Binding System



'Fuck! I slipped my tongue!'

Henry cursed venomously in his heart when he realized what he had just said.

"Scarlett, listen to me. I have no bad intention toward Ace. I only want to know whether he is involved in my son's death or not, nothing more than that." Henry explained the reason why he ordered his two subordinates to spy on Ace.

"Henry, your son died at the hands of the Goblins and Ogres, so why do you suspect Ace as the killer?" Scarlett spoke and paused for a second before she continued, "Or is it because you can't accept the fact that Ace beat your son in a friendly match?"

Ace, who was standing next to Scarlett, did not say anything and only stared at her.

'She is amazing when she is in city mistress' mode.'

He praised her method of luring Henry into telling the truth.

Henry clenched his left fist.

He wanted to defend himself, but for some reason, the words stuck in his throat.

"You know that Ace fought a 3-star Red Ogre from the beginning to the end of the war, right? You know how strong a 3-star Red Ogre is because you also fought one of them." Scarlett tried to make Henry not suspicious of Ace anymore.

She then continued, "Let me ask you a question now. Do you think Ace still have time to kill your son when he fights a 3-star Red Ogre?"

Like before, Henry could not say anything again.

Normally, it should be impossible for Ace to kill his son when he fought a 3-star Red Ogre because a small mistake could lead to death.

However, Ace was a special human being because he was someone loved by the heavens.

He was a Rheanix!

He even could kill a 3-star Red Ogre in less than five minutes.

This was the reason why Henry was still suspicious of Ace because his instinct told him that Ace was involved in his son's death.

When Scarlett noticed Henry did not say anything, she uttered, "Captain Lia, kill these two men now."

"Understood, city mistress." Captain Lia unsheathed her sword before finally walking closer to Roy and Jay.

Henry stopped her when Captain Lia was about to kill Roy and Jay. "Stop! Don't kill my subordinates!"

Captain Lia stopped her sword when it was close to Roy's neck. She did not say anything and looked at Scarlett.

"Scarlett, can you forgive my subordinates?" Henry did not want to lose Roy and Jay because they were powerful awakeners at Elite rank.

"Why should I forgive them?" Scarlett inquired.

"I promise something like this won't happen again, so can you let it slide?" Henry still tried his best to make Scarlett forgive his two underlings.

"I have to puni-"Scarlett stopped her words halfway when Ace suddenly tapped her right shoulder.

'Hmm?'

She still did not know what he had in mind.

"Scarlett, can you forgive them?" Ace inquired.

Silence!

The entire area turned into a dead silence after Ace threw a question at Scarlett.

Everyone was stunned, especially Henry.

Previously, they thought Ace would not let Roy and Jay go no matter what because they dared to monitor him, but they were wrong.

They were utterly wrong because Ace asked Scarlett to forgive them.

'Did I hear it right?'

That was the question that appeared in their minds.

Like Scarlett's subordinates, Henry and Liam were also shocked.

'Is he planning something?'

They suspected that Ace wanted something from them because it was impossible for anyone to be kind to his enemy. 

"Why do you want to forgive them?" Scarlett asked curiously. 

"Even though they spied on me, but they did not hurt me. Look! I have no injury on my body." Ace still did not reveal his real intention.

"Ace, why do you want to forgive them?"

"Ace, don't forgive them."

"That's right. They dared to spy on you, so they deserve to be punished."

"Yes. They deserve to be punished!"

"At least, beat them first before letting them go."

"I agreed with your idea!"

"That's a fucking great idea!"

One by one, Scarlett's subordinates voiced out their dissatisfaction.

Even though Henry and Liam were in front of them, they did not show the slightest care about it because they were not afraid of Henry.

Henry shifted his gaze from Ace to Scarlett's subordinates.

He was furious.

He was enraged because they dared to voice out their dissatisfaction.

Henry returned his attention to Ace again because he could not do anything to Scarlett's subordinates.

"Are you sure you want to forgive them?" Scarlett inquired.

"He has contributed a lot to our city, so we shouldn't be too cruel to him." Ace behaved as if he was an angel who descended from the highest heaven.

"My eyes!"

"Why is the holy light suddenly emitting from Ace's body?" 

"Why did he suddenly look like an angel?"

Ace suddenly looked like an angel in the eyes of Scarlett's subordinates because he still forgave Roy and Jay's actions.

