Riding in the Love Temple's carriage with its priestess as his guide, Qin Ran, dressed in casual clothes, soon arrived outside a shop in the Rich District.
It was supposedly a shop, but it had neither a sign nor display windows.
In fact, from the outside, it looked like the home of a wealthy family.
Yet the moment the door opened and a neatly dressed attendant emerged, it became clear that this really was a shop, though not one open to the general public.
It catered to only a select few.
Qin Ran watched Lilith hand the attendant a token before they were allowed inside.
At the same time, the gazes that had been fixed on them since they entered the street quickly disappeared.
Qin Ran smiled inwardly.
This was getting interesting.
Qin Ran knew that some special shops were hidden in the Rich District and Noble District.
What he did not know was which shop would dare keep him under such blatant surveillance.
After the night the Wealth Temple disappeared, Qin Ran believed his reputation had spread throughout Navia City. Every faction, whether out in the open or operating in the shadows, would surely have stepped up its precautions against him.
A portrait of him would be indispensable.
Although he was dressed casually, he had not concealed his face. They should have recognized him long ago.
Yet even after recognizing him, the people here had still acted this way.
Unless they were deliberately trying to pique his interest, the only explanation was that their organization enforced such strict discipline that its members would not back down even before the Godslayer.
Or...
Was it both?
Either way, this was not something an ordinary shop could manage!
With these suspicions in mind, Qin Ran surveyed his surroundings while listening to Lilith's