An Unexpected Encounter

Knight Charlie had graduated from the Mysticism Department of the Knight Academy, a genius who had majored in suturing. As far as Han Dong remembered, he seemed to have nothing to do with the Mechanics Department.

Besides, a knight of Charlie's rank had no need to come to the artisan district to buy mechanical equipment meant for ordinary people.

Even if he needed to calibrate precision machinery, with Charlie's connections, he could easily contact high-ranking mechanics directly.

Strange. Charlie is standing behind the counter. Combined with the name of this watch shop... could he be the owner? Impossible. The Whispering Knight bears a heavy workload. Apart from the special leave granted on the Eve of Expedition, he should have no extra time to leave the Secret Hall.

As Han Dong looked more closely, he spotted another figure through a customer's body—a short old man around seventy, seated behind the counter and adjusting an expensive watch with highly sophisticated instruments.

"Mia, come with me..."

"Okay!"

For a moment, Mia thought Han Dong really intended to buy something for her.

However, as they approached the watch shop, Mia gradually recognized the high-ranking knight inside who was helping with odd jobs... At the Knight Tournament, he had effortlessly subdued a monster cultivated by the Hell Knight Order. He was on an entirely different level from her.

"Charlie Leblanc Belmanchev! Why is he here?"

An invisible pressure swept over Mia's entire body.

Her Spider Eyes could even glimpse phantom silhouettes of terrifying puppets floating behind the knight. With a mere twitch of Charlie's finger, he could summon the puppets and kill an enemy in an instant.

Because of this, Mia half-hid behind Han Dong, looking timid and apprehensive.

Han Dong, on the other hand, looked perfectly normal.

After straightening his collar and cuffs, he