[Spoiler/Author note: There is a lot of hypocrisy in this chapter for character-growth. Either bear with it or skip it :3]

Mr. Fler looked calmly at Jason who once again looked at the big beast cage in the back.

“Is this greater storm eagle really not used for breeding? Wouldn’t it be dangerous to form a contract with a wild magical-beast without getting any real benefits from it except a small share of strength and mana? It is way too dangerous, even after considering the benefits. Waiting for a hatchling should be much easier. The only thing needed is time.

The only real benefit I can really tell is that some nobles want to use this greater storm eagle for other purposes instead of forming a sincere soul contract..”

It was silent for a short moment before Mrs. Fler Broke the silence

Sighing, Mrs. Fler began her explanation.. She didn’t really like the kind of situation they were now in and that Jason found out about the greater storm eagle´s real purpose, but it was almost exposed, so she could explain it at the least.

“You´re smart Jason and It’s true that this magical beast won’t be used as a normal soulbond, but we didn´t lie that it will be used as a soulbond for our client.

However, the reason is different than one would think.”

Gabriella hesitated for a moment before she continued.

“To be honest it´s a pity, because our client is a noble who involved himself with someone he shouldn’t have.

Putting it simply, our client has accepted a soulbond life or death battle which is in a few days, because he was provoked or something like that… We don’t really know the exact reason our client caused to accept it but our client wasn’t aware what kind of beast his opponent formed a contract with recently, which was his first big mistake.

This client already has a greater storm eagle but its potential is infinitely close to reaching the next rank while his opponent has bound a beast that is already on a higher rank from Canir or some other island.

We were only employed to catch a greater storm eagle as a `sacrifice` and it doesn’t matter how high its potential is…

It’s cheaper to sacrifice a part of one’s soul that can regenerate over time with a non-potential wild greater storm eagle than sacrificing a high potential greater storm eagle that has already been tamed…”

Her eyes turned slightly wet and Jason felt that she was agitated.

“We really hate this situation and despise everyone who uses beasts as if they are objects but unfortunately we cannot afford to displease our clients’ clan as they have many high-ranked individuals and wide connections, that could completely destroy our reputation within minutes, if not worse.

Our only worth is that we are profound in catching beasts and our strength is decent, but unfortunately, we are only two and it’s easier to please big families than upsetting them.

Both of us are ashamed about the situation and we are sorry for the greater storm eagle but we couldn’t find another way to please our client.

And if we didn’t catch this greater storm eagle a different one would be caught by other captors but that shouldn’t be an excuse”

Listening to Mrs. Fler´s explanation not only Jason was shocked, upset, and also slightly disgusted …even Malia and Greg heard something like this for the first time.

Their shock could perfectly be seen from their facial expression and Malia jumped up from the couch before looking at her mother disgustingly, before rushing out of the room.

Greg didn´t know what to say but he still decided to stay up, before he also left the room without looking at Jason or his mother.

And Jason sat there looking at Mrs. Fler and scratched his head in awkwardness:

He was still able to remain relatively calm, even thought he found it disgusting.

But this disgust wasn´t directed at Mrs. Fler, rather than that it was concentrated on the oblivious behavior the noble´s displayed, playing with lives as if it was nothing.

“Was it okay to say something like that in front of Greg and Malia?”

He was slightly worried if he had destroyed their relationship but Gabriella only shook her head before replying with a sigh

“That’s okay, It was time for them to face reality. To be honest we don’t like doing something like that and we prefer capturing beasts with high potential to see our client forming a contract with sincere feelings which makes us proud but sometimes situations like this can’t be prevented.

I don’t want to make excuses but we wouldn’t do something like that if we weren’t forced to do it.

Unfortunately, however, the reality is different and we can’t afford to upset any of the bigger clans and families, as we are too weak and probably only one of thousands of chess figures in front of them.

Our rank is high without question but there are so many big families with huge amounts of resources on Astrix alone, that it isn’t uncommon for many individuals to reach our rank.

I can understand if you’re disgusted by us or you don’t want to have to do anything with us anymore. You can decide that on your own.”

She said, sighing deeply and Jason could feel her being frustrated about the whole situation.

Jason was thinking carefully.. He was still disgusted but since the beginning, Jason was more disgusted with the minds of most nobles and big clans.

The strong rule the weak and this was even the case with Greg´s parents who Jason considered as extremely strong.

He wasn’t sure which rank they were but he measured that they had to be at least at the Magus rank to catch a matured greater storm eagle without any issues and the liquefied mana drops inside their mana cores were also a fact, that spoke for this thought.

Astrix wasn´t especially rich in resources, high-ranked rifts, or even many mana density region compared to other bigger islands and the mainland of humanity, but it was also not the worst, and reaching the magus rank at the age of Greg´s parents could already be considered quite good.

Jason thought about their situation and remembered his mother getting murdered by a mysterious heir without getting punished.

Maybe he wasn’t even scolded and rage began to burn inside his heart against these filthy nobles that didn’t care about the victims and weaker humans, only because their life was easy without any obstacles.

Mrs.Fler saw Jason´s anger in his face and didn’t know why he was like that before Jason´s facial expression eased up slightly.

Looking into each other´s eyes, Gabriella saw tears on Jason´s cheek, while he opened his mouth.

Agony and grief, filled his voice that trembled.

“I can understand you…but why is this world so unfair?… The strong can do whatever they want to do, without getting punished and the weak ones have to suffer, only to please others…The strong can throw a fit whenever they want and murder to their heart’s content…and nobody does anything against them…even my mother couldn’t avoid getting dragged into their business…”

Tears streamed down his cheeks and Jason wanted to stand up leave the mansion as soon as possible to avoid the embarrassing situation, he dragged himself into.

He looked down and covered his eyes before standing up.

“I´m sorry, I´ll go n….” before he could finish his sentence he felt two slender arms embraced him from the front.

“It’s okay… you can cry if you want..there is no need to suppress your feelings, all the time.

You´ll only hurt yourself like that..”

Jason was only 13 years old and he had to shoulder a big burden with him being blind and the loss of his mother who he had relied on for his whole lifetime.

Living alone in a dangerous world without a single person he could rely on was too much for him to handle and Jason let completely loose, crying bitterly.

Mrs.Fler had already done a background check on Jason but she only knew that his mother died, because of an accident and obviously, the information she got was wrong and the truth kept a secret.

His mother was killed by some noble and Gabrielly immediately understood Jason´s grief.

The strong could do whatever they want without caring for anyone except the stronger and it was suffocating for the ones who had to endure the pain.

Jason´s eyes got blurry and he continued to wail, while Artemis landed on Jason´s head, trying to console him with thick tears pouring down her plumage.

Being connected to each other’s soul wasn’t always pleasing and Artemis felt Jason´s rage and agony, turning her field of emotions extremely chaotic.

While Jason cried for a long time Mr.Fler was already back with the scaled wolf thrown over his shoulder and he stood behind a pillar with Greg and Malia who came back after calming down.

They didn´t know what happened but seeing Jason cry in their mother’s embrace, they were more than a little bit confused.

It took Jason some time until he stopped crying and Mrs.Fler let him out of her embrace, after reassuring, that Jason was fine

Mr.Fler used this chance to intercept them without causing his wife to beat him up later.

Clearing his throat he said out loud

“I have the results of the scaled wolves basic potential test. It’s quite fascinating. “

while trying to turn the situation normal once again