Musa looked at his waist and smiled embarrassingly, "Hehe. Me too. Still, this is the first time to attempt something like this and I'm feeling guilty about it. I'm really scared we will accidentally get the sect involved."
Stephanie thought about it and said nonchalantly, "Nonsense! We just need to be careful about letting him know who we are. If he found out, we just have to kill him and that's the end of the story."
"Are you serious?" Musa smiled bitterly and thought it was a bad idea.
The look on Stephanie's face showed that she was quite shocked by Musa's reaction. "Musa, you're not you. Isn't this what you have been teaching us? Didn't you tell us it's normal for people like us to have blood on our hands? Didn't you tell us to be cruel? Didn't you tell us those are essential for our survival and avoid being killed by the others?"
Musa smiled bitterly. "That's necessary when we are in a secret realm. We shouldn't feel sorry for those monsters or people when we are on a treasure hunt. However, it's different here. This is the mundane world. We're not allowed to act recklessly or do anything we want here. It's the unwritten rules that have been going on for many years. Do you understand?"
That did not convince Stephanie. "I didn't say we must kill him. As long as we stay anonymous during the process of taking back the cauldron, I don't have to kill him. I just don't want him to talk badly and ruin our sect's reputation if he finds out where we are from."
Musa nodded. "I know what you mean. Anyway, just try not to kill him unless the situation is bad for us. He's a genius, after all."
"What? Is he really bidding again? Let's see what's he bidding this time."
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