Seeing my grim expression, Ray's lips trembled before he shouted, "Zack, help! These female savages forced me to harm you. I refused, so they wanted to kill me!"
He even squeezed out a few tears, acting as if my arrival brought him immense relief. I saw through his act and felt only disgust at the sight of him, I even kind of found his act a bit amusing.
This guy was quite the actor. If I hadn't known the truth beforehand, I might have been fooled. The female savages also shouted angrily, with Karumi pointing at Ray and speaking in the savage language urgently.
Clara translated for me, saying the female savages claimed Ray had forced them to attack me. I almost laughed out loud. Ray probably didn't expect his allies to betray him as well.
I watched their performance for a while
