For some unimportant visitors, Reilo could naturally meet with them whenever it suited him and deal with them briefly.
But for certain heavyweight figures, he had no choice but to set aside time and put everything else aside to receive them properly.
For example...
This Ancient Aurora, Dream Thief!
"You're actually walking around in your true form?"
Reilo said in surprise. Behind the humanoid skeleton stood [Soul Lens] Megana.
Over the past sixty-odd years, Megana had studied mysterious arts under Dream Thief, and had become increasingly enigmatic. Her graceful figure beneath her deep-blue robes seemed shrouded in mystery. After giving Reilo a slight bow, she returned his greeting and sat on the sofa beside the skeleton.
"These old bones of mine don't have what it takes to walk through dreams anymore."
Old bones?
Reilo looked the old skeleton up and down. Calling him old bones did seem fairly accurate.
Still, Reilo would never believe that this fellow had grown so old he posed no threat. At least in Reilo's eyes, the other man remained an enigma, one of the few in the Academic World who still left him with more questions than answers.
"Go on. What is it?"
After an awkward laugh, Reilo said quietly, "You actually had Megana come all this way to pass on your message. You didn't do that the last few times."
The old skeleton gave a bitter smile and sighed. Reilo could clearly sense the fluctuations in his soul.
It seemed that what he said might be true. At least when it came to concealment, he did seem to have weakened considerably. Or was it simply because Reilo himself had grown stronger?
As Reilo's thoughts wandered, the old skeleton slowly said, "I've scraped by in this hostile world for over ten thousand years. I truly