Placing the tray on the dedicated empty area on the study table, Calius said ,"I can't seem to find Sir Atlus around here, he must be down the mine."
Shu XinYi reached out his hands for the letters to collect them back saying in a confident voice, "It's fine, I don't think there is any need for him here any longer, I alrea- ACK" Shu XinYi had eyes on Calius while speaking so he didn't notice when Valen had picked up a cup of tea and splashed it on the letters along with his hands that were trying to pick them up. With an intense burning pain shooting up from the bones on the back of his hand, Shu XinYi clutched his hands towards his body.
Calius instinctively reacted by covering Shu XinYi's hand with his own cold hands.
"Well, your little evidence sheet is gone now. Do you understand where you and I stand now, son?" Valen said in a mocking tone, as he took the second cup and slowly pored it over the letters that were still dry.