Even though the situation seemed unchanged, on the way back to his bedroom, Horn felt much better than before.
He somewhat understood why those villains still wanted to take someone down with them in their final moments.
Seeing the tense faces and sweaty foreheads of Tommy and the others around him, some of the bleak clouds about the future even dissipated for Horn.
"There's really no need for you to do this," Grampwen said softly to Horn, his tone somewhat exasperated, "We're on the same side, don't you understand?"
"Who said I'm on the same side as you?" Horn had a face full of schadenfreude.
"Please stop saying such things in anger," Tommy whispered through gritted teeth, "I know what we're doing indeed puts you in danger, but you have to consider us too.
Once this is over, you can naturally leave with the two witches, the Secret Faction will protect you.
But we're different, our business hasn't been moved to Black Snake Bay yet, and what you're doing... argh!"
