Chapter 295: The Witch and The Ash-Covered Bride (5)
Logically thinking, it wasn’t such an impossible occurrence.
After all, the reason Dorothea’s party came to this Lumière territory in the first place was to follow the compass, detecting and seeking the response of the sacred treasure.
It wasn’t like they were aimlessly wandering the vast continent; they moved following the tails of animals that guided them in a straight line to the target, so it was natural that the probability of encountering a sacred treasure increased dramatically.
However—
Why now of all times? Why does she happen to have a sacred treasure?
The owner of the sacred treasure happened to be right in front of her, and even pleading for help, saying she would pay any price.
The timing was too good, and the development flowed too conveniently, making Dorothea feel tremendously uneasy.
One might say she should just enjoy the luck that came her way, but she had experienced too many spectacular events while collecting sacred treasures to enjoy this at her leisure.
She had destroyed a bandit group while scamming an auction, raided an ancient dungeon where a vampire was sealed, fought fiercely in a huge tournament, conducted a raid against the best alchemist of this era, and made deals while cooperating in a huge conspiracy that shook the entire empire.
After collecting eight sacred treasures one by one like that, to have an opportunity to obtain one so easily? Suspicion grew rapidly.
However, it would also be ridiculous to ignore the target that appeared before her eyes and go looking for something else just because it felt fishy.
“…What exactly do you want?”