Just by looking at Belius he understood Ikky's intention. Without having to give many explanations to the other players, they took the dwarves to one of the most remote tables in the Tavern. Belius did not think twice and left the shield on the table, to the surprise of all the dwarves.
"This belongs to your race; we have no intention of keeping it; we just thought it would take us a lot longer to get to know your race and that it would be by visiting your city and not the other way around... Sorry for keeping it from you, but understand that it was only a few days ago that we met, and we were soon already engaged in that raid against Zinder City..." The showy attitude that the short companions had had since the confrontation with the advisor relaxed...