"Well, you're the boss", Abel replied while backing down.
He didn't want to give a bad impression to his targets. He then smiled at Muku and left with the others. As a patient plotter, he didn't mind waiting.
.....
A while later. Back in William's office...
"Hello, Ms, I'm sorry for my subordinate's poor behaviour. I hope you can forgive him just this once. It won't happen again," William apologised to Audrey on John's behalf after he had her join them in his office.
As for why that was... He had instantly noticed that Audrey was way stronger than John when he arrived on the scene. She had gone easy on him. Otherwise, he would have been seriously injured at the very least if she had taken him seriously.
He was certain that she wasn't a spy. Even though Tilda hadn't told him. Which was because, for whatever reason, her mana signature was similar to Muku's to an extent. Which wasn't something he'd ever seen before.
