Ten minutes later, led by Lasha, Shien left Laisha's Hanamaru Mansion.
"Then, Mr. Shien, please accept this."
Once outside Hanamaru Mansion, Lasha handed Shien something.
"What is this?"
Shien accepted the item, his face full of confusion.
It was an unremarkable sheet of parchment, rolled up and tied with string into a scroll. Lying in Shien's hand, it looked no different from the adventurer's license he had received at the Adventurer's Guild before.
But it was naturally no ordinary piece of parchment.
"This can be considered a Magic Item," Lasha said calmly. "Though the item itself is made from very ordinary material, no different from regular parchment, Lady Laisha has used her Space Magic to link it with another sheet of parchment. As long as Lady Laisha writes something on that parchment, the same contents will appear on the parchment in your hand."
"Oh?" Shien seemed to understand. "So it's a means of communication?"
"Yes." Lasha nodded. "Lady Laisha has already set up a surveillance magic barrier around Lamigium. Once anyone from the Old Demon Faction appears, she will notice immediately. When you receive Lady Laisha's message, Mr. Shien, we hope you will meet up with her."
That was the arrangement.
In the end, Shien had accepted Laisha's invitation and decided to join her in destroying the Old Demon Faction's main force.
This was for Shien's own sake as well.
"I hope the Old Demon Faction shows up soon."
At least, that was what Shien hoped.
"Indeed." Lasha said expressionlessly, "If they don't show up soon, Lady Laisha may have a headache on her hands."
After all, Kilian was not only a member of the Old Demon Faction, but also the culprit behind the attack on the royal capital and the large-scale assassinations carried out there, which had killed many