As soon as everyone stepped into the shop, someone rushed out from the inside, as if they had noticed their presence.
'Ah, guests at a time like this?'
Wearing a worn-out robe and a hood pulled down deep, their face was completely invisible.
The person who emerged from within was exactly who everyone had inwardly expected. The suspicious figure they had encountered several times before....
It was the [Suspicious Merchant].
After all, this person was likely the only one capable of setting up such a full-fledged shop inside the Labyrinth. It was a question whether they could even be called a person in the first place.
'I had the shop doors closed... where on earth did you get a key!'
'You dropped it, didn't you?'
'No wonder I thought one was missing....'
The merchant muttered that, then casually spread their arms toward Ian's group in a welcoming gesture.
'Well, welcome. Hehe... whatever the reason, you're guests visiting after a long time. Please, come this way.'
