Xia Lan Veloss ultimately could not prevail against Li Wei's resolve to "look after his subordinates" or Kaierben's stubbornly thick skin.
Thus, the three individuals, each harboring their own designs, finalized the details of their tripartite cooperation in this office that did not yet possess the slightest bit of renown, and signed a newly drafted business cooperation contract.
What was worth mentioning was that none of the three had proposed invoking the name of a deity to "witness" this cooperation and contract.
The reason was simple: all three of them were powerful, yet their races and faiths were all different.
No—Li Wei had no faith at all. Or rather, if any god proved useful to him, he could become that god's general believer at any time.
The sort who might make some god's zealots unable to resist beating him up.
If divine intervention truly became necessary—
Then Xia Lan Veloss would certainly lean toward praying to Landis, the Dragon God of Justice.
And how could Kaierben, Chosen of Mystra, the Goddess of Magic, possibly allow himself to be constrained by a dragon god?
Especially since this lawful neutral dragon god did not actually understand business all that well. His divine portfolio merely happened to involve balance and justice.
And as for that justice, Kaierben did not dare gamble on whether this dragon god's justice meant justice among dragons, or equal treatment for all living beings.
Relatively speaking, asking Waukeen, the Goddess of Wealth, to serve as witness would have been a fine choice.
Surely that "young" goddess would have been delighted to act as witness.
If she had known the full scope of this plan in advance, she might already have been sprawled in some corner of her Divine Kingdom, face pressed against its walls, features twisted as she cried