"I had no idea overtime included a battle round."
At that moment, when dozens of mages suddenly appeared from cracks in the ground in the distance, Ash and Harvey, who were working overtime, dove into the nearby forest and ran for their lives. Ash donned a twisted face mask to avoid reconnaissance, and Harvey's skin cracked rapidly like a corpse—making most conventional reconnaissance miracles ineffective for them.
"So you're saying, if we get caught, the contract is terminated just like Hanna said?"
"Yeah, the contract requires Belladett to protect us, and if we get caught, he can't fulfill that, so no ransom has to be paid."
"Damn." Harvey was a bit annoyed, "I should have spent all 950 shell points earlier…"
"If we can't gather the ransom in one day, we remain Yvalin's property that whole day, she'd be happy to have us work for free forever." Ash said, "Malicious redemption works like this, let's experience it now, to be prepared when we sever ties with Hanna next time."
