BY NOON, Argent met up with Aurum, Clay, and Black at the inn's restaurant. They chose an inconspicuous corner to have lunch so the people around wouldn't easily hear whatever they had to discuss.
"So how was your talk with Mr. Wicks?" Argent asked once all the food they ordered were delivered.
"It went well. He's kind of pitiful though. His shop was in shambles. The Temple told the people here that Mr. Wicks was a heretic and was trying to bring in a blasphemous item inside the country. Of course, those brainwashed citizens believed them. They went and harrassed Mr. Wicks," Aurum answered while slicing the steak she ordered. Her face was now back to the plain one she had been using.
Argent was not surprised hearing that, it was already in her expectation. "What's your opinion of him?"
