Lin Qi greeted Day.
Day nodded. A faint glimmer, invisible to the naked eye, fell upon Grum, marking him with a magical seal.
Day and Night were still very weak, but the level of their power was extremely high. The power condensed within them was scarcely any different from true divine power. Thus, unless one was an exceptionally formidable demigod, no one could possibly detect the slightest trace of the magical seals they placed.
Smiling in satisfaction, Lin Qi watched coldly as Gram and the others left the little tavern. Then he swept every last bit of food and drink from the table into his stomach. Only after patting his belly contentedly, tossing down two gold coins, and staggering out of the tavern did he finally leave.
Restoring Wan En Longshan's appearance, Lin Qi carried several snacks bought from specialty shops in the commercial district and strolled leisurely through the gates of the Pearl Shadow Club. At a glance, he spotted Tixiang on the lawn before the club's main building, smiling as he teased several lively hounds, repeatedly tossing out a wooden ball and sending them racing back and forth after it.
"Lord Tixiang, you're certainly in a fine mood!"
Lin Qi looked up at the sky. The sun stood directly overhead. After the assassination attempt at dawn, all the ensuing bustle, obtaining news from Gram, and rushing about for a while, it was already noon.
By Lin Qi's understanding of young nobles like Tixiang, they generally did not show themselves in the mornings. At noon, they would lunch with their close friends, and only in the afternoon would they head to their offices to handle official documents.
So seeing Tixiang here at midday came as quite a surprise to Lin Qi.
Tixiang threw the wooden ball held by one