After some time and more convincing than I would like to admit, we finally agreed to attend the banquet, splitting up soon after to get ourselves ready.
The event was being held in Anciana's southern district, at an establishment known as DD's Wonders.
On the surface, it was a perfectly respectable place, dealing in all kinds of artifacts and potions but its real business was an underground casino.
The banquets were nothing more than bait, lavish events meant to lure in innocent lambs before slowly dragging them into the abyss of gambling addiction.
Naturally, none of us carried currency that held any real value here, so I doubted anyone would fall too deep.
…Well, except me.
I was the only one holding eight hundred Anciana credits, provided for accommodation and meals as part of the mission.
But since Alya had already taken care of all that for me, I was free to do whatever I wanted with the money.
