Watching the excited and agitated Wandering Grey Robes crowded around the bulletin board, Ronan suddenly recalled a sentence Old Wells had once said to him— "What comes next, that's when the real dying starts."
Ronan remained silent and suddenly worried whether Old Wells, who was short on money for the ship ticket, would also be tempted by the gleaming Magic Stones and rashly take on those high-risk, high-reward tasks.
After all, Big Mouth Jacob had once told him that Old Wells, having lost his daughter at a young age, had always cared for the equally orphaned Vinicia as if she were his own, and later, there was also Cheryl...
For the sake of his "daughter" and "granddaughter," it wasn't impossible for him to take reckless risks in his old age...
Ronan quickly went to probe Old Wells about it.