I’m Someone Else

Over at Prescott Hospital.

In the hospital director’s office, Quincy filled Thomas in on the situation, and Thomas simply nodded in silence. Then, he stood up, walked over to the window, and opened it, feeling the cool breeze against his skin as he lit a cigarette and took a drag. It looked like he was considering how to deal with this.

His reaction did not surprise Quincy. Ever since the day he met Thomas, he had never seen the young man being flustered by anything. He keeps calm even in the face of calamity. That’s the kind of man he is.

Quincy remained quiet as well. He didn’t want to distract Thomas, so he sat on the couch and waited.

Soon, a new cigarette was lit up to replace the last. There was only a single table lamp turned on in the entire office, and the light it cast made it seem as if Thomas was shrouded in a cloud of smoke. It added a sense of mystery to him.

Thomas had long since prepared himself for the day he went against the Six Greatest Families. He thought it would only happen on the day Olivia was supposed to be sacrificed, so he didn’t expect the day to come so quickly.

Nevertheless, it was bound to happen someday, and it couldn’t be avoided. Since it arrived ahead of time, Thomas was perfectly capable of dealing with it in advance too.

He wasn’t worried about his safety. Even if he had to go up against the combined forces of the Six Greatest Families, he didn’t think it was anything worth fearing. After all, throughout the eight years he spent in the army, he experienced situations far more perilous than this and survived them all.

However, he was worried about Olivia and his godsister Chloe.

No matter how strong he was, he was only one man. He had nothing to fear if the Six Greatest Families targeted him and him alone, but what if they went after Olivia or Chloe? What am I supposed to do if that happens? I can’t stay by their sides at all times!

With that in mind, Thomas turned around and said respectfully to Quincy, “I need to ask you for a favor, Dr. Hofstead.”

said, “Thomas, I consider us great friends despite our age differences. Asking me for a favor only makes our

standing in Irieson. I would like you to help me

family? What

smirked. “I’m going to have fun with the so-called Six Greatest Families,

forces, they’ll be even more powerful

had been another who offended the Six Greatest Families before, but in that instance, it had only been one of the six. Nevertheless, even just one family alone was enough to make that person come to a devastating end. Yet, Thomas was trying to stand against all six families alone. He must be

change his mind. He figured that at a time

he couldn’t bring himself to say

young man’s eyes—only

fact, at this very moment, Thomas looked like the king of the world,

of the Six Greatest Families? What of their alarming power? That was all nonsense to

Quincy was moved by

what you wish to do. I will send people to protect the

even the Six Greatest Families

bowed deeply to Quincy as a

friend he had made ever since he left the army, and from the looks of it now, he was

a hand in such a dangerous

spread. With how powerful the Six Greatest Families are, they should

are the other four families of the Six

of the Six Greatest