"May I know what's the name of the venerable master?" William hurried his steps to follow this old man. And the first thing he tried to know was his name.
"I heard your master wanted her name to remain hidden, so as I," and unlike what William expected, that old man seemed to know more about his little lie.
"Well… My master got her reasons for doing so…"
"I also have mine!"
"Which are?"
"None of a kid like yours' business."
William's eyes twitched when he heard that. He felt more like walking in the company of someone who saw him naked, knew all about himself, while he knew nothing about this old man.
And he hated such a feeling.
"I know that all dark gold spirit masters like venerable master here are busy…"
"No, I have nothing to do but to guide you."
"..."
William tried many times to prey on this old man's secrets, yet he always evaded answering him either by directly refusing or pointing towards anything around and spoke about it.