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~~Valentine's Day Special - (page 6 of 8)~~

Loren's gaze lingered on him, however. He didn't recognize his face, but there was something... heavy about him. Something that Loren had felt before in the presence of extremely powerful servants.

And he'd heard that Caster Egmond was on the shorter side... but this couldn't actually be him, could it? Just sitting here at the bar by himself?

The short man tilted his head at him. "Hmm. You're the one they call Lighteyes, are you not?"

Loren took a seat as he poured a glass for himself. "I am. How'd you know?"

The man smiled. "Lucky guess."

Hmm. Really? That made Loren want to take a guess of his own. "You... wouldn't happen to be Caster Egmond, would you?"

"Ah. How'd you know?"

"Must be our lucky day."

"Heh." Egmond took the pitcher and refilled his own glass.

Both men took a long swig.

"I'm surprised you've even heard of me," said Loren.

"It's a poor commander who doesn't pay attention to his men."

Loren threw a glance at Rezolo, who was still by his side. He was quite certain that they'd never worked for Egmond, but from the way the guy had said that, he almost wanted to double check with the reaper. He decided against it, though.

"I don't think I've ever had the honor of serving under your command, sir."

"My, you're very polite, aren't you?"

Loren certainly didn't want to come across otherwise. Not right now, at least.

Egmond gave Rezolo a look now, too. "Found yourself a good one, you think?"

'He has his moments,' said Rezolo.

Wow. That might've been the most praise the reaper had ever given him.

'What brings you here, anyway?' the reaper asked.

Egmond took another swig. "Good question. I guess you could say I'm a new man. And as such, I'm looking to make a few changes."