Acht was startled by this sudden shift of focus to him. He thought that he could just sit idly and listen to whatever they would say and maybe add one point or two when he felt like it. But, he had never thought Leislet would just throw him into the heart of the conversation like that.
'What the fuck do you want to do?' He sent such a message with his eyes to Leislet who smiled with amusement.
That smile alone was more than enough for him to get what she was intending to do.
'She wants to use this time to promote her partnership with me. That sly woman!' He cursed under his breath but still kept a fairly calm look on the outside.
"He killed the orc chief? Please stop joking Mr.Leislet." the woman said with a weird expression.
She would rather believe she wasn't a beautiful woman than believe that a small boy like him killed an orc chief.
"But I'm not joking. He did indeed kill the orc chief. I witnessed it myself."
"How is that possible?" Another woman intervened while taking a hefty breath out of her cigarette. She seemed to be quite shocked by this revelation.
"Would you mind telling them, Acht? You were really impressive." She shifted her attention to Acht again.
'I won't let you do it. We didn't agree on this.'
"You're exaggerating Mr.Leislet. I merely made it fall into a trap it created by itself." He lightly chuckled. However, his eyes were not smiling at all.
"No, don't be such a humble person, Acht. I have seen how you bravely killed that monster that was way stronger than you. That's plenty enough for me to compliment your efforts."
Everyone watched this verbal fight between the two with weird expressions. They were aware that something was going on, they just couldn't wrap their heads around it.
"Ehem… Anyway, the monster was extremely strong. Without checking him, I wouldn't have known that he wasn't the dungeon boss." She said after an awkward cough.
"Our main problem right now is how to deal with the real boss. S-Rank monsters need a whole expedition team to deal with them."
"We could create a team for this." One of them said as he chuckled slightly. It seemed that he was confident for some reason.
Damien shook his head as he crossed his arms unintentionally flexing his big muscles.
"You don't seem to see the problem, Luther. Creating a team is not a problem, making them coordinate is the problem. This monster is no joke and any mistake could be disastrous."
"Why don't we just have a pre-made team do the mission, then?" The man snorted at Damien's words and looked elsewhere.
Leislet intervened at that moment.
"That's also a problem. The question is… Which family will send its team?"
After those words, everyone looked at each other with clear wariness and a very cold atmosphere engulfed the meeting.
Just from this exchange, Acht understood the relationship between these families and guilds. They probably hated each other's guts.
Everyone seemed to be eager to send their teams inside since if they succeeded in killing the monster, their gains would be enormous. Not only that, but they'd also get a lot of fame and recognition from the masses.
Such a thing meant that their chances to take the seat where Leislet was sitting now would be way easier than before.
But, Leislet did not let them start a fight now.
"That's why I came up with a solution to this problem. We will just make a draw. The family that wins will have the right to be the first one to enter the dungeon." She said matter-of-factly.
The family heads looked at each other before nodding in approval.
"Fair enough, this is how it will work. Each one of you will choose between head and tails, then I will toss a coin. The ones who get it wrong are going to get eliminated. As for those who got it right, they will have to go through another coin toss. We will keep doing that until one family is left. Those are the winners."
The people present seemed to be accepting so Leislet pulled out a random gold coin. Then, she tried to throw it in the air but someone interrupted her.
"Wait!"
It was Damien who spoke. His face seemed to be slightly annoyed.
"Is there any problem, Mr.Goldknight?" Leislet asked with a puzzled look.
"Yeah, I don't think that you should be the one to toss it. After all, you are also a participant and you could be cheating like that."
Then, he pulled out a coin and gave it to the one beside him who was Acht.
"Let him be the one to toss this coin of mine."
"...I see. Could you do that, Acht?"
The boy didn't look surprised as he eyed Leislet. She seemed to be sending him some kind of message with her eyes.
'This sly woman. She really knows how to play with them like pawns.' He sighed as he calmly grabbed the coin.
'I will play your little game.' He thought to himself.
"Now that everyone is satisfied, let us begin. You have as much time as you'd like to choose since this involves the future of our country and also the future of your families."
Then, in order, each one of the people in the meeting room chose between head and tails. They didn't take much time thinking since it was a game based on luck. They all knew that someone could manipulate the outcome if given the chance, but no one would dare to do that in the presence of these powerhouses, would they?
After that, Acht tossed the coin in the air. It didn't go that high since he didn't want to give anyone a chance to manipulate it in some kind of way.
Then after it landed, he covered it with his hand for a moment before revealing the result.
"Tails." He muttered.
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