The room fell into silence for a moment.
This silence lasted for a full ten seconds before Agatha heard Bishop Ivan's deep and hoarse voice coming from beneath the bandages, "Ah oh—"
"...Your reaction is somewhat unexpected."
"Because your intelligence is too unexpected," Bishop Ivan seemed to finally have recovered his senses. He adjusted his sitting position, his tone becoming exceptionally serious, "You're saying the Boiling Gold vein of the Frost City-State ran dry decades ago? Is that the truth you discovered down there?"
"Yes, there is a door at the deepest part of the second aqueduct, possibly sealed by the first generation of the city hall. Behind the door is a mine shaft that has long been exhausted—judging by its location, it should be in the rich deposit area at the bottom of the mine, which theoretically would be the last area to be mined..."
