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Mao kept to himself as the others talked. He didn’t have any stakes in their quarrels and would like it to remain so. However, even he couldn’t avoid taking notice of the fact that the disproportionately huge man from before was the center of attention of the whole room for most of the time until Steven came in, to deliver the news of their upcoming task.

While Mao didn’t have any special regards for his own wellbeing, he would prefer if they could avoid dealing with this kind of request. Chenlu’s safety was the only thing on his mind. However, he couldn’t trust that the others wouldn’t be as much of a source of problems if left alone in this business. They looked woefully unprepared and inexperienced, especially the would-be-knight who probably never took a human life in a close and personal way in her whole life.

With no choice about what course of action to take, only one thing was left to be said, right after Chenlu made her lack of combative abilities known.

“Witnesses?” Mao asked Steven in an ominously dispassionate tone.
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