The man across from me noticed me as well. I saw his eyes tighten momentarily before fixing on my face. I didn't avoid his gaze and stared back at him.

Eventually, he averted his eyes and said something to the person behind him.

As we passed each other, he deliberately glanced at me again, and the corner of his mouth inexplicably lifted.

That man was none other than Denton.

The group of people who were with him didn't seem to be from Old Bourdamun. All of them, including a foreigner who was