"You're willing to let me go?"
The man with glasses asked in surprise, and Shard thought for a moment:
"Hmm... did you bring your wallet?"
"Of course, who goes out without their wallet?"
"Take out half the money in your wallet and give it to me, as a thank you for saving you."
The other party obviously hadn't expected such a request, but if it really meant he could leave by just spending some money, he certainly wouldn't question it.
So the man who called himself "Claude Binns" took out his wallet while saying to Shard:
"You saved me, just some money is no problem, all for you.
We've heard that this cemetery has a secret, but it wasn't through very thorough investigation. You should know that for a grand noble family like the Wright Family, there are actually many descendants. A professor at the Literature Academy in Moon Bay City studied it and found that at least five percent of the current residents of Moon Bay have blood ties to the Seven Great Families."
