At the mention of Houston's name, Angel paused.
He was no stranger to Houston.
Houston had been an employee of Barbie Restaurant, also known as the Eyeless Man.
After Gloria's accident, Barbie Restaurant's staff had been forced to scatter. Since all the restaurant's employees were gourmet wizards, some had been seized and made into private chefs, while others had even been auctioned off as slaves.
Houston was one of them.
After being captured, he had been put up for auction at the Dusk Auction.
The reason Angel had caused such a huge uproar at the Dusk Auction back then was that Toby had gone mad upon seeing Houston being auctioned in a cage. Angel had acted for Toby, leading to the later incident where Night Demon City had nearly fallen into ruin.
Unfortunately, Houston had still not been rescued.
In the end, Houston had been purchased by Lydia, the "Fire Lotus."
"I made an agreement with Lydia before. I can buy Houston back from her." Angel paused. "I haven't forgotten about this. Once matters here are settled, I'll go and fulfill that old agreement."
Gloria knew about this as well. She nodded at Angel. "Thank you. I'll prepare the magic crystals she wants."
Gloria had originally intended to rescue Houston herself, but since she currently had no physical body and was in terrible condition, rescuing Houston would not be easy. So she had thought of making a deal and asked Felicia to contact Lydia. Unfortunately, Felicia had sent word two days ago that Lydia had refused to trade with her.
Thus, the matter could only circle back to Angel, because it had been Lydia and Angel who had discussed the deal in the first place.
That was why Gloria had brought it up so obliquely.
Gloria felt somewhat embarrassed. After