At Jonas's request, the girl recorded the markings on her arm and stored them in the Alt Corporation's database.
Of course, thanks to the girl's personal agenda, Jonas also had to add the words "Miss Celine, three times" to his memo.
Once that was done, Miss Celine left, thoroughly satisfied.
Not long after Miss Celine left, about five minutes later, Miss Eiffel came in.
As she looked at Jonas in his office, a barely perceptible trace of resentment lingered in Miss Eiffel's eyes.
"It looks like you had quite a pleasant exchange with Miss Celine, Mr. Jonas."
Clearly, Eiffel knew what the two of them had just done in the office.
Yet Jonas acted as though he had no idea what she meant. He coughed before asking:
"Hmm, fairly pleasant? What brings you here, Miss Eiffel?"
Seeing Jonas dodge the subject, Eiffel decided not to pursue it. Instead, she took out a document and handed it to him.
"These are the recent records of the Void Realm Church's activities... after we exposed their scandal, they did rein themselves in considerably."
Eiffel paused before continuing:
"Of course, that restraint also signals danger... the black market in Angus District has temporarily closed to outsiders, and we don't know where they've temporarily relocated their base in Nillnis District."
Jonas was taken aback. Naturally, he understood that this was a sign the Void Realm Church was preparing to act. But relocating their base suggested they weren't looking to finish off the Alt Corporation quickly. Instead, they intended to wear down the Alt Conglomerate through a prolonged conflict.
The Holy Maiden wasn't nearly as dismissive of the Alt Conglomerate as she appeared... perhaps this was precisely a sign that she had begun taking their declaration of war seriously.
Jonas found the thought somewhat amusing. The