expect this from you of all people."

"I did not expect to do this to my father either."

After an exchange of words, a brief silence settled over the enclosed room.

"I know what you did, Father."

Kalian began to speak first.

"And what might you mean? Do you want to tell me that my capturing of these heretics is going too far again?"

A lazy smile arose on Dominic's lips.

His tone made it seem like he was getting tired of this continued friction brought up by his thoughtless son.

But Kalian's next words made the look in his eyes turn freezing cold.

"The Crawford family is the one who made those heretics."

"...Do you know what you are saying right now?"

At Dominic's retort, Kalian clenched his fists and ground his teeth slightly.

"Mutants with outwardly revolting appearances."

"..."

"If you add a cruel and violent characteristic onto them with massive propaganda, it makes for the perfect scapegoat to be a public enemy in the East, doesn't it?"

That idea wasn't particularly new or unexpected. It could easily be found as long as you gave it a little thought.

"So Father, you cannot deny that you used the heretics politically to distract the people and unify your power when the Crawford family's position as the only ruler of the East got threatened."

Actually, Dominic had never tried to deliberately hide the fact that he had such thoughts.

Of course, in official meetings and relations, he acted polite for the greater cause but in front of his close associates, he didn't even bother trying to hide it.

"Until now, I have been acting like I knew nothing."

But as a result, Kalian was also an accomplice.

Part of it was because he did not have the courage to go against Dominic and another part of it was because he was comfortable doing what he was told without thinking too much about it.