"…"
Unsurprisingly, after Valyr heard what he needed to give in exchange for his information being kept private, he began to look at the old man with his mouth agape.
After all, it wasn't really a response he wasn't expecting, especially from a man that age.
Briefly feeling both speechless and confused, the young man quickly convinced himself that he might have heard the old man's words wrongly, which eventually led him to ask the latter for further clarification.
"Er… I don't know if I heard you correctly, but I have to pay you 10 gold coins to keep my information private?"
"That's correct." Sadly for him, unlike what he convinced himself to believe, the old man did not hesitate to double down on his earlier words, beginning to look at the young man with a hint of annoyance.