He opened his private messages-
Stanbeck: I made a new dish. Want to try it?
2567: Sure. Wait for me.
After sending that brief reply, Qin Ran looked up at Artisan. Everything he had been about to say vanished.
Did he need to ask anything more?
No.
They were only rumors. Even if they had spread to an unimaginably alarming extent, so what?
Those who trusted him still trusted him.
Why waste so much effort explaining himself to those who didn't?
Artisan had heard about them and asked him.
That meant Artisan didn't believe them and was looking to him for an answer.
If Artisan had heard about them, Mimosa must have heard about them too.
But Mimosa hadn't asked him anything.
It was simple. Mimosa didn't believe them at all.
Lawless hadn't asked either.
Clearly, he didn't believe them either.
That was enough.
"I need you to help me identify this."
Qin Ran got straight to the point, showing Artisan the image of the [Shattered Frost Heart].
Artisan was surprised that Qin Ran hadn't pressed the matter.
As far as Artisan knew, although Qin Ran was indifferent to most things, he still cared when something concerned him personally, even if he showed nothing on the surface.
It wasn't hypocrisy.
It was simply human instinct.
She was no exception.
Just as, in the next moment, Artisan's attention was drawn to the [Shattered Frost Heart]'s attributes.
"III?"
Artisan lowered her voice, but she still couldn't hide her startled cry.
Having already approached the circle of true Entry Rank players, Artisan knew very well what this gem represented.
She looked at Qin Ran, a trace of astonishment in her eyes.
Was Qin Ran powerful?
Yes!
As one of Qin Ran's friends, Artisan hadn't had much hidden from her, but she had