The "Greedy Lord" coming away empty-handed was undoubtedly a failure.
Cheng Shi couldn't accept his failure, so he consoled himself with the thought that at least he had earned Folly's disdainful glare during that trial...
Of course, that was just self-mockery. As the player closest to the Authority of Greed in the universe, Cheng Shi couldn't possibly have gained nothing at all.
Besides, the whole reason that trial had begun was that he wanted to gather clues about the Gaze of Mockery. Even if he hadn't found the Gaze of Mockery, wasn't obtaining the clues just as good?
Throughout this foolish farce that had lasted several centuries, Skalt had played the leading role for most of the time. Only at the final curtain call had the mastermind, Candelt, become the one behind the entire mystery.
Unfortunately, he had died. Even more unfortunately, Cheng Shi had wasted his chance to question the dead, so he could no longer learn the whereabouts of the Gaze of Mockery from Candelt.
But what did the death of the boss have to do with Memory?
As long as Candelt's corpse is in my hands, I can go find the Dragon King and have him search through Candelt's memories!
That's right, Cheng Shi had brought Candelt's corpse out with him. It was the most direct clue to finding the Gaze of Mockery, and the greatest reward he had gained from "winning" the trial!
Now, all he had to do was find the Dragon King and have this Jester who walked the Path of Memory review Candelt's memories. That would let him pinpoint the location of the Gaze of Mockery. He could even call someone over to accompany him and put on another great jester act in their search for the Mask fragments.
Thus, when Cheng Shi