>>6197979You leave the building and have the kid guide you to the inn where the alchemist is staying.
<span class="mu-r">”Hey Teach, what the commander said back there…”</span>
<span class="mu-i">”I’ll tell you once we’re in Jianchang’s mist, I know you already know… But I’d rather re-introduce myself, is that okay?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">”Okay.”</span>
The inn is bustling, and most tables are full of people with the exception of one in the very back. This table has a single woman, short light colored hair, very peculiar black clothes. She has bags under her eyes and her expression is easy to read unlike Lian’s.
You give a brief introduction and tell her you’re here for her work offer
“Ding Ai, you don’t look like the others… Can you really take me to Chang?”
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You slide her a piece of paper.
<span class="mu-i">”I can’t take you immediately because of a contract in Jianchang, but I can get you to Chang afterwards.
I have a way to deal with the mist, but you have to keep everything you see and hear in absolute secrecy.”</span>
“How can I trust you?”
This time you speak <span class="mu-i">”Can you afford to not take this chance?</span>
“...” The woman weighs her options…
“You better not be lying or I’ll poison all three of you.”
And agrees, you sign the contract just like with the commander and agree to meet outside the city tomorrow after you pick up the box.
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At night you prepare a stronger array using Core Formation talismans and show both kids the way to inscribe them. Then you make a few spare copies together to make sure they know the way. You’ll instruct them on the logic behind the array when there’s time.
You give clear instructions to both Rong and Lian before leaving for the commander’s residence in the morning, Rong will carry the box, and you will carry Lian. Each disciple will have three advanced arrays on them, and Rong will prioritize Lian should anything happen, both have plenty of recovery pills ready.
The box is retrieved, and the second client is met outside the city.
<span class="mu-i">“Miss Ding, are you ready to depart?”</span>
“Since before you said you could take me to Chang.”
You get her to sit on the mat, activate the artifact and then the new a few minutes away from the city.
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