Mystery Unveiled

To spare Lily from the embarrassment of her confession, Ouroboros let out a short but obviously fake cough to get the attention of his party members. 

"Ahem…. In order to speed things up, I suggest that we split into 2 groups to hunt the goblins. Individually, they are not that strong and with our most recent level up, it will be even easier to hunt them. It will help us finish things up before… time runs out" 

Horo quickly glanced at Lily before turning away as he finished his sentence in a considerate manner.

"How are we going to split up then?" 

Luna narrowed her eyes as she was still very suspicious of his motives. 

"We have 2 frontliners in you and lil Kitty boy here. Lily is clearly a support type mage so she has to go with one of you guys and I tag along with the other one" 

His response was casual as he seemed to not really care who he went with. Deep down though, he hoped that he didn't want to go with the Rabbit, she was far too reckless and violent, he may end up dying because he said the wrong words to her. 

His answer put Luna in a dilemma. She couldn't refute his logic as all four options were not ideal. She quickly played all possible encounters that came to her mind: 

Scenario 1: Luna went with the Snake, leaving Lily and Leo alone together. If Lily couldn't hold it, Lily may want Leo to take responsibility! Leo would be confined to a marriage before he could get out of the hospital! No Good! 

Scenario 2: Luna went with Lily, leaving the Snake with her little brother. She hadn't forgotten what that bastards family was after her brother. What if the Snake sunk his fangs into him! No Good!

Scenario 3: Refuse to split up. Stay as a group. WIth 4 more squadrons to go…Lily definitely wouldn't last and her dignity would be destroyed. That was No Good….right?

Scenario 4: Stick to Leo like glue. Refusing the Snake and demanding to go with her brother. That may leave the Snake bastard with Lily but such a sacrifice was something Luna was willing to make. 

Just as Luna was about to voice her opinion, Leo piped up 

"Alright. Then in that case, I will go with Horo. Luna sticks with Lily."

Luna was shocked, feeling betrayed as Leo walked towards the Snake who nodded in response, secretly sighing in relief. 

Luna could have sworn that she saw Horo throw her a taunting smug grin, wanting to tease that her brother had chosen him over her. Fury rose from deep down within her as she growled 

"You better not do anything to him or I swear to god I will skin you and make you into snake skin boots!". 

Leo raised his eyebrow at that remark but Ouroboros simply raised a hand

 "You have my word I wont do anything to him. Scouts honour~".

Leo frowned at that remark and chided the man

 "Will it kill you not to taunt people?!" 

He was in disbelief that someone could so brazenly taunt someone who had literally ripped the arms of a goblin. He began pushing Ouroboros, pushing him away before Luna decided to recreate that moment with the Snake as the victim

"Maybe~?" 

Ouroboros chuckled but he didn't resist Leos attempt to separate them. 

"See you ladies later!" 

he left with a small wave, leaving the two girls behind. 

"Luna….I don't think he will do anything to him. He came without hesitation when we asked. Can we…Can we give him the benefit of the doubt for a bit?" 

Lily was a bit hesitant to broach the topic but she trusted her intuition, Horo had no intention of hurting Leo…at least not yet. 

Luna furrowed her brow before turning away, pulling Lily by her wrist in the opposite direction. 

 "I know that but that jerk just gets under my skin! I don't know what he is thinking and honestly it really bothers me!".

Once the girls were out of sight, Ouroboros turned to Leo with a hint of a smile on his face. 

"So now that we are alone, I think its time we settle some things. I bet you have more than a few questions for me right~?".

Leo had a frown on his face but calmly replied 

" Yeah…you're right. Who are you…and before you tell me some bullshit like a friend of a friend, my sister has never talked about you before." 

Ouroboros grinned at that remark 

 "Straight to business it seems…. Oh well, it was bound to come up at some point. My real name is Adam Samael and I turned 19 this year, my blood type is AB and my star sign is…" 

"Samael?! As in Samael Pharmaceuticals?!" 

Leo wariness instantly turned to vigilance and aggression as he brandished his claws ready to fight the man. 

"Whoa whoa…" 

Ouroboros raised his arms up above his head, showing he had no inclination to fight. 

"There is no reason for us to fight! I may be related to them by blood but I have no interest in helping them" 

His calm tone confused Leo a bit but by looking into his eyes, Leo could somehow tell that the man was being truthful. Even knowing that, he couldn't ignore the elephant that remained in the room. 

"Then why are you here? That message I got from your family was telling me to die and give them my body or my sister will be forced to pay all the medical bills!". 

Leo clenched his fists as raged surged from the bottom of his heart as he recalled the message Anthony Samael had sent him. 

"HAH! Did they really say that? I knew Anthony was greedy and short sighted but it seems he is far more stupid than I give him credit for!"

Ouroboros couldn't help but laugh in disbelief

"What do you mean by that? What am I missing here?!"

 Leos voice was full of suspicion, still wary about the intentions of the snake in front of him. 

"They haven't told you yet?"

 Ouroboros now had a hint of surprise in his voice. 

"There are no medical bills. They were paid in full by your sisters friend Lily. That one is a rich lady~"

"Huh?! Lily paid for it already?! Why? Luna would never take money from a friend!" 

Leo was incredulous, not truly believing it. 

"Yeah thats true…" 

Horo had a half smile as he confirmed his statement as the truth. He then added in a noncommittal tone. 

 "That's why Lily pays her to be her bodyguard. The lil miss has a lot of enemies being the only daughter of a former mafia boss" 

"The fuck?! You're telling me my sister works for the motherfucking MAFIA?!" 

Leo shout was filled with disbelief and anger at the very idea that his sister worked for the mafia. He didn't want to believe it.