Wait, could you lend me that 600 pounds...
Mr. A in the study had already turned his gaze toward her, and Angel swallowed the words she had not finished.
"Very good. It seems you have reached a consensus." The chin exposed beneath his hood trembled, as though he were grinning. "By the way, this Cat Lady seems to be different from the last one?"
Mr. A looked at Angel, his gaze beneath the hood probing and appraising, as if he were asking casually.
"Just another partner." Dominic stepped forward. "Where is the Mystical Item you mentioned?"
Withdrawing his scrutinizing gaze, Mr. A took a palm-sized, exquisite wooden box from beneath his robes. After opening it, he turned it around and placed it on the table.
Inside lay a silver-white ring of ancient design, engraved with intricate yet orderly patterns. Strangely, whenever Angel looked away, she found it difficult to recall the ring's design or the shapes of its patterns.
"It is called the 'Madness Ring.' It is a Mystical Item formed from the Beyonder Characteristic left behind after the death of a Mid Sequence Beyonder. Its wearer gains a psychological sense of unfamiliarity. Even people who have met and know him will feel as if they are seeing a stranger. They will not recognize his true appearance, nor will they retain a deep impression afterward."
Picking up the ring, Mr. A put it on the index finger of his left hand as a demonstration, then removed the hood of his robe.
Beneath the hood was an utterly ordinary face. His features were regular, but devoid of appeal, like any middle-aged man one might encounter on the street.
Then, before the two of them, he removed the silver ring.
Angel's vision blurred. Mr. A's unmemorable face became beautiful and seductive, as