After Sisigou Kairi left, Gord pushed Fiore's wheelchair and opened the wooden door. As soon as the door was pushed open, he felt an unusual aura rushing towards him. Gord's face tensed up, and Fiore, who was at the forefront, turned pale.
But at that moment ——————
"Pa~!"
With the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor, an aura containing a terrifying killing intent suddenly burst out from behind them, instantly dispersing the stagnant atmosphere in the room.
It was only at this time that Fiore carefully observed the situation in the room. Inside the room sat five people of different heights, weights, and sizes. These five people had no common features in their appearance, but they had the same identity ———————— they were 'Lords' of the Clock Tower.
Although Fiore and the others had come to the Clock Tower for 'negotiations', a necessary foundation for negotiation is that the two sides must not be too different. After all, if the difference is too great, one side will inevitably be swallowed by the other. Even if the appearance of 'negotiation' is maintained, it is nothing more than a slow death. Therefore, the foundation of everything is 'strength'.
At this time, looking at Lancer in armor behind Fiore, the five 'Lords' of the Clock Tower, although their expressions did not change, tacitly switched their original negotiation plan to a backup plan.
"Are you okay, Fiore?"
As soon as they returned to the guest room, Gord couldn't help but ask.
"It's okay, Uncle. I'm just a little tired, after all, Lancer already blocked most of the pressure for me."
At this point, Fiore unconsciously gave a smile to Lancer who had just taken off his helmet on the other side.
However, Lancer was not as optimistic as Fiore. As for the so-called 'Revival of Yggdmillennia' quest, Lancer was still at a loss, so he simply chose to wait for the situation to develop. However, this 'side quest' also gave him an unexpected surprise.
'After the main quest is completed, I can leave this world, but because of the 'side quest', I can temporarily stay. Maybe at a critical moment, it can be used as a last resort to save my life.'
"Now we'll see how the Clock Tower reacts."
Fiore did not know what Lancer was thinking at this time. Although she cared a lot about Lancer, as a leader of a family, she had the obligation to focus more of her energy on dealing with the Clock Tower.
Although Yggdmillennia was in a weak position in this negotiation, they actually had their own advantage, which was that they had no way out.
Does that sound strange? How can having no way out be an advantage?
It's simple, because they no longer have a choice. At this time, besides going all the way down the dark path, their only other outcome is for 'Yggdmillennia' to be dismembered, with the main family members becoming 'Sealing Designated targets', and ordinary members becoming wild magi without a family. Therefore, their determination is unquestionable.
But compared to the all-out Yggdmillennia, the situation of the Clock Tower was much more complicated.
Simply put, the matters of the Clock Tower are generally managed by 12 Lords, and these 12 Lords have different positions because of their respective identities. Simply put, they are roughly divided into three types ——————
Aristocratic Faction: Led by Barthomeloi, which includes the El-Melloi, Yulifis, Animusphere, and Gaius-ling factions. They believe that the operation of the Clock Tower should be handed over to those with excellent aristocratic bloodlines.
Democratic Faction: Centered on Trambelio, which includes another great noble, Barlett, and Edelfelt. They believe that even if the bloodline is not ideal, talented young people should be employed more.
Neutral Faction: Represented by Meluastea, which includes the Bristis and Zigumaire factions. They only care about research and don't care about anything else. Unlike the other two factions, the internal will of this faction is not unified. They just came together because they wanted to prioritize research over advocating for a certain ideology. It would not be strange for them to have an internal strife at any time. They are usually collectively referred to by the name of the most influential Meluastea faction.
For the Yggdmillennia family's negotiation this time, the attitudes of the three factions were also very simple.
The mainstream view of the Aristocratic Faction was to oppose and demand that Yggdmillennia be severely punished. After all, the original rift between Yggdmillennia and the Clock Tower was actually the ridicule of Darnic by a magus belonging to the Aristocratic Faction. This led the declining Darnic to go down a path of not hesitating to transfer his soul and even becoming a 'monster' who lost himself. It can be said that the former Yggdmillennia and the Aristocratic Faction had irreconcilable contradictions.
However, the only good news was that after Fiore took over, there was at least room for a compromise. After all, unlike Darnic, what Fiore most hoped for now was to maintain the family, not to reach the pinnacle. After all, there were also some problems within the Yggdmillennia family at this time, and at least before these problems were solved, certain things were unrealistic delusions.
The Democratic Faction, on the other hand, was optimistic about the negotiation with Yggdmillennia. After all, they themselves had friction with the Aristocratic Faction. If they could win over the Yggdmillennia family, they would be able to gain more advantages in the internal disputes within the Clock Tower.
Of course, the most important reason was that the group of enforcers that the Clock Tower sent to attack Yggdmillennia this time, who were eventually counter-killed by Lancer, were all under the Aristocratic Faction. They had no losses, so they naturally had no resentment towards Yggdmillennia.
As for the Clock Tower?
Heh heh, they joined the Clock Tower only to strengthen the influence of their own families. Compared to the positive impact that Yggdmillennia brought, they would not care too much about this small matter.
However, because the families of the Democratic Faction were weaker in strength than the Aristocratic Faction, the ordinary magi of the Clock Tower showed obvious hostility towards the arrival of Fiore and the others. However, the faction that truly affected the final decision was the last one among the three major factions —————— the Neutral Faction.
Simply put, the people of the Neutral Faction were those who didn't want to join the Aristocratic Faction to cause trouble, nor did they want to play the role of a pressure absorber with the Democratic Faction, so they gathered together out of helplessness. They were more purely working for the 'Clock Tower', and the spokesperson for the most influential family in the Neutral Faction did not directly give his answer but instead took out a document and handed it to the other parties.
"Everyone, before we discuss the Yggdmillennia family, has everyone forgotten something? Who is the biggest enemy of the Clock Tower?"