"Anyway, welcome to the Libation Fiesta. Why don't I take you for a tour first? This is our operation base and where everyone is living right now. Of course, if you prefer to have your own house, Hana will be happy to help, right?" Clovis smiled at Hana.

"Of course. I will do everything for you." Hana smiled back. She was definitely bleeding money if she bought another house, but she was just too happy that she could finally sell Clovis's items.

There was no need to think about other unimportant matters.

Clovis knew what she was thinking but didn't bother to argue.

"Anyway, this way." Clovis waved his hand. "The first will be the living room. This is where we usually relax."

"It's pretty good. I often relax here from time to time." Hana pointed at the couch. "The one I like the most is this couch."

Angelia smiled wryly. "How do I say this? Your taste is quite unique."

There was nothing coherent in the living room. It was as if they were trying to paint an abstract image.

"I knew you would say that. That's why…" Hana smirked and pulled Angelia to the couch.

The moment her butt rested on the soft couch, she finally figured out what was going on. "Eh?"

Angelia widened her eyes in confusion. "What's going on?"

"My unique ability." Clovis shrugged. He didn't plan to hide the items from Angelia since she had joined the group, but it didn't mean he wanted to reveal everything right away.

So, he gave a brief explanation. "My affinity allows me to create an artifact. That couch is one of them."

"This…" Angelia was completely astounded. This was the first time she had witnessed such a unique ability.

Clovis took off his necklace and tossed it to Angelia. "Try wearing it."

Angelia was confused but still followed his instructions. It was thanks to this artifact that she finally understood what Clovis meant by artifacts. "My strength has increased?"

Clovis shrugged. "That's basically my unique ability. The reason we are able to fight opponents above our tier is my unique ability."

Clovis waved his hand, asking her to follow him. "Let's get you a room first, shall we? Or do you prefer to live in a separate space?"

"Just so you know, this guy is so stingy." Hana pouted.

"What do you mean by 'stingy'?" Clovis rolled his eyes.

"What? Other than my office chair, you don't even give me anything. You keep asking me to visit this place rather than living elsewhere."

"Can't I ask you to live together?" Clovis shrugged.

"Hmph." Hana was too embarrassed to reply to that question.

Angelia thought for a moment before saying, "I'm going to live here."

"Good choice. In that case, your room shall be…" Clovis led her to the room on the second floor. "…this one. The room to your right is Rin's room, and the one to your left is Luci's room."

"Shouldn't we go there?" Hana asked. "Your gallery."

"Aren't you too eager to get your hands on my paintings?" Clovis shook his head helplessly.

"I can turn them into billions, you know? Or even more. Do you have any rules about it?"

"Yeah. Each of them can get only one. Do you think it's possible?"

"That's not really how the auction works."

"I know. I'm just asking whether it's possible or not." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Hana thought for a moment. "If you plan to put on a show for me, then I guess it can work. I will tell you the details later. But why do you want to have this rule?"

"To avoid a monopoly. At this rate, Curea will sweep everything away. I'm not saying it's bad. I'm saying it will create dissatisfaction."

"Fair enough. I understand. I will arrange it in a way that you can do it your way. This is not an open auction, so it should be possible."

"Great. Thanks."

"I will tell you about the details later." Hana nodded.

Clovis pointed back with his thumb while saying to Angelia. "Let's continue the tour."

Angelia nodded. She was curious about everything that Clovis had hidden from the world.

The world knew Clovis was strong. He was much stronger than any of his peers. This was the first time she saw the true secret of the Libation Fiesta.

While walking down the hallway, Angelia asked, "Clo… Captain. If I put on the necklace, do you think I can be stronger than normal Tier 8 humans?"

"You don't think the necklace is the only thing I have, right?" Clovis smiled. "If you don't mind becoming less fashionable, I can even make you stronger than any Tier 8 human in the world. Maybe even more."

"Even more?!" Angelia's eyes lit up.

"Maybe something like… pseudo Tier 9?" Clovis smirked.

Angelia felt chills down her spine. It was only a possibility, but with the way Clovis worded it, there was indeed a chance for her to become a pseudo Tier 9 human.

It was only possible because of the necklace. If Clovis indeed had other things that allowed her to stack everything, her strength would far surpass a Tier 8 human.

It looked like joining this team was not wrong. She just had to handle all the hard tasks.

Angelia nodded with a serious expression. "I will definitely work hard."

Clovis smiled. "In any case, let's visit my gallery. After that, I will introduce you to the rest of the facility, from the training facility to Luci's laboratory."

"Understood."

It didn't take too long for them to reach the vault. Due to the importance of the painting, Hana had created a vault to store everything extremely important.

While opening the vault, Clovis spoke. "Welcome to my prized collection. I'm planning to auction five of them for all the allies that have helped me in the past couple of weeks. For now, you can see the full collection. I don't think I have to tell you that, but let me remind you. Don't tell anyone about this."

When Angelia entered the room and took a look at the paintings, she felt nothing special. She didn't know much about arts, so she couldn't appreciate them… until she found an art that suited her.

In that instant, Angelia entered a trance.

Clovis and Hana smiled, knowing what had just happened.