"Have to admit, I may have underestimated you a little."
Xu Yue watched Klein wolfing down food over there and glanced worriedly at his lower belly. Even a Beyonder would get a potbelly from eating like that.
"I received Mr. Fool's protection."
Klein spoke with a devout expression, then wiped his mouth contentedly after eating his fill.
"Of course, you also helped a great deal and saved me a lot of trouble."
Klein reluctantly pulled out a stack of bills in assorted denominations, including five- and ten-pound notes, scraped together 300 pounds, and handed them to Xu Yue.
Although he had already received benefits and conveniences from the Steam Church that money could not buy, and Xu Yue had not really done anything apart from taking him around and introducing him to a few people.
Xu Yue still accepted the 300 pounds without hesitation, completely ignoring how tightly Klein clung to the notes. He coldly pulled them free and tucked them into his coat.
Having eaten his fill, Klein looked longingly at the money Xu Yue had tucked away, then seemed to remember something and began sharing what he had encountered.
"Besides me, there seemed to be another mysterious high-Sequence Beyonder who was also after the bookmark.
"After I left, I unexpectedly ran into the murderer from that serial killing case. It was a huge black dog. Then, on my way back, I encountered that mysterious high-Sequence Beyonder again. She didn't seem to be an official, but I don't know her exact identity."
"Male or female?"
"Female."
"Was she pretty? What did she look like? Describe her."
"She was pre—"
Klein suddenly looked at Xu Yue warily. Come on, she was a high-Sequence Beyonder.
"What are you looking at? Why is your mind so filthy? I asked you to describe