MTL - Overturned Tower-Chapter 48 Tovatus

It was a very young elf with black messy short hair and ominous crimson pupils.

It looks like it is only seven or eight years old... But if it is converted to human age, it should be several dozen years old.

...no wonder.

Russell was still thinking before, as a kidnapped child, he was too calm.

There was no crying or running around, and he just stood there quietly, making it easier for Russell to operate.

Russell thought he was too frightened and couldn't move anymore... He specially comforted him.

But if it's an elf, it makes sense.

Young elves are more calm and calm than adult humans-this is not surprising.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear anything."

The youngest boy looked at the inferior, and suddenly spoke, with a cold and childish voice: "This is my thanks for not doing that in the end."

Russell looked back at the inferior in some surprise.

But he soon realized what—

If Russell's guess is correct, he probably said something like "It's better to abandon this child".

Then, it was probably scolded by Delphinium back...

In Russell's view, the inferior is someone who is unusually calm—even so calm that he is a little neurotic.

Although it sounds a bit strange to say this, Russell really feels this way.

The inferior person is like a frozen lake in the depths of winter, heavy and quiet. But if you walk on it, you will have inexplicable fear... It is a kind of fear that you don't know how much it can withstand, and it will suddenly collapse and fall.

From a rational point of view, if the variable Russell is excluded...then killing the child before the delphinium arrives and transporting him horizontally to a desolate place to explode on a floating vehicle is the most cost-effective plan.

Put yourself in his shoes, if it was Russell, he would choose this way.

But compared to pure rationality... the inferior has a strange "ideal mania".

Russell didn't know how to describe the feeling.

The inferior person gave him the feeling that he was "always angry".

Angry at the world, angry at others, angry at self-yet at the same time, the inferior always suppresses this destructive anger with rationality, and does not reveal the slightest bit of it to the outside. He is strict with himself and others... He seems to believe in an extreme and harsh "justice".

This kind of justice allows him to face elves, directors, or life and death crises without fear.

— but he will choose to compromise.

Just as he will work in Tianen Group as a "company dog" he despises; When the lunatic of "The Veil of Ignorance" threatened blackmail, he chose to submit to the opponent's rules of the game; when he planned to sacrifice the child to end all this, he chose to give up his own ideas because of Delphinium's order.

He knew that this would make the other party worse, but he still couldn't ignore the victim in front of him.

This strange sense of contradiction... gave Russell a vague intuition.

The inferior one doesn't seem to want to be someone, he doesn't have that kind of persistence—a heart that can ignore obstacles and smash everything. That's why he compromised.

He wanted "not to be someone" from the bottom of his heart.

He has a deep hatred, a definite old enemy—the more the other party does it, the less he does it; the more the other party thinks it is right, the more he thinks it is wrong. His life is like a mirror, perfectly reflecting the other party, and he spends his whole life trying to deny it.

Russell seems to be able to even profile that person through the underdog:

That should be an elf director, a high-ranking person who can sacrifice anyone in front of him at will, a hypocrite who is good at disguising and never shows his indifference, a cold-blooded person who looks down on others from the bottom of his heart and will not respect the weak man of.

The inferior hated that person from the bottom of his heart. So I don't want to be that kind of person.

Russell remained silent on the sidelines, concentrating on observing the inferior.

"…thank you very much."

Facing the promise of the young elf son, the inferior was silent for a while, and thanked in a low voice.

Obviously, the inferior also thinks that his previous thinking was wrong.

Sacrifice one to save others—

This made Russell have a certain sense of "just partner" choice, but made the inferior one not hesitate to burn his hands with cigarette butts, but also to bear in mind this mistake.

— not based on morality, nor law.

More like because he speculated that "someone might do the same", so he regretted his subconscious indifference and rational behavior to the heart.

Moreover, Russell observed that...the inferiors had no hostility towards the elf boy.

This is not reasonable.

Generally speaking, when the hatred for the elves is deep enough to the level of the inferior, when seeing the elf son who is still young and unable to resist him, this hatred should rise to tyranny-this is a very common revenge Heart.

