Show appreciation?
My ears perked up at the sudden announcement. It wasn't like I didn't expect it. No, I was waiting for it. After all, there was no way they'd be so ungrateful after all the suffering that I had gone through.
'....It's about damn time.'
I silently clenched my fists underneath the table.
"We've already stated this before, but you three are considered friends of the Astrid family. In that sense, within the Eastern Kasha, you will be regarded as one of our own."
I remember hearing this before, yes.
This alone felt like a good thing but my greed demanded for more.
'Being friends is good and all, but I would much rather have other things, you know?'
While these were my true thoughts, I never showed them and kept a simple and impassive expression.