Chapter 219: Keep Your Allies Close, But Your Enemies Closer (3)
Adus was a city in the western region that was closest to the border to the south. Its specialty was very high-quality apples, and there was a famous cafe there that sold all kinds of apple-based desserts. As always, the cafe bustled with people.
Most of the customers sitting at the many tables were women, or a group of men and women. Only one table had two men facing each other: Keter, and Hans, the general store owner from Gurude. This was the meeting arranged by the Imperial Special Task Force and the Syndicate.
Ivan, who suspected Keter of being a regressor, commanded countless avatars, many of them young and handsome. Yet he had deliberately sent Hans from Gurude to meet him.
If your expression changes even slightly when you see me, then you’re a regressor!
Ivan glared at Keter intensely.
“Slurp,” Keter drained his dried apple tea in one go. “Mmm. A gentle acidity, and fresh sweetness. As expected of Adus apples.”
Then, without hesitation, he reached out for the dried-apple tea in front of Hans and drank that as well.
“...?”
Hans was dumbfounded. Never mind that Keter showed no reaction at seeing him. Why was he drinking someone else’s tea?
“Keter El Sefira. We’ve met before, have we not?” Hans finally spoke, deciding glaring alone would not unsettle him.
Keter immediately replied, “Bring out your true self.”
“...?”