After a bout of busyness, he took away all the most valuable knowledge from these ruins, intending to go back and decipher them slowly.
Apart from the knowledge, he only took one souvenir, a tawny brooch he saw when he first entered the ruins. Its style was simple, and its design unremarkable, so Roland dismissed the idea of giving it to Lisa and casually pinned it to his chest.
After all, he'd made a trip to the ruins; it would be unlucky to leave empty-handed. He simply decided to take this seemingly ordinary, yet ancient brown jade brooch as a trophy.
As he walked out of the Earth Court, he happened to see the Rock Elder lying on the ground, bored and catching worms to pass the time.
He hadn't expected the old fellow to actually wait, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Rock Elder, I'm really sorry. I was busy inside for almost a week, making you wait so long."
Roland greeted the Rock Elder with a smile.
