[ A strange kind of attitude, perhaps, for someone as cheerful as Malice to have, but considering that this is him seeing a glimpse of himself with an enemy, he doesn't even feel it is unreasonable in the slightest.
But, the slight inkling that matters are heading towards a most certainly suspect route would be when the conversation turns towards Loti making the comment about being unable to refuse a dear friend.
Not that he is certain it is, but typically after comments like that, the other has lowered their guard down even more if it was up in the first place, and that is when betrayers see it as the prime moment to attack. He is proven right but it isn't really satisfying in the slightest.
This just makes him flashback to his conversation with Malice at the ball. This must be the guy he spoke of. ]
...That was when your mother and that man colluded together, wasn't it?
[ Jing Yuan starts off carefully, though certainly a bit bluntly. He doesn't see a reason to pretend what happened didn't occur at all. That'd be senseless and foolish.
Though he certainly doesn't want to make matters worse, the memories certainly would have made it possible. It gives even more context in the end, but it does nothing for one's emotions. ]
They are no longer here, but what I said before hasn't changed. [ I wish you all the success in being her rightfully down for acting so barbarically. ] And I understand why that man was able to trick you. It seems he was quite a close friend...I can't say I would know what changed his mind, to betray you, but it makes him no less culpable for his actions.
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But, the slight inkling that matters are heading towards a most certainly suspect route would be when the conversation turns towards Loti making the comment about being unable to refuse a dear friend.
Not that he is certain it is, but typically after comments like that, the other has lowered their guard down even more if it was up in the first place, and that is when betrayers see it as the prime moment to attack. He is proven right but it isn't really satisfying in the slightest.
This just makes him flashback to his conversation with Malice at the ball. This must be the guy he spoke of. ]
...That was when your mother and that man colluded together, wasn't it?
[ Jing Yuan starts off carefully, though certainly a bit bluntly. He doesn't see a reason to pretend what happened didn't occur at all. That'd be senseless and foolish.
Though he certainly doesn't want to make matters worse, the memories certainly would have made it possible. It gives even more context in the end, but it does nothing for one's emotions. ]
They are no longer here, but what I said before hasn't changed. [ I wish you all the success in being her rightfully down for acting so barbarically. ] And I understand why that man was able to trick you. It seems he was quite a close friend...I can't say I would know what changed his mind, to betray you, but it makes him no less culpable for his actions.