Second encounter

Ikky took precautions as always before entering, even meditating a little to recover the mana, then with some caution he turned the knob.

However, the boy did not expect that in the room on the other side of a small room with a table and a desk, sat "the merchant of dreams", looking at him impatiently as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"I thought you wouldn't come... you really do things differently, kid."

Ikky did not know whether to interpret the comment as a reproach or a compliment, he was still surprised by the presence of that guy in the middle of a test in the sanctuary. Ikky asked with all his intention, he was no longer the same rookie as when he finished the test in the cave.

"But what the hell are you doing here?"

"I told you, kid, that we'd see each other in the next phase..."