Twelve minutes after parting ways with the Oath of Vengeance Squad, Xia Nan once again saw the appraiser with one-eighth High Elf blood, "Auriye Silverheart."
He was seated right beside Ellison.
The world was always so small.
Xia Nan was not surprised by this.
His keen Perception and expansive thinking had led him to anticipate this possibility the moment he saw the other man earlier.
After all, not long ago, Ellison had said he would introduce Xia Nan to a collector with abundant wealth, extensive connections, and a considerable fondness for exotic-style items.
And Auriye, who had appeared in the Oath of Vengeance Blades Fleet's meeting room today, fit Ellison's description of a collector almost perfectly.
Anyone whose mind was not completely one-track would have made the connection.
As it turned out, Xia Nan's guess had indeed been correct.
This Auriye was precisely the resourceful collector Ellison had intended to introduce to him.
Compared to Xia Nan's relatively calm expression, Auriye looked far more animated when he saw him enter the Adventurers Association's small meeting room. Clearly, he had not expected to meet this young and exceptionally capable adventurer again today.
"Heh, it seems we said our farewells too soon. It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Xia Nan."
With the polite, aristocratic smile that seemed almost instinctive to him, Auriye rose from his seat and greeted Xia Nan.
"It certainly is a coincidence. I was wondering whether the learned collector Mr. Ellison mentioned might be you. I didn't expect to guess right."
Since the other man had so politely taken the initiative to show goodwill, Xia Nan naturally would not put on a cold face. He stepped forward, shook his hand, and replied.
"It seems... I needn't introduce you two after all?"
Seated across the table in the