Time flew by, and before they knew it, it was past seven in the evening.
Prince Carter and Miss Penny had both already left Walda Miles Restaurant.
Zong Shen did not settle the bill and leave the private room until he had eaten his fill.
The Tama District, where the slave auction was being held, was not far from the barbecue restaurant.
That was also why Zong Shen had chosen to dine there.
Perhaps Prince Carter had been thinking the same thing.
Night fell over Lentax Great City.
The glow of White Stone Streetlamps illuminated the roadside ahead.
For merchants hurrying along, there was not much difference between day and night.
Since it was not far away, Zong Shen chose to walk there.
By the time he arrived outside the auction venue in the Tama District, less than five minutes remained before the auction officially began.
The area around the auction platform erected within the district was already packed to capacity.
Zong Shen found a waiter from the slave trading house and spent an extra 1,500 Cron to reserve a private room with a window and terrace on the second floor of a nearby building.
In native great cities, money was often more useful than force.
For such trivial matters, there was no need to resort to violence when money could settle them.
The waiter led him into the private room, where tea and simple pastries had been set out on the table.
Zong Shen looked out through the terrace and summoned the Strategy Module with a thought.
Golden ring markers immediately appeared, pinpointing the locations of the prince and Miss Penny.
They were in the building directly opposite his.
Focusing his gaze, he could see Prince Carter leaning against the stone railing of the terrace.
Miss Penny had not