Nick looked down at the letter in front of him. Since its clean front surface was tightly sealed with melted wax, he couldn’t see who it was from. However, Nick knew who sent it right away.

‘Those guys must have sent it.’ They must have been the robed figures he had once believed to be his collaborators—those bastards who disappeared saying that they wouldn’t contact him anymore unless it was necessary. On the other hand, they had been scheming all kinds of evil plans behind his back. Nick was sure that it was definitely from them, and he picked up the letter. His hand trembled as he roughly pulled off the seal and ripped the letter open.

‘As I thought!’ The letter simply said they had something to tell him and contained the location of their meeting place. On the edge of the letter, there was a small marking Nick had agreed upon to communicate with the robed figures. 

‘They are deciding to put this damn symbol now?’ Even though the marking had symbolized their collaboration, it looked deceptive and cheap now, and without any hesitation, Nick ripped the marking apart.

‘Anyway, the reason why this letter came to me is probably because Ellie managed to escape.” Perhaps,...