At 62 Queen's Avenue in Backlund, Hobart opened his eyes on the bed in his bedroom.
There was no time to daze around this time. He immediately got up and went to the study, where he arranged a Ritual and obtained 2,700 pounds in cash. Little Sun had accumulated debts for more than a dozen Extraordinary Materials again, but he would have to wait until he returned to Silver City to repay them.
After putting the cash into the safe, Hobart picked up a book and pretended to read.
In the bedroom, Fors emerged from Traveler's Gate. Dressed as a countess in Fenebote attire, she learned from the servants that the earl was in the Study and immediately headed there.
After Doffis's repeated explanations, the servants had long grown used to the countess from the Feneport Kingdom, who usually did not like to go out. At the very least, they were no longer surprised by her sudden appearances.
"Hobart!" Fors entered the Study. "I'm not disturbing you, am I?"
"No." Hobart waved the book in his hand. "I'm reading about the history of Loen Kingdom's nobility, so I don't run out of things to talk about with those so-called Gentlemen at tonight's ball.
"It's just that this stuff is unbearably dull. Honestly, I'm not particularly interested in what rotten things the ancestors of these bloodsuckers did."
He tossed the book aside and knowingly asked, "What is it?"
Fors smiled. "Hobart, you're a Noble now too."
"I know, I know." Hobart wrapped an arm around Fors's waist. "I only say things like that to you."
"Mm! I came to tell you some good news. Through a friend's channels, I heard about a Grade 2 Sealed Artifact that sounds easy to sell, as well as an Interrogator's Extraordinary Characteristics," Fors said.
"Unfortunately,