She tried to hide the shock in her voice, but Isaac could still hear it clearly.
"I wouldn't call it easy. I needed an SSS+ rank Class to do this," Isaac replied calmly.
Lord Bella slowly looked away from the stalk and toward Isaac. At this point, she had completely forgotten about losing the competition earlier. Sure, failing to make Isaac her subordinate was disappointing. A City Lord with his talents would have strengthened the Mistborns tremendously. But now things were different.
If Isaac could truly remove the genetic flaw of the Mistborn race, then even having him as an ally would already be a blessing beyond measure. At the same time, another realization had begun forming inside her mind.
Maybe she and the other Lords had underestimated him from the very beginning.
