As she spoke, Dorothy turned her attention to another direction of Kankerdal.
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In the foreign residential area of Kankedal, on a busy street, Nephnis, wearing a long robe, a headscarf and a face scarf, was standing at the side of an intersection. In front of her were people coming and going and horse-drawn carriages driving on the road. On the opposite side of the road, facing the direction that Nephnis was facing, was a pawn shop with a large storefront.
"According to the address...it should be here..."
Nephnis murmured as she looked at the door of the pawn shop. Then she carefully crossed the road and came to the other side of the street. After looking around for a while, she stepped onto the stairs and seemed to be in the pawn shop.
In the pawn shop, Nephnis glanced around at the luxurious decorations, then looked at the several counters in the hall. After observing carefully, she went straight to one of the unused counters, and soon she arrived in front of the counter.
"Welcome. Do you want to pawn something?" Seeing Nefernis coming over, the teller behind the counter greeted her politely, and Nefernis nodded and asked the teller, "Yes."
"I want to ask, do you accept Stone Core Coins?"
"Stone Core Coin..."
Listening to Nefernis's words, a strange light appeared in the teller's expression. After looking Nefernis up and down, he spoke again.
"Ma'am, we do accept stone core coins here, but I don't accept them here. You need to go to a counter for appraisal. If you really want to be a stone core coin, I can take you there."
"Thank you so much."
Nephonice responded to the teller, and then the teller came out from behind the counter and walked to the side of the hall. Seeing this, Nephonice followed closely. After the teller reached the edge of the hall, he opened a small door and walked in. Nephonice immediately followed in.
Behind the door was a long and narrow corridor. Nephthys walked along the corridor and Nephthys followed her. After turning a few corners and passing a few intersections, an iron door appeared at the end of the corridor. When the teller arrived in front of the iron door, he turned to Nephthys and said, "Yes."
"Okay, we're here now. You can complete all the transactions you need here."
"Thank you." Nephthys responded to the teller, and then after watching him walk away for a distance, Nephthys turned around and faced the iron door, stretched out her hand to open it, and walked in decisively.
Behind the iron door was a relatively small stone room, surrounded by airtight stone walls. Several gas lamps were hung on the stone walls to provide a faint light for the room. There was a small window on the stone wall in front, covered with an iron sheet with several holes on it to connect the room to the space behind it. There was also a chair in front of the window.
The scene in front of her was not unfamiliar to Nephnis. As early as last year, she had seen a similar room in Tivian. Yes, this was the secret trading room inside the White Stonemasons Guild's base, a place used to trade various secret things. This pawnshop was exactly the White Stonemasons Guild's base in Kankedal.
After casually taking a look at the scene inside the stone chamber, Nephnis sat down on the chair in front of the window. Then she looked at the window sealed with iron sheets in front of her and spoke.
"I want to confirm the funds in my account and withdraw some of them."
"certificate."
A low voice was heard from the window. After hearing it, Nephnis searched inside her robe and found a golden ring. She handed it towards the window. A hole was opened in the iron sheet at the window, and the ring was taken from her.
After that, Nephnis sat in the chair and waited slowly. After waiting for about two minutes, an unexpected voice came from behind the window.
"This is... the certificate of Baruch's first-in-line successor, the Crown Prince of Mazar?"
"Yes." Facing the doubt coming from inside the window, Nephnis nodded in response, and another voice immediately came from behind the window.
"As far as we know, Prince Mazar was assassinated a few days ago. Who are you to him?"
"Well... asking for customer information is not the way for your craftsmen's union to do it." After listening to the words behind the window, Nephnis continued to speak, and the window continued to respond.
“We have no intention of inquiring about our clients’ information, but we also want to ensure that our clients’ assets are properly kept. Miss, if you want to take something that belongs to Prince Mazar, you must prove that Prince Mazar agreed to hand over the assets to you for use.
"Otherwise, you must prove that you are closely related to Prince Mazar, or that you are his wife directly. However, as far as I know, Prince Mazar is not married."
The voice from the window sounded again. Hearing this, Nephnis took a deep breath, then took out a folder from her robe, which contained a stack of documents.
"Here is the will signed by Prince Mazar himself. It clearly states that if he dies, all his property will be left to me. It has Mazar's handwriting, soul seal, blood seal, and King Baruch's special seal. You can take a look at it for yourself."
As she spoke, Nephnis handed over the folder in her hand. After a slight hesitation, the window clerk stretched out a hand and took the folder.
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