Several hours passed. By the time Melissa had finally stripped away the civilization imprints from all the antiques, Abner had also finished speaking with Fanny and left the villa of the "Saintess of Toulon."
Next, Abner took Melissa to visit Daphne, the vice president of the Secret Order, and Selo Delien, the current true controller of Men in Black, whose body had been occupied by the former pope of the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun. There, they obtained the Historical Imprints from numerous antiques.
The Sari Family's history was ultimately only a little over a hundred years long, so the number of ancient artifacts they had collected was limited.
However, Melissa was not needed at Daphne's or Selo's place. One could summon the Historical Projection of an Astronomer, while the other had Grazed an Artisan. They had long since extracted all the imprints and were merely waiting for Abner to collect them.
The day passed quickly. By the time the sky had darkened, the two of them finally arrived at their last stop—the exclusive lounge of Helene on the top floor of the Braine Film Company building.
After handing the antiques collected by the Soren Family to Melissa, Abner began discussing work matters with Helene, who had just gotten off work.
"Since the war hasn't spread to Intis yet, the film company's performance hasn't been affected much... It's just that the rapid growth in box office revenue has slowed considerably," Helene reported with some concern.
"Don't worry. Even if war breaks out, people will still need entertainment to ease their pent-up emotions... And movie tickets aren't expensive, so it counts as a very affordable form of entertainment." Abner first soothed his capable subordinate before continuing, "Besides, the series of war films Beldan shot will be released soon."
"War films?