A few hours later, Jonathan Oakval had returned to meet with Lucas, but the latter still didn't give his a response he liked. In the end, Jonathan left, but not without giving Lucas a piece of information.
Lucas would be set free and sent back to his store. But in three days, the top factions would send their representatives to get a response from him. At the same time, he would be under surveillance by the BCPC's Central Prefecture district branch 24/7.
The Mertens family was the last faction to have met with Lucas as everyone else had already done so. They believed that prior to visiting Russell Mertens, Lucas had already notified his master, the vestige-smith, about the proposals of the other forces which was enough. Even if he had yet to do so, the investigations of the BCPC speculated that Lucas had a means to contact his master within the store.
After three days, the representatives of all interested parties would arrive in the store for an answer.