Elliot left.
He had quite a few things to deal with. He had not visited the Hearthfire District in a long time, and his succession as Family Head had been rather rushed. He needed to go over the handover with Lady Camilla.
Then there was the more important matter: finding a way to plug the hole in the Throne tomorrow.
A Throne one could never leave would be nothing but torture. No matter what, he did not want his friend to remain on it forever.
He hurried home, summoned Conrad to briefly deal with some affairs, then returned to his bedroom, tossed the Azure Blade beside his pillow, and collapsed onto his bed.
Soon, he entered the Courtyard in the Dream to operate the Difference Engine.
The longsword knocked against something beside the pillow, its scabbard springing slightly open, and something stuffed inside fell out.
It unfolded slightly beside the pillow. It was a letter, which landed right beside Elliot's ear.
Elliot should have slept like that until morning, but he soon opened his eyes again.
"An important item? Right beside me?"
He looked around in utter confusion, even activating his [Spirit Vision].
The letter was so close to him that he soon picked it up.
"This is the urgent quest the Difference Engine brought up? Where did it come from?"
Elliot looked at the hand-and-a-half sword beside his pillow and nodded in realization.
"So that's it. Sidney, you actually left me a letter in secret."
He slowly unfolded the letter.
[Elliot, your Golden Finger is the Difference Engine, isn't it?]
Elliot felt as though his head had exploded.
Countless tangled thoughts rose in his mind in an instant. Terror, confusion, bewilderment, shock-all these emotions drowned him like wave after wave, before turning into the same question.
*Sidney knew? How