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.”

with Elder Maurice, so Elder Maurice more or

his story, he suddenly raised his voice and said in a righteous tone, “Before I entered Phoenix Valley, I thought that the higher-ups would never resort to favoring anyone like this, even if there was

at Jack in shock.

Valley, but he had just voiced his

would never question another elder in

confidently, so boldly, and his entire posture

frowned. “Jack, how dare you? Even if an elder does something wrong, it’s

it weren’t 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

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