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As for what happened afterward, Shard no longer needed to be involved. His task was to have Steve Event, carrying the "Transmutation Ring," leave this place and be removed from the normal surveillance positions and from the densely populated mansion.
The departing maid would guide him to where he should be, and Miss Tifa Servet, the maid, would be waiting for him there.
Of course, they couldn't kill Event now, to avoid alarming the cultists. Miss Maid naturally had a way to replace the real ring with a fake one and to make Event temporarily forget what he had gone through. As for the exact method to be used, that was something for Miss Galina to worry about, not Shard.
The plan was executing smoothly. All Shard had to do was wait for the signal, then meet up with Miss Maid in the mansion courtyard, and he could leave aboveboard.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, he also began to worry about another grand adventure that awaited him shortly.
