Chapter 124 - Familiar symbols

"Since the Young Master has asked for it, I will be generous and not bother with this matter any further."

Lord Kawaso's cold grunt came from the door, finally sending that relief that the young guard so desperately sought.

As if a light was finally lit and the end of a dark and endless tunnel, the still kowtowing recruit's expression brightened. He looked up from the ground, looking with a growing, hopeful-looking smile at them.

"Keep in mind, however..." Lord Kawaso added in the next moment pouring cold water down on the young man. "…that if you offend or cause discomfort in ANY way to the Young Master one more time, no matter how so, being fired would be the least of your worries. Did I make myself clear?"

"Y-yes, Sir!"

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Eventually, long after the strange and mysterious duo of the old yokudan patriarch and the teenage-looking young man left the scene and entered the building the crowd finally began to slowly disperse.