With that mindset, Fraser walked out of his private chamber.

Naturally with One, Second and the last insect man which Fraser named Third.

Everyone had a dark robe concealing their insectic features.

Except for Fraser who walked out in a normal apprentice robe.

So an imposing group left Fraser's private chambers, Fraser in front of the group with three huge concealed figures following him.

As soon as Fraser stepped into the room for inner circle members, where Magus Sept held the speech of the tide, he could see that the room was quite lively compared to its counterpart in the howling abyss academy.

People concealed in robes whispering, talking or play games.

There was even one guy surrounded by a group of screaming girls with perky butts, hips, and breasts.

That wasn’t even the most bizarre thing happening in the room. Small boys surrounded a concealed figure while seemingly getting fed with candies.

Another apprentice sat there and giggled like a small girl.

Two apprentices who were probably girls as their body shape suggested hugged like there will be no tomorrow.

Trying to avoid those obvious crazy people, Fraser stepped into the room in search of a normal looking person.

“Normal” looking in the inner circle room could be considered to do no weird behavior like giggling, feeding candies or obvious sexual intimacy in public space.

To describe the people Fraser deemed as normal in this room would be figures who are concealed, whisper or talk in a normal manner.

Just as Fraser scanned the room for such “normal” people, a group of people started to glance at his direction.

Naturally, Fraser noticed such a group and also glared at them.

The group consisted of more than a dozen figures who all were inner circle members, which in the room could be considered a superpower as most inner circle members stood in small groups of three to five.

Also, the muscular woman and her younger brother, the muscular man who scammed Fraser of two corpse piles, were in the center of the group.

Obviously avoiding the group because of the past actions of the muscular man, Fraser continued to scan the room for useful allies.

But with sadness, Fraser could see that the interesting gazes which most apprentice groups emitted, immediately stopped after the group of the muscular woman noticed Fraser and glared at him.

Though that didn’t stop Fraser from finding one apprentice which might be someone who has more influence than the muscular woman, a familiar white mask sat in a laidback manner at the end of the room in a lonely manner.

It was Emium, the senior apprentice who was the first one to enter the inner circle room at the howling abyss and advised him to stock up materials in order to progress in a steady manner, even at the outpost.

Fraser walked towards Emium and didn’t consider talking to the muscular woman.

One, Second and Third followed in a loyal manner, always in the same formation with the same speed as Fraser.

Just as Fraser turned around and walked towards Emium, the muscular man walked in a straight fashion and successfully cut off the direct way towards Emium.

“My big sister wants another trade. Though we have our own Alchemist now, he doesn’t know the recipe of basic wound mending or basic strengthening potion. Name your price like last time.” spoke the muscular man in a deep, demanding tone.

Fraser raised a brow and turned his head towards the group with the muscular woman in the center.

‘Their own Alchemist? Why did they even need me then.’

One by one, Fraser checked the members of the group and finally found the Alchemist.

‘Ah, Nicholas is the Alchemist. There is even Elise, Adrian and the so-called genius: Elizabeth.’

His glance remained a little bit longer on the familiar faces.

Yet as they cut off all ties with Fraser, so did Fraser.

So he quickly finished scanning all members and then turned his head once more, this time in the direction of the muscular man who blocked his way.

“No. This time I won’t trade with you.” replied Fraser towards the muscular man in a clear voice.

As most inner circle members stopped their activities in order to listen to the drama which unfolded the moment the muscular man stepped into Fraser's way, the reply sounded through the room.

The smug smile of the muscular man disappeared in the blink of an eye.

With a cry of anger, the muscular man punched towards Fraser.

*THUD*

However, the punch never arrived.

One blocked the punch with ease and a dark claw gripped the fist of the muscular man.

‘Rip his arm out.’

That short thought shot through Fraser head which would never be considered as a command. But as One had a special connection with Fraser, One immediately ripped out the arm in a clean manner.

Not realizing what happened, the muscular man only processed it a moment later when blood started to flow down from his now armless shoulder.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.”

A scream filled with the agony of pain echoed through the room.

Ignoring the scream, Fraser walked around the figure of the muscular man who now kneeled down and screamed.

Fraser didn’t felt bad for what he thought, instead he quickly analyzed the pro and con of his actions.

After a short conclusion which told him that it wasn’t a bad choice, Fraser started to wonder about something.

‘Is he a child or something?’

With a surprised face, Fraser saw how the muscular man started to break into tears. Streams of salty liquid started to pour out of his eyes.

Like a little child who experienced unfairness and complained to his mother, the muscular man wailed and run towards his big sister in a similar manner.

A little child doing that could be considered as foolish and a little bit cute, but a grown, bear-like man doing that? With a steady stream of tears?

Even Fraser never saw something like that.

“Big Sis, Fraser hurt me! You have to punish him! He is a bad guy.” wailed the muscular man while ignoring his bleeding shoulder.

The muscular woman stared at Fraser in a calm manner and started to speak in the same calm manner:

“How dare you to rip out the arm of my little brother?”

All eyes on Fraser, a weird change happened within him.

Normally as thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, Fraser forgot his birthday and age, but he probably was around that age, one would feel pressured by so many people staring at him.

But the connection with One, Second and Third, caused him to feel like that he isn’t alone in this world and since they stood behind him, Fraser answered in a calm manner as well:

“How dare you rescind a trade you agreed with?”

A silence spread through the room before the muscular woman turned towards her little brother and asked:

“My little brother, I gave you the task to trade with Fraser. What happened?”

Even with the bleeding shoulder stump, the muscular man continued to wail: “But big sister, he is a bad guy. He hurt me and so he should get hurt as well. It is not my fault, it is his!”