After hearing Mister Emperor's price, Fors was completely stunned.
No... are the Gold Pounds you're talking about... the same Gold Pounds I'm talking about?
Although Fors had used Gold Pounds as the unit when naming the bounty, in her eyes, a piece of intelligence being worth dozens or even hundreds of Gold Pounds was already remarkable.
But now, a family introduction that didn't even involve the finer details cost eight thousand Gold Pounds?
Are you crazy, or am I crazy?
Could something have happened in Loen while she had been staying at home, causing inflation and sending the purchasing power of Gold Pounds plummeting?
"Eight thousand Gold Pounds, Miss Magician. This is already a very friendly price. Go to any Café, and they'll start by asking for ten thousand Gold Pounds."
Noah's calm, assured words made the absurdity Fors felt inside swell even further.
Wait, Café...
Fors glanced at Xiu and found that Xiu was looking at her as well.
During this period in Backlund, they had indeed heard rumors of a new gathering place for Extraordinary beings called the Café.
As the name suggested, it was a café, but only Extraordinary beings could enter. It also dealt in intelligence.
Xiu had specifically investigated it for some time, but her private inquiries had yielded nothing. She hadn't wanted to go with anyone else, and in the end, she had even begun to suspect that the Café was some kind of urban legend among Extraordinary beings.
Now, it seemed that Mister Emperor was connected to the mysterious Café?
Noah was somewhat speechless. No wonder he had never heard Diga mention that One-Five or Salted Fish had gone to the Café. So that was why.
After explaining the Café's special nature to the two of them, Noah said, "Basically, there are Café