The "Guild Leader's" projection was still a hazy mass of gray mist. Her arrival inside Whisper of Destruction's mage tower was as natural as clouds gathering into form.
Naturally, as a Blazing Sun Professional of the lawful faction, the Guild Leader was very polite in her appearance. She did not forget to notify Punk in advance of her impending visit, and after arriving at her destination, she did not use any overt means of investigation to probe a single thing in the caster's laboratory.
Just as His Excellency the Blazing Sun Throne had said before, she had truly come only to "notify" her subordinate of a few matters face-to-face.
However... the Guild Leader's silence did not mean Punk could pretend to know nothing. He certainly could not believe that the Blazing Sun powerhouse who had killed Mestur knew nothing about what that Archmage had done. So, although the gray projection before him appeared to turn a blind eye to the crimson magic crystal card openly displayed on the experiment table, expressionless Punk still abandoned any wishful thinking and calmly admitted at once:
"Greetings, Guild Leader. Welcome to my mage tower... In fact, before your notification arrived, there was something I wanted to tell you, because just a few seconds ago, I..."
"You obtained a Froda magic crystal card, didn't you? And you acquired Mestur's legacy—the mad yet brilliant Piknat's Soul Fusion Technique!"
Before Punk could finish, the Guild Leader calmly and casually spoke the words the caster had been about to say.
As expected, His Excellency the Blazing Sun Throne had long known about the Archmage's reckless scattering of forbidden knowledge. She had also long guessed that one of those crimson crystal cards would arrive at Punk's mage tower.
After all, a little thought made it clear enough. Whisper of