A brief silence erupted between them.
Hajin's brows knitted into a frown, then it turned into faint surprise. He looked at Elias dead in the eye and saw that his cousin was truly serious about his words.
But that didn't mean his words were any less arrogant.
Hajin narrowed his eyes.
"...Just to be sure. You're not playing are you?"
"I never joke about business, Hajin."
Elias replied solemnly and tapped the table twice. His eyes were dead serious; there was no trace of amusement or jest at all.
At this point, it was very clear to Hajin.
Elias was serious about his words.
'...I see, so this is what that geezer meant."
Hajin bemused. He knew that his cousin was an outlier even among the people he knew. That old geezer explicitly warned him about it too before he went to meet Elias.
From his old man's words, "Elias was a dragon amongst men."