The Reverie, reality.
The lobby of the guest accommodation area.
A knight clad in silver armor, with long, fiery-red hair, sat quietly on a chair. His bright, emerald eyes took in everyone passing through the lobby, along with the splendid decorations of The Reverie.
He was still carrying out the task Jiang Yu had entrusted to him, but so far, he had discovered no suspicious tasks or incidents in reality.
Of course, that was a good thing. Even if it proved that Little Fish's worries were only nervous speculation, having no victims was clearly the better outcome.
Sitting here waiting was not tedious for a Knight of Beauty. Argenti had eyes that excelled at discovering beauty. To him, every second spent walking this world was a trial bestowed by Beauty. Among the many different people, the magnificent decor, or the drinks the bartender mixed behind the counter and the stories the guests told, there was always something worth savoring.
The knight waited patiently. Every so often, Argenti took out the gray lump that was presumably Duke Inferno, Afrit, and looked at him. This, too, was something Jiang Yu had requested. Although the duke no longer looked as he once had, Argenti believed Jiang Yu would have a way.
Just as the legends recounted, a gentle kiss from Idrila, the goddess of Beauty, could keep an apple at its freshest for an infinitely long time. And in that strange Dreamscape, he had seen with his own eyes how Little Fish had restored a warped, mottled record to its original condition with a gentle brush of his fingertips.
Thus, Argenti believed that if Little Fish truly wanted something of this Duke Inferno, he would also have a way to restore the duke to his original state when they met.
Suddenly, he received