Coyle's eyes widened in surprise. He raised a hand to look at the gemstone ring on his own finger, then turned to look at the Purple Peridot set in the ring on his student's hand.
Then he swiftly glanced at the storage rings casually worn by the two apprentices standing behind Gilbert.
Obviously, if they belonged to the same master-disciple line, he and Stine could not have been given two different gemstones.
This had been specifically chosen for Gilbert.
He could not help frowning slightly. Thoughts raced through his mind as he slowly said, "The Hainalson Family... isn't that important, is it?"
Coyle had already figured out why Gilbert had so readily told him the reason... that man had never hidden crucial information when cooperating with others.
Now, Gilbert was telling him that there was probably an enemy of the Hainalson Family in Sia Tower. At the very least, there had to be an old acquaintance.
But even an old acquaintance was not a good thing... otherwise, they would never have used this method to remind Gilbert of their existence.
Coyle had never expected that Gilbert, the one who wanted peace and quiet the most, might be the first to run into trouble.
"What are you going to do?" he could not help asking.
Then he swiftly added, "I won't regret what we discussed earlier."
He had been the one to propose the cooperation. If he backed out now over something that had not even been confirmed yet... Coyle was not stupid. Did he really think Gilbert was some broad-minded saint?
True, Gilbert would not cause trouble for him now, but Coyle did not think he would never face a crisis where he desperately needed someone to lend him a hand.
Gilbert was the kind of person Coyle had decided