Chapter 1829
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The Elder watched Mirabella's actions without a hint of worry that she'd uncover anything suspicious. He lightly tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Go ahead, Miss Mira."
Next to her, Nick smoothly took the tablet from Mirabella's hands, fully aware that fairness wasn't exactly the council's forte. "Mira, how about letting me go first?"
Whoever drew the first task was undoubtedly going to get the short end of the stick, with a task already set up to be a dud.
The Elder raised an eyebrow at this but didn't step in. After all, it didn't really matter which of the siblings went first.
Mirabella tilted her head, "If I say I mind, would it mess up our sibling bond?"
Nick was caught off guard, "Huh?"
Mirabella took back the tablet, her eyes twinkling with a hint of mischief, "Everything should be fair, right?"
With that, she tapped the screen to draw her task.
At this point, it was too late for Nick to say anything.
"A collab task with Ravenshade?" The Elder took back the tablet, looking surprised. Turning to Mirabella, he grinned, "Looks like luck's on your side, Miss Mira, drawing a task that's supposedly a breeze." Official source is find?novel.net
Penelope, who'd been lounging around, barely squinted when she heard Mirabella had pulled the Ravenshade task. It seemed a surprise that the council would set things up this way.
She stole another glance at Mirabella, noting her confident air, like nothing could faze her. Penelope pressed her lips together, curious if Mirabella would keep up that front once she got the lowdown on Ravenshade.
Mirabella, however, paid no attention to Penelope's look. She wasn't too fussed about the difficulty of her task; it was just that Ravenshade... something about it felt off to her.
Unlike her calm demeanor, Nick was frowning.
Even though he hadn't been involved in family matters for the past year or two, he knew a bit about Ravenshade.
A place dominated by third-party forces, even the government couldn't touch it. Just stepping into Ravenshade was like walking into a lion's den, not to mention working with them.
How could this be considered an easy task?
"Given how well the Davis family is doing, do we really need to get tangled up with Ravenshade?" Nick's voice was cold, his gaze sharp the Elder. "Everyone here knows about right? And you call this easy?"
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The Elder was ready for this kind of pushback and calmly explained, "Mr. Nick, you might not know, but the Davis family and Ravenshade's leaders have already hashed things out. Miss Mira's task is simple: just to sign a cooperation agreement on our behalf."
In other words, look, it's just signing a contract, stamping it, jotting down a few words—what's so hard about that? Nick wasn't buying it. If it were that easy, wouldn't they have passed it on to Penelope?
At that moment, the steward
handling the Ravenshade
negotiations stood up, looking uneasy. He hadn't expected the
council to make this a guild task and
firmly ed, "No, I dont think
getting Miss Mira involved is a good idea."