I-I have to say something...
Klein's mind went blank for a moment. He had deliberately avoided Angel and escorted Darkwill to Oravi Island alone this time precisely to keep her from learning the details.
One reason was that he was earning this money to save up for a Mystical Item that could steal away the corruption within a Marionettist Beyonder Characteristic, which was merely a personal matter, and he did not want to trouble her; the other was... that he did not want Angel to know he had dealings with this "Apothecary."
All three of them had attended Eye of Wisdom's gatherings, and Angel knew exactly what kinds of medicine Darkwill often sold!
"Why are you on Oravi Island too?"
He quickly used the Faceless's abilities to adjust his expression and asked calmly.
This was called taking the initiative...
"Just passing through."
Angel glanced at Darkwill, who stood behind Klein staring at her in amazement. He clearly had not recognized her without the Madness Ring.
"Is this the person you're escorting? How did you two meet?"
She raised an eyebrow, not allowing Klein's distracting question to lead her astray.
Based on what she knew of this fat Apothecary back in Backlund, Angel knew that even when sewer monsters had ruined the medicinal herbs he had painstakingly grown, he had only been willing to spend 30 pounds dealing with them. Spending money on Potion ingredients was practically like taking his life.
A miser like that would never willingly spend 1,000 pounds to hire a bodyguard.
"I was at the Red..."
"He saw the news in the newspaper and learned that I had killed pirates in the street. Since I had previously accepted a missing-person commission from him, he came looking for me."
Darkwill had barely begun before Klein cut him off.