Equals

Among the three Sub quests of the necromancer, the easiest for him to do would be getting the documents. He knows that Claire has this in her person at the moment. This is also why Asther has a guarantee that he’d be able to finish the quest without any problems.

Normally, Claire is a person that Asther wouldn’t want to mess with. The woman has a high level of intellect. She is also very cunning and, has a lot of things about herself that she intentionally kept as a secret from Asther.

The necromancer knows that the saintess of the goddess of light has a lot of cards kept hidden under her sleeves. But it didn’t matter to Asther. At that moment Claire is drunk. She has been affected by whatever toxin it is that Rune has mixed with the drinks. As such, she isn’t like her usual self.

She wouldn’t be able to respond to Asther properly. Adding to the fact that Asther is already a professional at the craft of thievery, this would be a breeze to him. And so, he didn’t waste any time to star