"Eh? Is there really such a thing?" Elorie was greatly surprised.

"Of course, this shop has everything you want!" Lin Qing bragged, since it wasn’t her who had to make it happen anyway. The most important thing now was to keep the customer’s heart, "When does that Fusion Festival you mentioned begin?"

"It varies every year; the Governor says the festival celebration will start when the number of people hoping to fuse reaches a certain requirement. This time, because of the appearance of angels, the Fusion Festival is set for five days later..."

"As long as it’s not tomorrow, that’s fine." Lin Qing said cheerfully, "Are you ready for the trade?"

The young girl paused for just a second before nodding vigorously, "Yes!"

"Excellent." Lin Qing extended her finger, pressing it against her forehead and pretending to concentrate with her eyes closed, simultaneously emitting a low, meaningless hum—there was a moment she felt embarrassed by this charlatan-style performance, but she was determined for the sake of finding Chen Xuan. "Phew... the conclusion has arrived."

"How much money do you need?" Elorie clasped her hands together, "Or... do I need to offer something else?"

"You’ve guessed exactly right." Lin Qing wiped the sweat off her forehead, which enhanced the authenticity, "There are two prerequisites for completing the trade: First, you have to bring those two Wanderers here before fusing with Primordial Life. Second, you must offer at least one ability in exchange for what you need."

She couldn’t initiate the trade, so she made "find Chen Xuan" a prerequisite.

"What do those two have to do with this?"

Elorie showed a trace of doubt on her face.

She felt the shop’s trading method wasn’t quite what she imagined.

"It has an enormous connection, but I can’t tell you in advance." Lin Qing knew she couldn’t explain too much, nor could she show any initiative, otherwise it would only make the other party feel even more uneasy, "If you don’t trust me, you can leave now."

If she really wanted to get up and leave, Elorie couldn’t bring herself to do it.

After all, the shop had just demonstrated its formidable capabilities.

Now that she knew a solution was possible, she was unwilling to easily give up.

"... I just need to bring them here? Can I go find them?"

"Of course you can, but you need to remember, when I say ’coming here,’ I don’t mean the current palace." Lin Qing patted the sofa, "After you find them, use the strong desire to see me and this shop as your emotion to wander around, and a new shop entrance will appear."

Lin Qing also considered directly closing the shop, hiding with Elorie in her bedroom, then finding an opportunity to sneak out, and meet Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue personally. But upon further thought, she realized it was not a good choice; Chen Xuan couldn’t return to the shop, likely due to a problem with the scanner gun. Even if the three met, it wouldn’t guarantee they could reverse the situation.

Additionally, if she closed the shop, no matter how much the customer wanted to find it, the shop door wouldn’t appear, which meant putting all hope on fixing the scanner gun.

Therefore, the best method was to let the customer search for them while she stayed here, continuing to keep the shop operational.

"Find them, then summon the shop?" Elorie murmured.

"You understand correctly." Lin Qing gave her a thumbs up.

"What if they don’t want to come?"

"You don’t have to worry about that; as long as you mention the shop, they will surely be happy to cooperate with your request."

Although the young girl still had doubts in her heart, like the other party said, doing this didn’t really have any downside.

"I understand..." Elorie nodded in response.

Then, Lin Qing sent her out of the shop.

When she reached the corner, the angel looked back and found that the shop had already disappeared, replaced by an ordinary door.

If it weren’t for the lingering coffee aroma at the corner of her mouth, she’d think it was all a dream.

Indeed, it was a mysterious shop that was hard to fathom.

...

The next day, Elorie asked someone to find the Governor, expressing her desire to go out for a trip.

However, Nymph said it wasn’t the right time to go out now.

"I’ve already arranged for the news regarding the angels’ return to be released. It will be advertised alongside the new issue of the Fusion Festival starting from last night. Everyone in Paris City knows your situation now; it’s not safe for you to go out."

"Why?" Elorie didn’t understand how this was related to safety.

"Child, if you stay here long enough, you’ll understand that ten million people can’t be unified." Nymph said helplessly, "Many people don’t want to continue living underground and want to reclaim their rights to live on the surface. These people are supporters of the Star Destruction Plan and will naturally oppose the ideas of the Great Wall Plan’s new Angel Alliance."

"But can’t you stay on the surface for long?"

"Indeed, as long as the clusters are still there, even those fused with Primordial Life can’t be exposed on the surface for too long. But if the clusters can be completely cleared, maybe we’ll have a clean living area."

"Do humans have the ability to do that?" Elorie asked curiously.

She thought the enemy’s attack methods were unstoppable.

The Governor patiently explained, "This discovery has been around for almost ten years. If we turn the Primordial Life into a weapon to attack the clusters the enemy carries, when these two substances mix, they will produce a phenomenon of dissolution, close to a ratio of one to ten. The reason we haven’t told you before is because it’s irrelevant—the Primordial Life is too important for New Paris City, and we can’t risk losing it, even with a one-for-ten ratio, the risk is too high."

Elorie immediately guessed what the other party meant by risk. The share of flesh is limited; even if they can eliminate this batch of enemies and dissolve the clusters completely, there are still a large number of clusters waiting for them on the Moon. If the Star Destruction missile fails even once, the loss would be unacceptable.

However, she also understood the opponents.

Some humans would rather face the sun and hope to die gloriously, instead of living underground forever.

"Will they attack me?"

"You are the only angel in the Angel Alliance, if you pass the fusion test, the alliance’s reputation will surely sit at the top once more." Nymph looked at the young girl with emotion, "I don’t want to speculate maliciously about the opponents, but at this time, I hope you don’t encounter any danger."

"... I understand." Elorie gave up the idea of going out.

"That’s good."

But before Nymph could smile, Elorie said again, "It shouldn’t be a problem to invite friends to come to the Louvre Palace, right?"

"Friends?"

"Yes, it’s the two people who explored the old city with me."

"This..." Nymph hesitated, "Are they also from a hundred years ago? They don’t seem like local Europeans."

"In those days, people from many countries lived in Paris." Elorie said, "Besides, during the process of defeating the Demons, they played a crucial role."

"I can tell that their abilities are very strong, even better than most Half-Angels... But I feel like you’re not that familiar with them, more like people you just met not long ago."

Uh... she was hit.

Elorie suddenly remembered that they’ve always been monitoring the surface’s old city, meaning, from the moment the three fell into the park, New Paris City had probably taken notice.

"Indeed, you’re right. But they saved my life and ensured my safe escape at Triumph Square; that’s already a life-and-death bond, naturally worthy of being called friends!" Elorie decided to insist, "If you don’t invite them to the Louvre Palace, then I won’t attend the Fusion Festival either!"

"Hahaha..." The older woman suddenly laughed, "Alright, alright, I understand. Since these people are so important to you, they must be trustworthy. I’ll ask Mr. Raphael to send them an invitation, set for tomorrow, okay?"

"Can’t it be today?" Elorie said a bit disappointedly.

"Sorry, today’s schedule is fully booked for you." Nymph smiled and shook her head.

"Me? Do I have to do something?"

"Festival process, fusion preparatory training, psychological counseling, and..." Nymph crouched down to fix her crooked collar, "...etiquette training. You have a lot to learn, as the new leader of the Angel Alliance."