Klein was still reading Emperor Roselle's diary intently, unaware of Derrick's thoughts. Otherwise, he would definitely have said:
"Foolish child, you're overthinking it. There's no such thing."
Was Derrick asking him to save Silver City?
He was asking him to die!
How could there possibly be anything in this world that would make him run off to his own death?
If he asked Noah and discovered that Silver City's affairs had been handled privately by Rejedo under the Café's banner, then he could report it to the Café for Derrick.
But at a time like this, equivalent exchange was an excellent excuse. If he did not want to do something, he could simply refuse.
If asked, he could just say the price was insufficient; the two sides had to be equivalent.
Emperor Roselle's diary was still the same as ever, focused mainly on rambling, with occasional snippets of secret knowledge from the Beyonder realm mixed in. After being baptized by that knowledge, Klein was no longer the clueless novice he had once been.
As Klein set down the diary in his hand, it was time for free exchanges and trades—
Miss Justice, Audrey, had completed her acting as a Spectator during this period and currently needed the formula for the next stage's potion.
Hearing this, Derrick's eyes lit up.
He had that!
Especially after noticing that Miss Justice had produced a diary that Mister Fool also needed, Derrick became even more invested in this transaction. The payment he proposed was equally straightforward—Emperor Roselle's diary.
This surprised Audrey. She had not expected that, aside from Mister Fool, even Mister Sun needed Emperor Roselle's diary?
Even Klein could not help freezing for a moment. It was not that he suspected Derrick was a transmigrator, but that he wondered whether Silver City might