Ring Angel: I Dare!
News that Iver had been attacked by an assassin in the street spread quickly.
After all, far too many people had witnessed it, and Iver had transformed into the form of a Sin Beast right there in the middle of the street. There was no way to keep it hidden...
By the time Iver arrived at Cain and Lucia's temporary residence, "Cat Claw Street 33," Cain already knew about it.
"Your intelligence network... is pretty impressive?"
Iver found it rather surprising.
This human avatar of the Blood Angel, who had essentially been "reborn" by the Mist Angel... logically speaking, should not have had any connections in Iris. After all, even Lucia, the other half of her personality, was merely a "kidnapped saintly body."
"—Because I'm here."
A deep, resonant male voice slowly came from the guest room. "I'm sheltering her... and helping her investigate some information."
"You?"
Iver was somewhat surprised.
It was someone Iver knew quite well, yet had never expected to find here.
A man as gaunt as a withered tree, his back hunched over. Even without straightening his back, he was probably around two meters tall. Clearly, he possessed some elven blood.
His ears, however, were not particularly pointed. His long black hair, covering half his back, resembled damp seaweed, hanging down in tangled curls.
—It was Ye Zhi of the Golden Dawn.
"Long time no see, Mr. Ye Zhi."
Iver greeted him.
"Long time no see, Iver."
Ye Zhi's voice drifted over, slow and deep like a poet's, as he silently walked out of the room.
Iver still remembered... The first time he had met Ye Zhi was when he had initially gone to Eagle Cape Village.
More precisely, Iver had encountered Ye Zhi, under the alias "Dark Cloud," as early as