Lin Chuan first shook his head, having no intention of asking for payment, but then seemed to think of something and said with a smile:
"There's nothing in particular I need you to do, but if you feel bad about it and really want to pay me... just give me some gold pounds."
"Hmm, a thousand pounds in banknotes will do. It doesn't matter whether the serial numbers are consecutive."
"A thousand pounds?" Audrey blurted out, her voice full of surprise.
-Isn't that a little too cheap?
Hmm... Miss Hall, you mustn't think that way! Mr. Temperance's meaning is obvious. He doesn't think we need to pay anything for the Acting Method. Those thousand pounds are only meant to put my mind at ease...
He really is a good person!
Audrey's mood brightened at once, and she answered in a light, cheerful voice:
"No problem! How should I give it to you? Should I mail it to an address as well?"
Listening to Miss Justice's breezy tone, the mysterious ruler Above the Gray Fog struggled to keep his gaze under control, resisting the urge to stare at Lin Chuan.
Being poor was painful enough, but watching a friend get rich was even more agonizing...
Then Klein suddenly remembered that he still owed Lin Chuan five pounds.
"..."
Klein fell into a long silence. He was also rather curious about how Lin Chuan would answer and what address he would give. The Tingen post office?
No, there should be another way... He dismissed the idea.
Meanwhile, Alger, the Hanged Man, had gone completely rigid the moment Audrey's sweet voice faded.
He had thought he had already estimated Miss Justice's background as highly as he possibly could.
But now, it seemed that only a young lady from one of the Loen Kingdom's