'Ah, Alice... I hope my intuition doesn't fail me, and Ern, though cunning, is a good man.' Wain thought and followed them.
Wain would have taken Alice to Last Light in any other situation, but she was Ern's property, and it wasn't worth ruining the relationship with him.
"Ern, what do you think the second challenge will be?"
"I don't know. I don't intend to take it anyway." Ern shrugged.
"What?"
"Since one of the items I created will be for sale in the second phase, I have certain privileges."
"It looks like your privileges have no limit."
"Hahaha, they're not. Artur is just very kind, without him, I'd be in big trouble."
"Why did you decide to skip this challenge? You could have turned it down last time, too."
"Reason is walking beside me now." Ern looked at Alice, "I can't and won't leave her unattended."
