"What prerequisite?" No one found it surprising that Angel had named a condition. Aid obtained from outside—what came free was always the most expensive. A give-and-take instead made them feel more at ease than accepting help for no reason.
They themselves could not blow apart the projections and could only seek help from others. At present, the only one who could help them was the red-haired young man before them. As for the Observer... he had barely even looked them in the eye.
With the supply relationship so unequal, it seemed perfectly normal to them for the other party to name a condition.
Moreover, they wanted to know what condition he would propose. Perhaps they could glean some information about his identity from it.
"It's very simple. If you report on this incident afterward, I hope you won't record anything about me or the Observer." Angel had no desire to stir up a huge commotion like the Lasudelan incident last time. Though his identity had not been exposed this time, it was better to be safe than sorry.
"That's your only condition?"
"Hm? You think it's too little?"
"No, I was just a little surprised." Di Xie'er paused blankly. He had expected Angel to demand some difficult exchange, but it turned out to be something so simple.
The Light-Chasing Speaker pondered. "Even if we do not report it, others may still spread the information. For example, that White Feather wizard from earlier."
"It doesn't matter. The intelligence White Feather Wizard passes on is fundamentally different from all of you publicly announcing what happened."
White Feather Wizard was only one person, after all. Yet the Light-Chasing Speaker and Di Xie'er represented two major journals behind them—one the Southern Region's publicly recognized most authoritative publication, the other its highest-circulation periodical. Both stood