It was then.

Woong!

With a short ringing sound, a faint barrier was cast around the room.

It was similar to the one Seol Jihu saw at the temple.

“How can I not come when the Hero of Paradise is calling me?”

A voice was heard from the room where only Seol Jihu was standing.

“I wasn’t sure what to think when I first got the message from Delphine. That Valhalla’s representative will call soon and that I should pick up the call in an isolated place.”

The voice sounded a bit brusque.

Soon, a young man slowly appeared from the table in the center of the room.

An indigo Magician’s robe, a thick book resembling a dictionary in his left hand, and a pair of emotionless pupils behind gold-rimmed glasses…

“And when you asked me to come to Valhalla in secret, I instantly thought, ‘Ah, this man is about to start something.’”

Philip Muller appeared out of thin air and spoke as he quietly flipped through a page.

Seol Jihu smiled.

If the Star of Avarice was visiting officially, Kim Hannah would have told him about it in advance.

However, he had heard nothing of the sort from her.

Because she didn’t know Philip Muller would be visiting.

“I knew you would be able to get in here without being found out.”

“I almost got caught, actually.”

Philip Muller spoke without taking his eyes off his book.

“Eh? You almost got caught?”

Seol Jihu’s eyes widened.

“Since I’ve been here once before, it wasn’t difficult to set the coordinates correctly. But when I tried to teleport, mana flooded in from this building, trying to hinder my spell… I would have been found out if I was even a few seconds late.”

“From the building…? That means…”

“Eun Yuri, was it? It should be her, one of the Magician Trio who’s been hanging...