Chapter 243: Official Contact
It was afternoon.
The Mutual Aid Tavern was as noisy as ever, with the faint scent of barley beer drifting through the air.
"Hey, Brother, why do you look so listless?"
At a corner seat, Vera rested her chin on her hand and blinked in confusion as she studied Ansu, who looked quite haggard.
Ansu massaged the space between his eyebrows. "Maybe... I just didn't sleep well last night."
Sitting opposite him, Freya's pale gold eyes rested quietly on him. Having not seen him for an entire week, her gaze was filled with concern and longing.
"Lord Ansu must have been very busy and working hard lately to overcome the problem of magic pollution."
"Mhm, I was indeed very busy." Ansu silently recalled his secluded life in the mine these past few days.
Spending day and night immersed in the construction of the 【Ring of Pure Protection】 with Celia was essentially no different from being locked in a little black room...