“Do you know him?” Vince asked when he noticed Theo’s reaction.

Theo nodded. He was not about to forget someone who had actually helped him in this city. Their stalker was the black market trader he had visited in order to fill up his insufficient magic power.

“Canis?”

“... Thanks for remembering me,” Canis replied with a resigned expression.

He had been one step too late in withdrawing, and now he had been trussed up like a chicken for market.

Vince recognized the name too. “Is this perhaps the black market trader that you dealt with?”

“Yes, it certainly is.”

Theo and Vince had once talked about Canis. VInce had been of the opinion that he was not to be trusted, even though Theo had asked for a Geass-verified oath. Theo had followed his advice and never gone back to the black market trader’s shop. Vince had been able to provide artifacts for him, so there was no reason to take the ris...