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A Time Bomb at the Border and Worries of the Adventurers Guild Receptionist – Part 02

“Ah, Nolan. Fancy meeting you here.”

“Oh, folks from the institute. What a coincidence.”

They sounded like acquaintances.

I’m glad I got to catch a glimpse of him, Hikaru thought as he turned to leave the store.

“I won’t be needing that long-distance magic communication device anymore. A guild staff member from Pond will be heading to the Vireocean border, not me.”

Pond? Hikaru stopped in his tracks. Did he just say Pond?

“Ah, I see. Is Pond a town close to the border?”

“No. It’s a satellite town of the royal capital.”

“A satellite town?”

The two researchers exchanged glances.

“It’s located about half a day’s trip from the city,” Ivy said.

She frowned as she recalled that the headquarters of Ballast family, the debt collectors responsible for her family’s decline, was in Pond.

“That’s correct. The capital’s guild is extremely busy collecting information about the dungeons. Therefore, we will be borrowing personnel from the satellite town. That reminds me,