After a while, the girl came out of invisibility next to Kyon.
«Did you invite him here?» – She asked him directly. This question had been bothering her all the time.
«I've never heard a sillier thing!»
«Well… I don't know you at all! What if you decided to cash in at my expense… You've been doing it for a while, anyway. What if it's your revenge for the stolen ring or the imprisonment.» – She looked at him, confused, looking for an answer in his eyes, all in vain. She wished she could read him like an open book…
«Do you think that I would risk my precious life because of miserable half a million spheres, that I would break my oath?! Do I look like someone with no money?»
«…»
«Gods! You can't have such a low opinion of me. I can alone, without the help of my family, make more money than you and all your guild altogether! Believe me, it has nothing to do with my invaluable service. You are my only customer. It doesn't count.»