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The woman then spoke to Sunders politely, “Thank you, Mister Phantom. I’ll not take any more of your time now.”
Sunders nodded while the woman quickly disappeared into the crowds.
Angor looked at the crimson crown in his hand with a sad look. For some reason, this “fake treasure” had found its way back to him.
Earlier tonight, Angor was very confused when Sunders said that they would be meeting the provider of Travel In Dreamland, who requested to meet Angor personally.
Until Angor realized that Irisa was this “provider”.
Also, this was not the only coincidence. During their brief meeting, Irisa claimed that apart from the scroll, she possessed another item that came from the shelter mentioned in Travel In Dreamland.
Angor recalled what he heard outside the inspection room yesterday and realized that this second item was what the appraiser asked Irisa to sell at the auction.
It could be clearly seen from Sunders’ face that the gentleman REALLY wanted to get this item.
Irisa summoned Angor just to discuss this matter. She would give the second item to them if Angor could help her grant a Mystery effect to the fake crown.
Of course, Angor would like to refuse just like how he did yesterday. For one, he didn’t want to be involved in Irisa’s business, which was potentially dangerous. And secondly, he did not know how to create Mystery effects.
However…
Angor moaned and gave his teacher an even sadder look. “Why would you agree to something like that? You know it’s impossible for me to finish such a request.”
They were talking inside Sunders’ luxurious carriage, around which Sunders had deployed a soundproof ward.
“It doesn’t matter. I was the one that agreed to her request, and I’ll not occupy your time or effort.”
“Uh, are you going to enchant the item yourself, sir?”
Sunders almost rolled his eyes. “You know, you’re better as an alchemist than me. How can I do something that you can’t do?”
“Then… do you know another alchemist who can help?”
Sunders shook his head again.
Angor suddenly reached a shocking conclusion.
“Are you perhaps—” … Going to break your promise… or even dispose of Irisa?
When Sunders agreed to Irisa’s request, he received the said “second item” from her. It was a wooden lock full of nightmare energy. After making sure the item was real, Sunders put it away in his gravity garden.
Given that Irisa trusted Sunders so easily, Angor didn’t expect that the other end of their deal would end up like this.
Sunders chuckled at Angor’s terrified look. “Well… I can certainly make her disappear. But I’m not the type to go back on my words.”
“What’s our plan then? Just in case, there’s no way I can even try to make an attempt at it.”
“We can probably count how many people who once reached out to Mystery-level items with one hand. You’re the only one known to the public and the easiest to find. Even if you can’t do it, it’s not like she can find another person to help, so we don’t have to pretend at all. Just tell her that we can’t do it, and everything’s settled.”
Angor’s mouth fell agape. Why did you accept her request in the first place?!
Sunders sighed when he noticed that his student still didn’t get his idea.
“Do you know why I want this lock?”
“I… I don’t, professor.”
Sunders glanced at him and took out a small vial from his storage in which a worming Twisting Protozoa was crawling about.
“Ohhh… you want to find the shelter by using this lock?”
“Correct. However, I’m not interested in the shelter or the Mystery items inside because we probably can’t take any back even if we find them. I’m planning to explore a new location, and Irisa’s lock is a ‘seed’ which can take us there.”
In other words, Sunders meant to remove “fog of war” on his expedition map so that they would have one extra destination to explore later.
“Once we find this new place, we’ll no longer need this lock. I’ll then return the item to her and tell her that we have failed. There’ll be no promises broken because I have never said that I’ll complete the crown for sure.”
Even so, this was still an embarrassing thing to do since it damaged both Sunders’ personal image as an educated gentleman and as someone’s teacher.
Angor finally understood the entire thing. Sunders wanted to earn a free ticket to a new site in the Nightmare Realm without paying anything to Irisa. At most, he might earn several negative comments, which would be acceptable.
Thinking about this, Angor put away his earlier concerns—the whole business had nothing to do with him.
“But you should still try to do something about this crown,” Sunders said as he glanced at the item in Angor’s hand. “We cannot tell whether my next destination is an outer or core area, so I don’t know if I can come back in time. If I don’t, you should at least pay her something.”
Angor’s relaxed mind immediately tensed up. Must you jinx us like that?!
The discussion ended here, and since he now had free time, Angor began to inspect the magic crystals he just earned.
After paying Sunders 150,000 crystals and the auction commission, he still had about 100,000 magic crystals left.
With a bright smile, he gently stroked his space bracelet while admiring the shiny money stored within.
Sunders looked at Angor’s silly expression and tried not to say anything about it.
Such a blessing to be young…
…
When their vehicle arrived at Sunders’ manor, Number One was already waiting at the entrance.
Sunders asked the machine butler to handle the horses and spoke to Angor again, “Prepare your things. We’re returning to Brute Cavern tomorrow.”
“Oh, okay. When are you going to explore that new place, sir?”
“Well… It’s not urgent since Irisa gave us ample time.”