AURUM listened attentively to Mr. Wicks' narration of events that lead to the current state of his shop. Just as she thought, it was all due to the Temple. After finding out that he's trying to distribute sPhones here in Shandra, the Temple spread the news that he was colluding with heretics and trying to get a blasphemous item inside the country. And because the poeple of Shandra was so under the thumb of the Temple, they would believe anything they said. Thus, the shop's current situation.
"Mr. Wicks, may I asked why you still continue to stay here despite everything that happened?" Aurum asked because if she was in his shoes she would just leave this awful place.
"There were only two promises I made to my father's deathbed. One is to take care of my mother. The other is to make sure that I could get this shop going even after he's gone. So leaving here and just abandoning everything is never an option," Mr. Wicks said, a sad smile on his lips.
