Making friends without ulterior motives, such claims were hard to associate with the cunning fox Alfred was deep in his core. But him saying this was convincing as often wise when he does approach someone with motives, he will not bother hiding his intentions towards the others. It only depends on how the other party perceives him and his company, but generally he says or shows why he approaches people straightforwardly.
In the whole story she made, there were only three people whom Alfred has said something similar to. One was the female lead whom Aila paired Alfred with, another was his mentor whom he greatly cared about, and lastly was the biggest villain in the story who by the twist and turn of things has to fight with each other.
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