When Shade took out the last signed document, Luvia reached for another framed document beside it.
"Look at this."
Shade looked over and first saw the red seal in the lower-left corner. It was the king's private seal. Not that of the current king's father, Lion Ryan, but of the previous generation's king. This document was the letter in which His Majesty the King had recruited local stone masons to travel to Wilundell and construct the Colossus. Who would have thought it had been placed together with the documents from the Stone Masons Association's founding? That was enough to show how much weight this matter carried within the association.
Luvia examined the letter with great interest, while Shade carefully deciphered the twisted Kasonlik script in the Stone Masons Association's founding contract. Although those stone masons from back then could all write their own names, their handwriting was even worse than that of the Outlander who had arrived in this world last summer and was still learning the local writing system.
Fortunately, he eventually made out the surname "Fleming." This meant that Fleming really had been among the founders of the Stone Masons Association. Looking further over the simple contract, the founders had divided the association's shares equally among themselves and agreed not to hand this authority over to those in power. Mr. Fleming had also possessed a share. It was likely inherited by someone else after his disappearance, which was why so few people in the association mentioned his name now.
"I found it."
Shade quietly told Luvia, pointing at the name on the document. Luvia leaned over to look, about to say something, when a bang bang bang~ sounded from the side. Both of them turned toward the door in surprise. Someone was knocking at this moment.
"Who is