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It might have been worded as a question, but Elder Maurice’s expression clearly said that he knew what went down.

Jack, not bothering to hide the truth, nodded. “Yes, we had some conflicts before. There was an alchemist who felt like I insulted him after I didn’t give my task to him at the task hall, so he arranged for an assassin to kill me. After the matter was exposed, he tried to have Elder Rick speak for him, and to fulfill his promise to that person, Elder Rick twisted the truth completely. I exposed him in the end. However… The two alchemists who tried to have me killed are already locked up, leaving Elder Rick rather humiliated by the matter. Having lost whatever good things and benefits he had due to that stunt, he decided to trouble me.”

briefly gone through this matter with Elder Maurice, so Elder Maurice more or less knew what

to favoring anyone like this, even if there was some competition inside. It looks like I was far too naive. I feel like

looked at Jack in shock. Truthfully, they shared the same sentiment,

still an alchemist in Phoenix Valley, but he had just voiced his displeasure and even questioned

would never

spoke so confidently, so boldly,

how dare you? Even if an elder does something wrong, it’s

for the evidence I had in hand, the attempt to assassinate me wouldn’t have been cleared, and I would’ve been the unfortunate one! This doesn’t concern you at all, so you obviously don’t care about it. You can talk to that elder without a care in the world to suck up to him, but if you’re trying