After the young girl finished speaking, she gestured for the nine of them to look around freely. The group scattered, and although neither Shade nor Wei Ge had any interest in sightseeing, they left as well.
Wei Ge wandered through the vast exhibition hall hand in hand with Shade. Before long, they spotted a man in a corner, his arms folded across his chest as he stared coldly at an introduction to a Skin Object.
"Construct Master" Gerald Delong turned to look at the approaching pair. Though the combination of a man and a woman felt strangely familiar, he still could not confirm his guess.
So Shade said:
"We exchanged information at the abandoned farm last time, and I gave you a protective charm."
Mr. Delong visibly relaxed:
"I didn't expect to run into you here as well."
"I'm not here for Skin Objects. I accepted a commission to find a treasure that the hall had kept on behalf of someone many years ago."
After Shade said that, the Thirteenth Ring Warlock introduced his own purpose:
"I'm not here for Skin Objects either. Many years ago, a senior member of The Church made a wager with this hall. When I left The Church with my people, I took that agreement with me. We won the wager, and I came to collect the stakes."
He did not tell Shade what the stakes were, and Shade likewise had no intention of revealing what he wanted.
"Do you know the remaining six people?"
Shade asked again. Mr. Delong nodded and swept his gaze around, making sure that only the three of them were nearby:
"I know the identities of two of them. Aside from your female companion, the only Sorceress seems to be a professor from [The Truth Society], though that is only