Chapter 181: If I Join the Company, Can I Get a Cornerstone?

The video continued.

Topaz and Dr. Ratio did not exchange any further words,

they entered the corridor and pushed open the great door,

and saw Sunday standing with his back to the two of them.

【It seems the puzzle I set was still too simple for you, emissary of the Company.】

Sunday spoke in a low, drawn-out voice,

without turning around to look at Topaz.

【I'm flattered by the compliment, and I thank you for taking so much trouble to welcome me, Mr. Sunday.】

【It's just that this hardly seems like something a person sincerely extending an invitation would do.】

Sunday's attitude,

also let Topaz slip straight into the right state of mind,

and begin a verbal sparring match.

【So this is not an invitation, but a summons. Before our talk begins, I need to put your character to some test.】

【I suspect the learned friend beside you was no small help, yes?】

Sunday held himself with great poise,

his tone gentle and refined, unhurried and unruffled.

He had very much the air of a mountain, steady and immovable.

【Of course, you should know that better than I......】

【He has faithfully carried out his duty, hasn't he?】

Topaz replied with a smile.

【Mm, earlier he vouched for a rather noble character.】

【He said the two of you are equally upright at heart, and are people the Family can trust.】

【I now understand you very well, Mr. Topaz.】

【You are diligent, generous, and ever ready to help, and you have successfully passed through layer upon layer of obstacles to stand before me.......】

【This gives me reason to trust in your wisdom and resolve.】

【But there is one thing I must take you to task for — your talents have, regrettably, been misapplied, leading you to seek out those you should not have sought out, and to appear in places where you should not have appeared....】

【And to witness a tragedy that should never have happened!】

Sunday finally turned around to face Topaz directly,

though his expression was somewhat dark.

Furina: "So strong! Mr. Sunday's presence right now is so strong!"

Furina: "Before this I always saw Mr. Sunday as modest and courteous, and thought he was a very gentle person."

Furina: "But looking at it now, I was completely wrong!"

Yae Miko: "No matter how you look at it, he's still the head of the Oak Family, high-ranking and powerful, not an ordinary person."

Yae Miko: "It's only natural he'd have such an imposing air~"

Stelle: "I thought Topaz walked in looking so confident, he'd give Sunday a real 16 smackdown."

Stelle: "But the moment he stepped through the door, the other guy hit him with a show of force?"

Hu Tao: "The guy didn't even bother to turn around for the longest time, not even deigning to face him properly...."

Hu Tao: "Looks like Topaz's campaign got off to a bad start, and got crushed by the other guy instead."

Kamisato Ayato: "Mr. Sunday truly lives up to being the head of the household, the public face of Penacony."

Kamisato Ayato: "That depth of mind is really no simple matter!"

Silver Wolf: "As for this situation...."

Silver Wolf: "All I can say is, that's it?"

Silver Wolf: "Pathetic!"