"You're Bakhurst Gorse Flower, aren't you?" Su Yu looked at him calmly.
"Oh? You know who I am?" Bakhurst was somewhat surprised.
He had been drinking at this little tavern for more than a decade, but Su Yu was the first person to come looking for him knowing his true identity.
Su Yu nodded slightly.
He took a diamond-shaped silver-white metal badge from his backpack and pressed it onto the table. "Do you recognize this?"
Bakhurst shifted his gaze to the badge.
Sensing the incredible, mysterious energy contained within it, Bakhurst's eyes narrowed slightly.
He fell silent for several seconds before asking in a low voice, "Is Antonio doing well?"
The owner represented by this silver-white badge was named Antonio Forest Song, a renowned Plane Merchant.
The two had once been close friends and had done business across different planes together. But because Bakhurst had been Grievously Wounded, they had not seen each other in over twenty years.
Su Yu smiled. "The old man is doing very well. He's still in fine health. When I saw him a few days ago, he even said he wanted to go to Fire World and catch a Flame Demon Lord as a mount!"
"Heh, that old bastard. That really does sound like him." A long-lost, warm smile appeared at the corner of Bakhurst's mouth, as though he were recalling the days when they had worked together in business.
The tavern owner, who was busy behind the counter, wore a baffled expression.
What the hell?
Fire World?
Flame Demon Lord?
This young man was so young, and even his cat was adorable. How could he be this seriously ill?
Bakhurst ignored the tavern owner's astonished stare and smiled at Su Yu. "Since you're Antonio's friend, you must have something important to discuss with me,