In his office, Arnaud, who was busy dealing with the extra work, suddenly woke up from his workaholic mode by a call.

He turned his head around and looked at his device, finding Roselyn's name on it.

He picked up the call and heard Roselyn's voice.

"Hello, Sir Arnaud."

"Oh, Roselyn?! You don't need to be polite to me anymore, you know. After all, you have become far stronger than me." Arnaud chuckled.

"No, Sir. That can't be done. Respect is something gained, not forced on you just because someone is older or higher than you."

"Haha. Fine, I won't say anything about it anymore." Arnaud paused for a moment and raised his vision, finding someone in front of his door.

Knock.

Knock.

Someone knocked on the door twice before opening the door, peeking inside the room. He was a young man in his early twenty. He made a weird expression as he opened his mouth. "I'm sorry, Sir. But there is an important guest who is searching for you."

"…" Arnaud furrowed his eyebrows, feeling that there was something big in this call since Roselyn must have explained the mission to Kai. Hence, he tried to probe things first with Roselyn. "Can you wait for me a bit?"

"This is actually super important, Sir. It's the revision of the mission plan of our expansion from Sir Kai Carter. There are a few major deals that need to be taken care of."

After thinking for a moment, Arnaud decided to prioritize Roselyn and asked the young man, "Can you tell her to wait for me a bit? There is an even more important matter I need to handle."

"This… I will tell her." When the young man was about to leave the room, a green-haired woman pushed the door open as she entered the room. She wore a long purple dress, hiding her curves not to make someone go into a trance. "So, is this important enough to make me wait, Arnaud?"

The one who entered the room was none other than the Poison Master, Rena Alberona, Leisa's mother.

"I have felt your presence and know who my guest is. That's why I'm putting you aside right now." Arnaud facepalmed.

"Does Sir have an important matter?" Roselyn asked.

"Oh! The sound… It sure rings in my head… Is she your girl? What is her name again… Roselyn? The new S Rank Magician." She narrowed her eyes.

"This… Ma'am Rena." Roselyn recognized her voice as well.

But to avoid any confrontation, Arnaud quickly stopped Rena. "I'm afraid you need to leave first. I need to handle an important business."

"What is this business that you think an S Rank Magician like me can't know?" Rena smirked.

Arnaud felt things would end smoothly, so he decided to open the matter itself. "It's about the upcoming war. What do you want to talk about? I will judge whether it's more important or not."

"Ho?! I'm sure it's more important." Rena smiled and sat down before him. "Let me see… The girl you recommend to me… Felice, was it? I have done a background check on her and know you are visiting the orphanage every now and then. Yet, you have never recommended someone to me.

"But everything changed the moment Kai Carter visited the orphanage. You suddenly asked me to take in someone. Since you are the closest agent to Kai Carter, I think it's related to him." Rena looked at Arnaud coldly and asked, "What are you planning, Arnaud?"

"Kh." Arnaud didn't know what to answer anymore.

Meanwhile, Roselyn was surprised as she couldn't help but utter that confusion. "Eh? Felice?"

"Ho? This is more interesting since our little genius doesn't even know about this." Rena smirked. "This is more interesting."

"Oi!" Arnaud gritted his teeth.

Seeing this expression was already enough for Rena to come to a conclusion that the war talk was also related to Kai. Arnaud wouldn't be pushing her off if that wasn't the case, so she said, "Just let me stay here to listen to your war stuff."

"…" Arnaud contemplated for a moment and nodded. "Fine. Roselyn, tell me everything about his revision."

"Ye-yes." Roselyn began telling him all Kai speculation. When they talked about the positioning, Arnaud checked the map again and drew a gasp. Even Rena couldn't contain her surprise.

The positions were the information from their scouts since it was important for them if they wanted to clear a certain area.

And when there was a spy involved in the Union, Rena and Arnaud's expression turned ugly because they never expected to have a spy among their rank, especially from another race.

"This guy…" Rena furrowed her eyebrows. "From what I can see, his point is valid. I can see how this battle seems to be planned to a certain extent."

Last but not least, Roselyn told them about Kai's request for reinforcement, specifically an S Rank Magician involvement in defense.

Of course, since Kai had gained a close relationship with Arnaud, he was planning to do it, but when he was about to answer her, Rena slammed the table and said, "I will go!"

"!!!" Roselyn and Arnaud were taken aback. Rena wasn't someone who loved to go to war and focused on maintaining stability while ensuring the safety of the EU Base. Yet, the same person actually wanted to go on a mission, it wasn't something unthinkable.

"You?!"

"What? Defense is my forte, you know. Poisoning your enemies continuously and letting them suffer without even fighting, it's something I'm good at." Rena smirked. "Besides, I'm curious about this Kai person and want to see what he looks like. And… Probably knows the reason why he recommends this Felice.

"Besides, I have flown to French just to meet you, you know. Are you just going to make me leave empty-handed? Instead of going your way, how about this? I will help Kai Carter in maintaining the defense in Belarus. Meanwhile, you can send Jules to Finland or Poland to attack the three bases.

"This way, the only S Rank in the base will be you, Arnaud. You can start your investigation because you are the most important person aside from the Union. And I can clear my name since I am not participating in this spy thing.

"More importantly, I can see why the US Base treasures this Kai Carter…" She contemplated for a moment and asked, "Roselyn. Where are you reporting your duty?"

"This… In my room."

"Which room?"

"My dorm."

"Then I'm sure you can hear my words too, right? Kai Carter!" Rena suddenly assumed Kai would be able to hear their conversation since his ears were special.

Kai himself only hit the wall once to let Roselyn know he was listening to their conversation. Since there was no complaint from his room, it seemed Kai agreed with Rena's involvement.

"Let's see… You are trying to grab this Felice kid from us, but you can't expect us to let her go just like that, right? Hmm… With your mission and involvement in the expansion, I think Lituania, Latvia, and Estonia will already be in our bag. And with your suspicion about the spies and the strong power from those guys. If they are proven to be true and Sofia and Roselyn, who are well known in this base, get the same recognition to boost the EU Base's morale, I think it's fine to protect this Felice kid and nurture it for you until the right time. I can promise that no harm will be done to this kid."

"Oi, oi. You're a terrible negotiator, aren't you? This is not a negotiation. It's a threat!" Arnaud furrowed his eyebrows.

However, her terms didn't get any rejection from Kai, so she said, "I will take your silence as a yes. And I am just taking advantage of the situation, especially regarding this threat you're talking about. I'm afraid the situation will escalate even further and impact our morale if the spy is someone in a higher rank. Hence, I feel like it's necessary to present this agreement. I will guarantee that Felice can go to your side even if the Union wants her!"

"…" Arnaud closed his eyes and waited for Kai's response, but the latter didn't say anything as if he agreed to their agreement.

Arnaud couldn't say anything about it since Kai was fine with her terms. "I will talk to Jules about this and I'm sure he will understand and join the fight. For now, I am going to start my investigation within the Union to see if there's any spy or not. Since they are trying to corrupt the Union…"

Lightning began to spark around his body, especially his desk. His eyes glowed slightly due to the darkness of the night as well as the blinking light that almost went out of control because of the lightning from his body, making his eyes a bit brighter. He gritted his teeth and slammed his hand with anger as he said coldly.

"I'm not going to let someone destroy the Union."