On the way back, Su Na asked the Salt Minister about salt magic.
Apparently, casting this magic required faith in salt or joining a Salt King's faction and becoming one of its members.
But after learning its principles, Su Na quickly mastered the spell called "Salt Body," so she also appeared as one of the Salt Folk when she entered the hall, looking perfectly natural.
Their arrival also got Hu Hu out of her predicament. The major headache that was the Bewilderment King was finally handed back to the minister.
"Your Majesty the Salt Monarch, that unseemly laughter and those strange cries just now truly detracted from your illustrious image. This old minister could hear them from dozens of meters away."
With that single remark from the minister, the previously enthusiastic Bewilderment King wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.
But the Bewilderment King was no fool either. He immediately pointed out that the minister's supposed "call of nature" had actually involved nothing more than dropping a strange machine at the entrance. Trying to deceive him, too-that was a capital offense.
"Had I not done so, Your Majesty would probably have left the palace long ago. I distinctly remember you promising to remain on the throne."
The minister replied, unconcerned about his own "capital offense." Instead, he pointed out that the Bewilderment King had broken his promise first, a serious failing for a king.
"D-did I? Did I say that?"
The Bewilderment King tried to remember, uncertain, but the minister insisted that he had. In the end, the matter could only be dropped, and the Bewilderment King sat back down on his "throne" with another helpless look.
Meanwhile, Su Na and Hu Hu received a message from Istil asking them to get out as soon as possible, because something had happened on