One True God

The old man looked at Lucifer with a scary frown on his face.

It was so different compared to the look that the old man gave when he was talking with Rouge, who was just a random captain.

Of course, Lucifer was just new to the Warmester Denoble House, but...when compared to the head of the Warmester Denoble House, both Rouge and Lucifer would just look tiny enough that such a stark difference in the old man's behavior was...abnormal.

Right, that was how it should be. Just like how the old man was currently looking at Lucifer with disdain in his eyes, that should also be his look when he was talking with Rouge.

Lucifer knew this very well, and that was also why he was really weirded out by the fact that the old man...was kind to Rouge.

Of course, even though Lucifer never got any confirmation that the old man was indeed the head of the Warmester Denoble House or something like that, he still knew that this is the head.

Why? It was because Rouge referred to the old man as patriarch.

And there is only one person who could be called patriarch in the whole Warm City, and that is the head of the Warmester Denoble House.

That was why Lucifer was quick to analyze the situation and was sure that the old man was indeed the head of the Warmester Denoble House.

However, there was a reason why Lucifer was still not making his move right now, even though this was his target of assassination.

And that was...he didn't know the identity of the other 6 people, who were kneeling on the ground.

Of course, he knew that they were pretty high-ranking to be in the same room with the patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House, but...they could also just be like Rouge, who is just...obviously favored by the patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House.

That was why Lucifer was not making any moves right now since his goal was the patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House and also to learn the location of the various heads of the four organizations stationed at the capital city of the Zacharath Kingdom, Epitel.

After all, even if Lucifer would be able to assassinate the patriarch of the Warmester Denoble Head now or he destroys the entire Warm City, it would still do no good since he got to take care of the dogs called organizations so that no trouble would come to him.

Right...since Lucifer was now right before the head of the Waremseter Denoble House, Lucifer has now two options.

It is either to assassinate slowly and just replace the head with a puppet of his own or...destroy the whole city and just act as if the Warmester Denbole House never existed in the first place and just usurp their organization.

Anyway, it was still the truth that Lucifer got to find the heads of the four organizations first before making a move, which is why he still wasn't doing anything.

The information that he would get out from this opportunity of meeting the head of the Warmester Denoble House would definitely affect his actions from now on.

Anyway, when the old man looked at Lucifer, he just stared at his head with disdain in his eyes.

The disdain was so strong that Lucifer could literally feel it crawl up to his skin, but he didn't really care about it.

He just let time pass as he let the old man look at him, and it seems that the old man doesn't plan to talk to Lucifer as he...turned his head back towards Rouge.

Well, it was only natural that the head of the Warmester Denoble House wouldn't talk to someone so low in position.

It would just be extremely ridiculous if Lucifer, a newcomer into the organization, were to talk to the boss right away.

Just meeting the head of the Warmester Denoble House on his very first day should be enough of glory and honor for a newcomer.

"Hmm...that's definitely a good seed you found. I can feel his strength from here! Good work, Rouge!" The old man said with quite the proud smile on his face.

It was such a sudden change on his face, but well. Since no one can see his face right now, it didn't really matter.

"It is my duty, patriarch," Rouge calmly said as he bowed his head even more towards the old man.

As soon as the old man heard that, he just nodded his head with satisfaction on his face.

He wanted to take in this moment where Rouge did something good and where he can actually praise him without any worries.

Well, he can definitely praise him without any worries at any moment he wants, but...he wanted Rouge to actually build his confidence so...this is a chance for that since Rouge actually did some good work.

That was why after thinking about what to say carefully to Rouge, the old man spoke again.

"That's right. Since you did such a good job, what reward shall I give you? You can ask me for anything you want."

The old man said with quite the proud look on his face. Well, that was because he was indeed proud of what Rouge did for him.

And as soon as Rouge heard those words, he immediately spoke as he...dismissed the idea.

"There's no need, patriarch. It is only my duty to fulfill my job, and this is just another one of those instances where I need to fulfill my job."

Right, for Rouge, this was just another part of his job since he was assigned to recruit people from the slums.

It was definitely such an honorable way of thinking that he would take down the offer for a reward since it was the patriarch himself who was offering to reward him.

After all, the patriarch would definitely be able to give anything whatever Rouge wanted.

And that was why the old man was pretty surprised to hear that Rouge actually didn't want anything.

He then spoke as his lips trembled a little bit, "Y-you don't want any reward? Hmmm..."

Well, the patriarch wanted to give a reward for Rouge so that Rouge would be able to grow confidence in himself.

"That's a little bit troubling..." The old man continued as it was indeed troubling that Rouge didn't want a reward.

If Rouge himself didn't want a reward, that would make it extremely suspicious if the old man forces Rouge to take a reward now that he knows that Rouge actually didn't want one.

After all, it's not like the patriarch can just show that Rouge was his favorite or something like that in front of his 6 pillars.

Even though the 6 pillars would definitely understand his actions, there would definitely be some bitter feelings about it or something like that, which would cause a rift between Rouge and the 6 pillars.

And that is something the old man does not want to see at all.

That was why...it was a little bit troubling for the old man.

However, it seems that Rouge doesn't realize this or maybe he just doesn't care as he spoke.

"Yes, patriarch. I don't need such gifts, and your praise alone is enough for this servant," Rouge said sincerely with a heavy voice.

Well, what Rouge said was definitely the truth. Rouge was saved by the Warmester Denoble House so he looks at the patriarch of the Warmester Denoble House as some sort of God.

And being praised by his God...that is definitely enough for Rouge since this old man was basically his God.

Although it sounds twisted and all that stuff, it didn't really matter for Rouge who wanted to keep things simple.

Of course, hearing these words from Rouge made the old man shake his head as he decided to just follow Rouge's words.

Well, not really follow, but because the old man can't really do anything now, it would just look that way.

"Hmm...Alright, then. That's fine," the old man said as he looked at Rouge.

However, the old man...suddenly changed his aura and demeanor as he looked at the other people present in this place.

It was definitely weird, but when the 6 people felt that the old man changed, they immediately shouted out loud.

"The 6 pillars bows to the patriarch!" "The 6 pillars bows to the patriarch!" The 6 men shouted out loud simultaneously.

Well, the 6 pillars were bowing already to the old man ever since this whole thing started so they just shouted that out loud.

No...they were already bowing to him before this even started.

Anyway, when the old man heard that, he spoke.

"String, Intel, Moni, and War. How are things going on your side?" The old man said the names of the four people who were kneeling on the ground.

No...it was not really their names, but the names of the organization that they were leading.

And as soon as they heard that, String, Intel, Moni, and War, immediately shouted out loud.

"There are no problems, Patriarch!" They said.