"Another area would be preferable then, unless there's anything else here required for a more in-depth introduction to this situation."
He was dropping strong vocabulary to describe how it felt to be walking around Chaldea, which meant that for now, his anger was down to a simmer instead of boiling over and splashing everyone in the metaphorical kitchen. In an effort to be polite, Lord El-Melloi II shifted his body as well, ensuring Roman would be downwind from the smoke. It took little effort and hopefully it would spare him lectures about health. He was well aware, and the cigars primarily served a function.
But at Roman describing himself as being a run of the mill doctor, Lord El-Melloi II snorted.
"Bullshit," he said. "You've been around mages for ten years, that much has been demonstrated to me already. More than that, you're the man in charge of the control room and this entire organization. Temporary or not, you're the defacto leader here. Moreover, you have been here since the beginning with the other founders. The notion you don't know something like the fact that Grand Orders were something Chaldea didn't anticipate from the beginning rings awfully hollow to my ears."
Lord El-Melloi II paused just for a moment, puffing a single smoke ring. "You're unique in where you stand, Doctor Roman. There's no value in downplaying it. Own the fact, as making a point of it will be needed down the line."
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He was dropping strong vocabulary to describe how it felt to be walking around Chaldea, which meant that for now, his anger was down to a simmer instead of boiling over and splashing everyone in the metaphorical kitchen. In an effort to be polite, Lord El-Melloi II shifted his body as well, ensuring Roman would be downwind from the smoke. It took little effort and hopefully it would spare him lectures about health. He was well aware, and the cigars primarily served a function.
But at Roman describing himself as being a run of the mill doctor, Lord El-Melloi II snorted.
"Bullshit," he said. "You've been around mages for ten years, that much has been demonstrated to me already. More than that, you're the man in charge of the control room and this entire organization. Temporary or not, you're the defacto leader here. Moreover, you have been here since the beginning with the other founders. The notion you don't know something like the fact that Grand Orders were something Chaldea didn't anticipate from the beginning rings awfully hollow to my ears."
Lord El-Melloi II paused just for a moment, puffing a single smoke ring. "You're unique in where you stand, Doctor Roman. There's no value in downplaying it. Own the fact, as making a point of it will be needed down the line."