Merrick gulped, "Wh… What do you mean… Everything?"
"Exactly what I meant," Emilia answered as a matter of factly. "I think it's fair to say that everything that you have today is thanks to me, yes?"
"I… That… That's not true… I put in my own effo--"
Emilia raised her hand again and I cast the [Air Pocket] spell on Merrick once more.
The Merman gasped as he was once again suffocated by my spell, cutting off whatever it was that he wanted to say.
This time, Emilia let him stay suffocated as she started to pace in front of him, "How interesting… I feel the need to remind someone that I found them basically on the verge of death. If it weren't for me, that someone would have died as a nobody. Not to mention the fact that they had literally nothing to their name and had to receive starting capital from me, guidance from me, contacts from me, and even starting clientele from me. Yet it's a wonder they have the audacity to claim that their success was not due to me."
