Initially, the younger ones had been reluctant to leave after figuring there were still things left to do.
Fortunately, the more experienced officials had long since learned that the easiest way to shoo them away was to give them yet another task.
In this case, that task involved bringing the confiscated incense burner over to the Elders for examination, together with Luca, who genuinely needed another checkup but stubbornly refused to separate from everyone else.
Sure enough, they eventually relented.
The members of DG had always taken their leader's safety seriously, especially because Luca's definition of being "fine" had never exactly aligned with everyone else's.
He had an absurdly high tolerance for just about everything.
Everything except spending money.
Asking Luca how he felt rarely painted an accurate picture because the very same condition he casually dismissed as "fine" would've sent almost anyone else straight into a coma.
