Chapter 63: Useless

Arthur meanwhile returned to his home. Although the exterior was modern, the interior was fancy and Envy-themed. There, his older brother, Bernie Dovmain, was there.

"Welcome back." Bernie said to his brother,

"Hey, Bernie…" Arthur said,

"I thought you would be home at 4. It's only 3."

"I thought I would rest more."

"Ok, whatever you want. You're an adult now anyways."

Later, the two were eating dinner.

"...So how was work?" Arthur asked Bernie,

"Long." Bernie replied, "Phantom Thieves."

Arthur was surprised.

"I see…" He said,

"We were given reports on Phantom Thieves." Bernie said, "As a lawyer, I had to wait and find out who in The Phantom Thieves I had to interview when we caught them. …But until then, I did paperwork."

"My day was… Fine."

"Oh? What did you do as a rookie spy?"

"Well… I… just asked people questions on The Phantom Thieves."

"Is that it?"

"That and I ate some lunch."

Bernie sighed.

"Bernie?" Arthur wondered, "Are you–"

"--No I'm not alright!" Bernie replied, "I had a stressful day doing paperwork and you were just asking people questions with no avail whatsoever! You're useless!"

Arthur was struck. Bernie realized what he said and sighed sadly and heavily.

"...I'm sorry…" Bernie said, "I didn't mean to…"

"No, I understand…" Arthur said, "...Rough day as always…"

Arthur then continued to eat his dinner. Same for Bernie. The two didn't say another word then.

September 1st.

It was the start of a new month down in Hell.

Arthur was walking around when he saw Darnell.

"Darnell!" Arthur said,

"Ahh, Arthur." Darnell said as he saw him, "Whatcha doing out here?"

"Not much. Hey, how's the report on The Phantom Thieves?"

"We're already back on it after the hacking incident took place on the internet. I guess the hacker didn't bother to hack and expose The Phantom Thieves."

"Wonder why…"

"So, did you ask anyone about the hacks like we assigned you to do?"

"That and The Phantom Thieves."

"Is that all you even care about? The Phantom Thieves?"

"Yeah?"

Darnell chuckled a bit.

"Well, aren't you just a regular old rookie." He said, "Sometimes I can't tell if you're useless or not."

Arthur was struck again.

"D-Darnell…" He said,

Darnell then got a text.

"Oh, duty calls. Talk to me later." He said as he walked out,

Arthur sadly sighed again.

"Useless…" He said, "Do they really think I'm useless?"

Later, Arthur was walking alone when he came across me and my friends talking. He sighed as he walked towards them.

"Oh, it's you again." Willow said, "What do you want now?"

"Hey, I want to help you guys with Crimson." Arthur said,

"Help?" Lars said,

"Do you really think your help from yesterday is gonna cut it?" Boris asked, "We're almost wanted because of you."

"Yeah, no matter how much you wanna try and help, you'll probably end up being useless." Cattleya said,

Arthur looked down.

"...Useless…" He said in sorrow,

Cattleya realized what she said and tried to comfort Arthur.

"Hey, I'm sorry for–" Cattleya said,

Arthur then backed away from Cattleya.

"--Don't touch me!" Arthur said,

"Hey, I was trying to help!" Cattleya said, "No need to resist–"

"--Every time I think I can help out and get results, I end up being called useless!" Arthur shouted, "You guys want me to be called useless, then I'll show you who's useless now!"

Arthur angrily walks away.

"Wait!" Cattleya said as her face palmed, "Damn it, there I go again…"

"Don't worry, we'll catch up to him." Selene said, "Come on, he's probably gonna go to Greed and take care of Crimson himself!"

"Right! Shit, hope he doesn't get hurt!"

"I'm thinking the same thing too!" Boris said,