"Lady Swordmistress, these are—" Clyde hesitated. Just as he was about to explain, Annie interrupted him.
"Lady Swordmistress, did we say anything just now? What do you mean by raising our strength and equipment to gold-tier? Did you hear us wrongly?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Lady Swordmistress, you must have misheard us."
Clyde suddenly snapped back to his senses and followed Annie's words as he wiped his cold sweat.
Watson had dispatched Annie to follow them as they left the room. He had explicitly instructed them not to inform anyone about the equipment and strength boost, prompting them to borrow supplies from the Saint Antilles Cathedral. They came up with the pretext that Leon had a woman he liked and urgently required a huge sum of money to get married. Only then did the cathedral's bishop graciously offer his funds and instructed them to bring the woman in two days so he could see her.
