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When he came out of the inn, with a face-altering treasure-mask now worn on his face since he didn't want to instantly attract attention towards himself, he began to walk leisurely walk down the street. And as he did so, he put his ears out for any discussion on a topic that he was greatly concerned about in his heart.

However, nothing they said was able to catch his interest.

He however kept listening, as he was sure that something odd or strange might be going on in the city, then that some set or group of people might gather at some place in the street to discuss about it with perplexity in their voices.

After walking for nearly twenty minutes, he passed by a large shop in the street that sold vases. Then seated on a wooden bench before the shop were an old man and a young boy who seemed to be probably his son. At the moment, they were discussing about something that suddenly piqued Alex's interest.