During his outings over the past few days, Gauss had seen no shortage of dead adventurers' corpses; sometimes, entire squads or even large battalions had been wiped out. Out of humanitarian principles, he would do his best to bring their bodies back—provided they hadn't been eaten by monsters as rations. Even if they had never met before, he wished those ambitious and energetic Adventurers good luck.
Upon arriving at the upper floor, he met with Michelle and several other commissioners, whom he hadn't seen for a few days. Without much small talk, they quickly proceeded to the formal exchange process.
Michelle brought out a box containing a dark red metal bracelet. "Mr. Gauss, this is the Echo of Yesterday you exchanged for," she said. "The rest of the supplies are stored inside. You can put it on and inspect them yourself."
She gestured for Gauss to try it out first.
