"An invitation."
"I need you to deliver this invitation to Ms. Malinda Julius Caesar and ask her to meet me this evening."
Arthur took out the letter he had written in the carriage and handed it to Albert.
"Of course, Young Master Arthur."
Without hesitation, Albert set off with the guards.
Only after watching Oak Manor's Chief Hunter and the guards leave did Arthur open the courtyard gate of 2 Kirk Street.
After carrying his luggage, the local specialties from the old butler, and the cat carrier holding Pendragon inside, Arthur began a thorough inspection.
The doors and windows were intact!
The traps hadn't been triggered!
No strangers had been here!
Only after confirming all this did Arthur deactivate the traps and let Pendragon out.
Excited to be home, Pendragon charged straight toward the cat scratching board and began scratching furiously.
Arthur hung up his coat and put away his luggage before turning his attention to the local specialties the old butler had given him-
A large chest with a square body and an arched, hinged lid.
After inspecting it, Arthur opened the chest.
The first things he saw were acorn wine and acorn flour.
Both were genuine Oak Manor specialties.
But after he took out the four bottles of acorn wine and the ten pounds of acorn flour, the real specialties were revealed.
Gold coins and explosives!
The gold coins were neatly stacked in a small box.
The explosives were bundled and wrapped in oiled paper, twenty bundles in all.
Since the dawn of the Pioneer Era, gold tickets had become the main currency for large transactions, but that did not mean gold coins had lost their standing.
In fact, because gold tickets were issued by the Old Lion of the Inner Bay, gold coins were more popular on