Jerry's question was also exactly what had been troubling Paul Smith.
He rubbed the spot between his brows, a hint of deliberation appearing in his expression. "Perhaps we should all stay here for now... After all, the one who did the most in this matter was Mr. Lovrich."
"If we go back just like this, then when it comes to 'who contributed more,' it won't be so easy to explain clearly. You... understand what I mean, right?"
"Uh..." The four Hit Wizards exchanged glances, then nodded with somewhat helpless expressions.
Paul Smith sighed softly. "I believe that, given Mr. Lovrich's character, he definitely wouldn't care about this, but I would feel bad about it..."
"Paul, you can totally use 'we'!" Brian hurriedly corrected him. "How can you say 'I would feel bad about it'? I would feel bad too!"
"Yeah!" Will nodded in agreement. "Don't make it sound like we only know how to 'have a drink'..."
Jerry cut in, "Will, about what you just said, I have to correct one thing... you're the only one who only thinks about having a drink."
"Why don't we notify the Magical Congress first?" Brian offered his suggestion. "We'll say we made a major discovery and are conducting a covert tail, so we can't go back for the time being?"
"Then say..." Jimmy added, "to avoid being discovered by them... we hope they won't contact us again for now?"
"But that won't stall them for too long, right?" Will looked at Paul Smith. "Paul, what do you think?"
"Right now, until shift change..." Paul Smith flipped open the cover of his pocket watch and glanced at the time displayed on it. "There's still about an hour..."
"Let's do this!" he finally decided. "In half an hour, we'll notify the Magical Congress. Then, after