Balder firmly refused the suggestion of taking a private jet. If Rosa had not wanted to go sunbathing in the Southern Hemisphere first, The Sage might even have refused Salomon's request to book a hotel for them. The Sage from five hundred years ago was merely somewhat unskilled at using smartphones and other intelligent communication tools. In truth, he was not unfamiliar with modern technology; he simply did not know much about the environment of modern society and only needed time to learn. This was not difficult, not only because the World Watchers' technological level had always surpassed its era, but also because everything he saw now was less technologically advanced than the weapons and equipment Salomon had displayed during the Battle of Fimbulwinter Mountain.
He had previously assumed that human society had long since entered an age where robots were everywhere and spaceships flew throughout the galaxy. Now it seemed that humanity was still running around on the ground, which disappointed Balder somewhat. In his eyes, the current level of human civilization was not much different from the mud-legged peasants who had once lived near the World Watchers.
Salomon did not linger at the airport for long. After seeing Balder and Rosa onto the plane, he prepared to return to Kamar-Taj.
To save time, even the suit he wore had been transformed from the Shroud Robe.
Although wearing a long blade at his waist with a black suit looked rather strange, that outfit could still pass through the airport's VIP passage, so the Arcanist did not fuss too much over it. Though Bayonetta was deeply dissatisfied, Salomon still promised the Witch before leaving that he would definitely be home that night to make up for the gathering they had missed on Christmas morning—though that was merely a euphemistic way