The merchant stood up to read the booklet. He did it for quite a while Erwin had to remind him again of his obligation. 

"Papers, please, if I may?" 

"Ah! Certainly, Sir Erwin Est Euluin!" he fished a scroll from his inner pocket and let Erwine examine it himself. Then, an additional scroll, signed by Kindeance Harbormaster to ascertain the legality of his latest shipping was already in his hand. The shipping manifest was as follows: [i]Jewelry and antique goods, ceremonial and ornamental weaponry, and pieces of art. [/i]

"I assume everything is in order?" He asked, before whistling in amusement. "Est Eluin! So you must be the relative of His Highness eh? Long way from Rascade aintcha? On a very important mission, I assume? Something royal perhaps?" 

He grinned, and that wasn't his usual 'friendly and jovial' facade anymore. 
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Meanwhile, Solomon and Jazdia discussed about the energy that pulsed from that mysterious merchant earlier 

“How odd.” commented Solomon with Jazdia, “are Cedar’s sisters causing the man some distress? I’m sure you saw it, too. That wasn’t anything ordinary.”

"Yeah, it is anything but ordinary. And I say, they should have listened." She shrugged, and the doctor stared at her searchingly. 

The glow in her eyes was fading just recently when Jazdia answered. 

"That man can bind them in a spot and have them shackled with his power if he wanted to. Especially in that range, it is as wide as on his rug. The power was similar to yours, it had a shorter effective range, but the bindings were a bit stronger. I see that he has a few cages in his wagon. Wouldn't that make you wonder what are those for?"