The Rat Talisman's power was so useful.
Watching Ishtar slowly sink into the shadows, Roland smiled in satisfaction.
Heaven knew he had been quite fair this time. Since Ishtar had helped him, he would naturally settle her payment to her face.
While she was still alive, Roland would not resort to taking anything by force. But once Ishtar turned back into a statue, those gems became ownerless property. After all, she really was just a statue, not even an avatar.
It was perfectly reasonable for Roland to pick up a few gems while retrieving the statue.
However, although he was a scumbag at heart, Roland had no intention of actually pocketing those ten gems. After all, the money-grubbing Ishtar had sold this statue to him, so it belonged to him in the first place.
I'll mount the gems on this statue later. But if they keep piling up over time, what expression will the real Ishtar make next time she sees her statue looking even more magnificent and wealthy than she is?
Honestly, Roland looked forward to it.
Seeing the imposing goddess turn back into a statue and get put away, and feeling the invisible restraint that had locked onto her after she signed her name, Alice Kuonji breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Even Ishtar's disappearance could not change what was already settled, but it did serve as proof of Roland's attitude.
Although the Witch still maintained the necessary wariness toward Roland, under the Contract's restraints, she did not think he would do anything to humiliate her.
Such a thought did not necessarily make Alice Kuonji naive. The Contract Medea had created was terrifyingly effective. Besides, if he really wanted to do something, she could do nothing to stop him from simply forcing the issue, so why go to