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

He looks like he's only seven or eight years old...... But if you convert it to human age, it should be dozens of years old.

…… No wonder.

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

There was no crying, no running, just standing quietly and motionless, which was convenient for Russell to operate.

Russell thought he was scared silly and wouldn't move...... Specifically comforted.

But if it's elves, that's pretty reasonable.

Juvenile elves are more composed than adult humans—and that's not surprising.

"I'll act as if I didn't hear anything."

The young son looked at the inferior one, and suddenly spoke, and let out a cold and immature voice: "Take this as a thank you for not doing that in the end." ”

Russell looked back at the inferior in some surprise.

But he soon realized something-

If Russell guessed correctly, he probably said something like "It's better to give up this child."

Then, I guess I was scolded back by Delphia......

In Russell's view, the inferior is someone who is unusually calm – even to the point of being somewhat neurotic.

It's a bit strange to say, but that's exactly how Russell feels.

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 an inexplicable fear...... It was a fear that it would collapse and fall without knowing how far it could endure.

From a rational point of view, if the variable Russell is excluded...... Then killing the child before the delphinium arrives and transporting him horizontally in a floating car to a deserted place to explode is the most "cost-effective" plan.

Put yourself in Russell's shoes, if it was Russell, he would have chosen it this way.

But more than pure reason...... The inferior has a strange "ideal fanaticism".

Russell didn't know how to describe the feeling.

The inferior person gives him the feeling of "being angry all the time".

Anger at the world, anger at others, anger at self – yet at the same time, the inferior always suppresses this destructive anger with reason, and does not reveal it in the slightest. 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 the elves, the directors, or even the crisis of life and death.

— but he will choose to compromise.

Just as he will enter the Tianen Group to work, as the "company dog" he disdains; He was disgusted with "heroes" like Russell, but was willing to endure this disgust and work with him; It is also like when he chooses to submit to the rules of the game when faced with the blackmail threat of this madman from the "curtain of ignorance"; When he was going to sacrifice the child to end all this, he would choose to give up his thoughts because of the order of the delphinium.

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

This bizarre sense of contradiction...... Russell had a vague intuition.

The inferior seems to be not trying to be something, he doesn't have the kind of attachment - the heart that can ignore the obstacles and go on a rampage to break everything. That's why he compromised.

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

He had a deep hatred, a definite rival – the more the other did it, the less he did it; The more the other person thinks it is right, the more he thinks it is wrong. His life is like a mirror, a perfect reflection of the other person, and he has spent his whole life trying to deny it with all his might.

Through the inferior, Russell seems to be able to even write the outline of that person:

It should be an elven director, a superior who can sacrifice anyone in front of him at will, a hypocrite who is good at disguise and never shows his indifference, and a cold-blooded person who looks down on others from the bottom of his heart and does not respect the weak.

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, intently observing the inferior.

“…… Thank you so much. ”

Faced with the elven son's promise, the inferior was silent for a while and whispered grateful.

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

Sacrifice one person to save others—

This gave Russell a certain sense of "righteous partner" déjà vu, but made the inferior not hesitate to burn his hands with cigarette butts and remember this mistake.

- Not on the basis of morality, not on the basis of law.

It's more like because he speculated that "someone might do the same", so he regretted his subconscious indifferent rational actions to the bitter end.

And, Russell observed...... The inferior had no hostility towards the elven boy.

This doesn't make sense.

Generally speaking, when the hatred of elves is so deep that it is inferior, when it is seen that the young elven son who is still young and unable to resist him, this hatred should escalate to tyranny—a very common revenge.

But the inferior don't. Although he was very disgusted with elves, there was no hostility, murderous intent, or disgust in his eyes towards this child-like young elf.

Because his anger does not implicate others.

"Here we want to ask, how the hell did you get here...... Are there any memories associated with this? ”

The inferior asked businesslikely.

But he also knows that this question will not be answered.

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

Just why this elven boy appeared here - it involves the affairs of the elves, which is something that the executive department does not allow to investigate and has no right to intervene into.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it myself."

The elven boy reiterated, "This is the end of the matter. You don't have to track down the people who kidnapped me here. ”

"But ......"

"I will send a letter to the board of directors of Tianen Group later. I will be grateful to you for saving me from paying you and calculating your performance in the standard of mission success...... I also state that the full responsibility for this matter rests with me.

"—After that, all the affairs related to these people were transferred to me, and I sent people to deal with them. Is that okay? You don't have to fight these wicked people, you can go to other things. ”

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

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

If that's how he did...... Then even if you encounter 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 must be notified to the local executive department to send a mobile team to arrest them.

But......

Even so...... If the inferior really sees the other party again, will they ignore it like this?

Russell frowned slightly, thinking to himself.

"Can you get acquainted?"

Seeing that the inferior fell silent again, the newly kidnapped elf boy shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Russell: "After all, you just saved my life." ”

The little boy, who looked to be only seven or eight years old, looked at Russell with his eyes as deep and shiny as 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 'discord'. ”

“…… Destiny? ”

Russell was a little puzzled when he heard the word.

Tovatus was stunned for a moment.

But the young son then smiled kindly: "Ah, it doesn't matter if you don't know. Not a good thing to mention. ”

Although it looks like it's about the first and second grade of human elementary school.

However, the calm behavior of being more polite and measured than adults will make people feel a strange sense of detachment.

Although he was a young son, his eyes were no longer pure, but deep.

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

"Why don't you take one?"

"The main thing is that I haven't thought it through yet."

Russell said calmly: "It will be very troublesome if I change the code name, so I would rather not take it first." ”

"Do you prefer a one-step type to a one-step approach to temptation in the dark?"

“…… That's right. ”

Russell thought for a moment, then nodded.

Even he himself was only then aware of this trait.

"But I'd suggest you get a code name as soon as possible."

Elf Youngster suggests: "If you tell others your real name at will, it will give people the illusion that 'I am very close to you.'" It's easy for people to be inaccurate about the distance from you, and it's easy to hurt yourself. ”

"I'll think about it."

Very reasonable suggestion. Russell nodded repeatedly.

"How about it, do you want to come with me? No longer work to the death for the mediocrity of the Tianen Group...... But you can touch the real and touch something more sublime. ”

Right in front of the inferior, the elves dug into the corners of the wall in a dignified manner.

In fact, Russell was also a little moved.

But his reason told him that the world was as black as a crow. It doesn't make much difference where you go to work...... On the contrary, it will make him have fewer options in the future.

And who can be sure that this is not a deliberate attempt to test themselves?

"Ah, I don't have to."

Russell refused: "I decided to come to Happiness Island because of my mother's last words. Not going to leave until I understand what I can really do. ”

"That's a shame."

The elf boy said meaningfully.

Then, he easily changed the topic and started chatting with Russell cheerfully.

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

They had only been chatting for a while when the delphinium had already arrived at the scene.