But the bad ones don't do that. Although he hated elves very much, he didn't have any hostility, killing intent or disgust in his eyes towards this young elf in child form.

Because his anger does not implicate others.

"Here we want to ask, how did you get kidnapped here... Do you still have relevant memories?"

The inferior asked in a business-like manner.

But he also knew that there was no answer to this question.

Regardless of the previous two kidnappings, those children lost their memories of the previous period...

Just why this elf boy appeared here - matters involving elves are things that the Executive Department is not allowed to investigate and has no right to ask.

"You don't need to worry about this matter, I will handle it myself."

The young elf son reiterated: "This matter ends here. You don't have to track down the person who kidnapped me here."

"But…"

"I will send a letter to the board of directors of Tianen Group in the future. I will thank you for saving me, and let them pay you according to the standard of mission success, calculate performance... and declare that all responsibility for this matter belongs to myself.

"—Afterwards, all the affairs related to these people will be transferred to my subordinates, and I will send people to deal with them. Is this okay? You don't have to fight these vicious people, and you can go to other work."

The young elf raised his head and looked at the inferior with a gentle but unquestionable smile.

This is the business process of transferring the case from Tianen Group to other "Big Seven".

If he handles it like this... then even if they meet this group of people again, no matter what happens, it will no longer be the responsibility of the inferior. Instead, they are counted as "fugitives from other islands", and the local enforcement department must be notified to send a mobile team to arrest them.

but…

Even so... if the bad guy really sees the other party again, will he ignore it like this?

Russell frowned slightly, thinking to himself.

"Can I get to know you?"

Seeing that the inferior fell into silence again, the young elf son who had just been kidnapped shrugged and turned to look at Russell: "After all, you just saved my life."

The little boy, who seemed to be only seven or eight years old, looked at Russell with those deep and lustrous eyes like high-end red wine, and his eyes were full of curiosity.

After he finished speaking, he saluted Russell very politely: "My name is Tovatus, and I belong to Taoyuan Trading Company. The fate I bear is 'disharmony'."

"…destiny?"

Russell was a little puzzled when he heard this word.

Tovatus was stunned for a moment.

But the youngest son immediately smiled kindly: "Ah, it doesn't matter if you don't know. It's not a good thing worth mentioning."

Although it looks like it is about the first or second grade of human elementary school.

However, the calm behavior that is more polite than adult humans and has a certain degree of advance and retreat will make people feel a strange sense of detachment.

Although he is the youngest son, his eyes are no longer pure, but darkened.

"My name is Russell, and I don't have a code name yet."

"Why not take one?"

"Mainly because I haven't figured it out yet."

Russell said frankly: "It will be very troublesome if you change the code name ~www.novelbuddy.com~ So I would rather not take it first."

"Are you the type who prefers one step at a time rather than probing in the dark?"

"...That's right."

Russell thought for a moment, then nodded.

Even he himself realized this characteristic of himself at this time.

"But I still suggest that you take a code name as soon as possible."

The elf boy made a suggestion: "If you tell others your real name casually, it will give people the illusion of 'I am very close to you'. It is easy for people to grasp the distance from you, and it is easy to hurt yourself. .”

"I will think about it."

Very reasonable suggestion. Russell nodded repeatedly.

"How about it, do you want to come with me? No longer work for the Tianen Group mediocrely to death...but you can touch the truth and touch something more noble."

Right in front of the inferior, the elf dug the corner of the wall dignifiedly.

In fact, Russell was also a little moved.

But his rationality told him that the world is as black as crows. It doesn't make much difference where to switch jobs... On the contrary, it will make his choices less in the future.

And who can be sure that this is not intentional to test yourself?

"Ah, no need."

Russell refused: "I decided to come to Happy Island because of my mother's last words. I don't intend to leave until I understand what I can really do."

"That would be such a pity."

The young elf said meaningfully.

Afterwards, he easily changed the subject, and chatted with Russell cheerfully.

The inferior remained silent, standing motionless like a wax figure.

They had just chatted for a while when Delphinium had already arrived at the scene.