Not everyone was as courteous as Cui Ciyou, though.
The moment Alice saw this "swindler" walk in and make himself at home,
she openly showed her disdain and gave a loud snort.
Sylphy, on the other hand, looked positively curious.
Her eyes widened as she studied this legendary "swindler."
Upon arriving at the Treehouse, Keith unceremoniously found himself a comfortable seat.
He turned to Cui Ciyou and casually asked,
"Hey... Ciyou, right?"
"Come to think of it, how do you know that guy Paul?"
Cui Ciyou answered calmly, "Paul and I go back a ways. We were colleagues, too."
"Before the Displacement Incident, he served as the lord's knight in Buena Village, in the Fitoia Territory."
"And I was the village's Auxiliary Defense Knight."
Keith's face filled with wildly exaggerated surprise and wonder.
"That guy Paul actually went off to become some noble's knight?"
"With that lazy, unserious attitude of his, he managed to get into noble circles?"
"Well, the sun must be rising in the west... I never saw that coming!"
Ignoring Keith's theatrics, Cui Ciyou continued,
"What about you, Keith?"
"If I remember correctly, didn't you form the adventuring party Black Wolf's Fang with Paul?"
"That was a top-tier party that reached the highest rank, S-Rank."
"Why did it disband?"
"An S-Rank adventuring party?"
At this, Alice could no longer contain herself and exclaimed,
"Just like us! Our Saviors only just reached S-Rank, too."
"Uncle Paul and you... were you all that strong?"
Cui Ciyou explained to Alice,
"The leader of an S-Rank party has to be an S-Rank Adventurer, and its members have to be at least A-Rank."
Hearing this, Alice still looked at Keith with disdain, but now there was a little respect for his strength mixed in.
"Then what rank is Paul? And you... what