"Mm, that will do. Do you have a private room, ma'am?"
"You know why, don't you?"
Theresa twitched the cat ears on her head, glanced at the excited crowd nearby, and smiled at the proprietress, Verr Goldet.
"Uh... yes, I understand."
The proprietress guessed they were very likely adepti or spirit creatures who had only recently emerged into the world. After all, many spirit creatures retained some of their distinctive features, making them very easy to recognize.
She led everyone to the most luxurious private room, one reserved for gatherings of the Qixing or the adepti.
But Theresa and the others all seemed very much like adepti, so there was nothing wrong with entertaining them here.
"Please wait a moment. Your dishes will be served shortly. In the meantime, please enjoy the fine tea and refreshments, honored guests."
The proprietress left the private room as she spoke, first heading to the kitchen to tell the cook, Yin Xiao, what they had ordered. She told him to put his utmost care into cooking, explaining that these guests might very well be adepti.
Yin Xiao hurriedly nodded. He was no stranger to adepti; the Conqueror of Demons often stayed on the rooftop, and he frequently offered him a plate of almond tofu.
In turn, the Conqueror of Demons protected Wangshu Inn, which stood on the border between Dihua Marsh and the Guili Plains, clearing out many monsters so that people could stop there to rest.
Meanwhile, the proprietress, Verr Goldet, looked around with a grave expression, hurried to her room, and began writing a letter. Then she summoned a carrier pigeon and tied the intelligence to its leg.
"Go! Take this to the Jade Chamber!"
Verr Goldet specifically bound the letter with a strip of red paper to mark it as urgent