Chapter 54

Eventually, the four men, Kalix, Oscar, Griffith, and Romeo, stormed out in the middle of the banquet.

They decided that they would not be missed since they had shown their face this much anyway.

They headed for the Imperial Palace, where the VIPs stayed.

They were the only ones in the library’s VIP room because the banquet was still in full swing.

As soon as they entered Romeo’s room, Griffith locked the door and asked, “You’re saying it’s been tracked, right?”

“Yes, but this is….”

Romeo tilted his head.

“What?”

“…I don’t think they’re that far away?”

“…what?” Oscar tilted his head, wondering if he heard it wrong.

Kalix and Griffith also looked blank.

“If I’m right… No, I’m sure. Either the one who stole the fountain pen or the one who killed Leo is near.”

“…….”

“They are in the capital. Very close.”

The eyes of the three turned to Romeo.

Looking at them, Romeo smiled with one corner of his mouth up.

“Let’s go.”

***

Early dawn three days before D-Day, the last day of the banquet.

It was early, even for the merchants who opened the store early.

Under the dark blue sky, four men dressed in black robes stopped in front of a building.

It was in front of the inn where Lelia stayed.

“Is it here?”

“That’s right. First of all… I’m gonna have to wait and see. I’m sure one of the guys who’s been in and out of here all day.”

***

It was late morning.

Lelia dragged her way out of bed.

The first thing she did after washing up slowly like a lazy person was to turn on the “Alchemy Lottery” screen.

“Well, that’s a lot.”

Lelia checked the materials collected by the dragons last night.

Then, she hurriedly opened the production screen and pressed the production button with the materials she had collected.

“Finally, it’s close to completion! The relationship favorability.”

The current favorability rate of the rabbit population was 99.999%.

If she handed this item over, she would be able to reach completion.

Lelia pressed the complete button with a light heart.

[Master! Congratulations! All the residents’ favorability has reached its highest level! ✩Reward: offering a 20% discount on 100,000 crystals!(*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ]

She wondered why it didn’t show up before.

‘This punk system….’

The time limit for payment was two hours.

Lelia decided to pay up.

The more crystals, the better.

When she charged the crystals, the speech bubble popped up again.

[Congratulations, Master! Special favorability, hidden quests, and special recipes are now open! To celebrate (*•̀ᴗ•́*) as a commemoration, we offer a 20% discount on 50,000 crystals!]

“You…”

Lelia briefly put her neck behind her. But soon, she calmed down and bought crystals again.

When she returned to the main screen, she saw a new button for special favorability and special recipes.

She pressed it to see what it looked like, but there was only a large [?] floating on the gray screen.

“I don’t know anymore- I should just eat first since I’m hungry.”

Lelia wore a robe, took the money and left the room.

And headed to the brunch shop nearby she saw yesterday.

It was a great restaurant, although it took a long time to come up after passing through a narrow alley.

Lelia walked there, humming under her breath.

A couple of minutes later, past the alley corner.

Ring ring.

Suddenly, she heard a notification. Lelia looked around for a moment and pressed the jewel on the necklace to display the screen.

The screen showed a bright-faced alchemy tool. Soon after, a speech bubble appeared.

[Wait. What?]