"Melia, leave and take them with you as well.
I need to talk to him, alone."
Orpheus ordered, Melia glanced at Nux for a while, and then, she turned towards her father and bowed her head,
"As you command, Father."
Saying those words, Melia turned around and walked towards the room Nux's wives were in.
Nux and Orpheus watched Melia leave, unusual silence fell over the place no one spoke anything.
Orpheus just observed his daughter leaving as for Nux, he was looking at Orpheus's face, trying to figure out what he was thinking.
Of course, Orpheus's emotionless face didn't give him much information, but the fact that he wasn't saying anything even now made it clear that he was waiting.
Waiting for Melia and Nux's wives to leave.
And Nux was right,
The moment Nux's wives and Melia walked out of the room, Orpheus spoke.
"Thank you."
His words, however, confused Nux.
For the past 2 minutes, Nux has been wondering what Orpheus was about to say to him, different things came into his mind.
Will he go back on his word and try to peer into his secrets?
Or was he going to attack him for attacking his daughter so ruthlessly?
Nux was thinking of many things, and how could he not? Standing alone with a Divine Stage Cultivator near him for 2 whole minutes… it was not an easy task.
Orpheus may not radiate any kind of aura, however, just his presence alone was intimidating enough.
Even Eisheth had this sort of intimidating presence, she, however, seemed more of a playful type, and honestly, even though Nux still had his guard up against her, he knew the two of them clicked off.
They had this strange kind of bond with each other.
Orpheus, however, was different from Eisheth, the fact that Eisheth herself admitted that he was stronger than him aside, Orpheus's silent nature alone radiated solemness.
And this 'solemness' made Nux uncomfortable.
He was expecting to hear many things, however, a 'Thank you' was something he was not expecting.
"W-What?"
Nux stuttered.
"I said thank you."
Orpheus repeated himself with a small nod.
"Lord Orpheus, I haven't done anything to…"
"You don't have to act in front of me, I can tell, you held back in the duel. The reason you disappeared at the last moment was that you were afraid that Melia wouldn't be able to take your attack, was it not?"
"Huh?"
Nux had no clue what Orpheus was talking about.
"As a leader, I should be criticizing your move, and should tell you how foolish it is to hold back in a duel, however, in truth, I am grateful to you.
You held back against my daughter, even that Mist of yours, I can see that you have already raised the Mastery over your Physique to the maximum level, allowing you to Devour Life Force.
If you had used that when Melia was down, you could have easily won the battle, however, Melia's state would have been irreversible.
Even at the time when Melia was down, you could have just continued firing your Fire Lances, in a defenseless state like that, there was no way she could have won. However, you still decided to wait for her and allowed her to heal before starting the duel again.
Nux Leander, for holding back in a situation like that, as a father, I cannot express enough gratitude.
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