After Kevin took the letter, he merely glanced at the signature on it and threw it into his bag without opening it. Instead, he broke out in sweat hearing what had happened, and in his heart, he cursed the lanky man [Note: in the raw text it was written as "fatty", but after revising, the author was talking about the lanky middle-aged man who had approached Lin Li for a favor in the previous chapter] over and over. Reward handsomely after it's done? Mage Kevin's assistant? Kudos to him for coming up with that. Letting this kind of demon become my assistant…
The two talked for a little while and were about to enter the banquet hall when they were recognized by the eagle-eyed Castellan.
"Good evening, Mage Kevin!" The smile on Isaac's face was cordial. After greeting Kevin, he was slightly befuddled. "Why didn't President Gerian come?"