"Come out. Stop hiding off to the side like some sneaky little rat."
Xu Yanwu suddenly changed the subject and spoke toward a certain direction.
"You came looking for Kallen, didn't you?"
"..."
A brief silence followed.
Still, no one appeared.
Kallen asked Xu Yanwu curiously, "Is someone really there?"
Xu Yanwu's face darkened.
"Are you seriously having fun with this? I already found you. You're making this really awkward for me."
"..."
In the end, the person in hiding emerged from the shadows.
"Grandpa Arthur!"
Kallen cried out in surprise.
"Miss."
Arthur bowed to Kallen. His expression could not be seen beneath his mask, but he stared intently at Xu Yanwu, full of vigilance.
"Who is he?"
Arthur was somewhat tense. Xu Yanwu put no small amount of pressure on him.
"He is..." Before Kallen could finish, Xu Yanwu cut her off with an irritated remark.
"Who the hell I am, what's it got to do with you?" Xu Yanwu snapped at Arthur. "Hurry up and bring Kallen's weapon over."
"How did you know?!"
Arthur looked at Xu Yanwu warily. This operation had been privately ordered by Young Master Otto. Forget word getting out—even within Schicksal, only Otto and he knew about it.
So how had Xu Yanwu learned that he had brought Kallen's weapon—the Oath of Judah?
Xu Yanwu glanced at the weapon-like cross resting behind Arthur...
He had known about it already, but how had Arthur managed to bring such an obvious thing all the way from the West?
This Old Man was impressive.
"Are you stupid? Tell me, what else could that Judah on your back be used for besides being a weapon?"
Xu Yanwu temporarily ignored that book...
"On the Several Uses of Judah"—by Theresa.
"You two talk first. Kallen, you probably haven't seen someone