When her subordinates were amazed by Ace's actions, Scarlett felt the opposite.

'What bad plan will he do?'

She suddenly remembered the time when they were in a secret realm.

At that time, Ace made two families and three organizations cry because he robbed their treasure.

'Well, I will let him do whatever he wants.'

With that idea in mind, she looked at Henry.

"Henry, I will let Ace decide it." Scarlett uttered.

"Ace, are you really going to forgive them?" Henry inquired.

"I will let them go, but…." Ace spoke and paused for a second before he continued. "I have one condition."

Scarlett was not surprised after hearing Ace's words.

'I knew it!'

Of course, she still acted calmly.

"What is it?" actually, Henry had also guessed this because Ace was his enemy.

"You need to buy their lives." Ace revealed his real intention. "Don't worry. I won't ask for a lot of money. Just give me 200 gold coins and you can take them immediately."

"What?! 200 gold coins?!" Henry said in surprise.

"Ah! I was wrong! Ace is not an angel. He is devil."

"Why did Ace suddenly become a devil in my eyes?" 

"Haha. Even though I'm surprised by his words, but I like that idea!"

"That's right."

Most of Scarlett's subordinates were stunned after hearing his words.

Not only that, but Ace, who previously looked like an angel, suddenly became a devil in their eyes.

There was no way an angel would act like that!

[Greed smiles happily, liking your actions.]

[Greed says, 200 gold coins are too small. Ask for more money. Make him cry blood.]

Ace ignored Greed's words.

He was sure Henry would disapprove if he asked for too much money.

Even though Roy and Jay were strong awakeners, but they were only at Elite rank. It was not enough to make Henry spend a lot of money on them.

"How dare you ask for 200 gold coins!" Liam could not control his anger after hearing Ace's words. "My lord, you should not agree to his condition. 200 gold coins is a lot of money."

Ace shifted his gaze from Henry to Liam. "I'm not telling you, but your lord."

At this moment, Henry was thinking about whether he should agree to Ace's condition or not.

Sure, 200 gold coins was a lot of money, but two awakeners at Elite rank were also important because it was hard to hire an awakener at Elite rank.

'Damn it!'

He was unhappy when Ace cornered him like that.

'What should I do now? Should I agree to his condition?'

Of course, he had a lot of money because he had two big businesses in Nightshire City.

Because Henry still had not said anything, Ace asked again, "So, how is it? Do you agree with my condition? If you don't agree, I will ask Captain Lia to kill them immediately."

Captain Lia raised her sword after hearing his words, ready to kill them. 

"Captain Lia, please kill them." Ace wanted to make Henry decide quickly, so he asked Captain Lia to kill Roy and Jay.

"Alright." Captain Lia responded.

Like before, when Captain Lia's sword was about to cut Roy's neck, Henry stopped her. "Stop! I agreed to your condition!"

Even though Roy and Jay had caused trouble for him, they were still of use to him, so he decided to agree to Ace's condition.

Ace stretched out his right hand and uttered, "Give me the money now."

Henry gritted his teeth before finally giving 200 gold coins to Ace.

Ace nodded his head in satisfaction. "You can take them now."

"Liam, take them." Henry said angrily because he was being played by a young man.

Henry decided to go home after that because he knew he would not be able to control his anger if he stayed in that place.

After Henry and his subordinates left, Ace looked at Scarlett's subordinates and uttered, "Let's have a small party now!"

Scarlett's subordinates were stunned.

"Party?"

"What?! Party?!"

"Woo! Party! Long live, Ace!"

"Long live, Ace!"

"Long live, Ace!"

Ace suddenly looked like an angel again in their eyes.

At the same time, Captain Noah arrived at the city guard headquarters.

He was shocked when everyone shouted happily. "What's going on?"

One of Scarlett's subordinates responded, "Captain Noah, Ace wants to hold a party."

"Party?" after saying that, Captain Noah looked at Ace. "Is that true, Ace?"

"Yes. I got 200 gold coins just now." Ace gave an honest answer.

"200 gold coins?" Captain Noah was shocked again.

One of Scarlett's subordinates explained everything to Captain Noah. "It's like this…."

After hearing it, Captain Noah uttered, "Haha. You are a devil, Ace."

"Haha." Scarlett's subordinates laughed.