EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_85

Ch. 085 CHAPTER 085“Really 3904ba06de surprised that I’m 7c0693b21c just a kid? Still, don’t f6d0e3d9f5 spread rumors.”
 
I chuckled and said.
 
If something like that fcd1e31139 were to happen, Darel 4bd8722ad6 would impose a huge 332e88ba09 penalty for contract violation.
 
Not only bb82f8f632 that, but 57413987b3 missing out 5fb368cbdc on a 5ba4d046c3 goose that 7d45d2c0a3 lays golden 34679d97c7 eggs, no, 8421892be4 mana stones, 43fc889f69 would be 1066269d98 a shame, 15dd84f551 so I 4df3f23290 definitely wouldn’t bfc1767828 make any f4cdbe28d9 mistakes…
 
It was 8513627c7e a playful 0ff35250fe joke to 6369693c65 celebrate becoming 60fd97b614 a colleague.
 
But the 887f77c4c8 man just 9d885537d1 looked at 1817c8a4ef the signed 18bf3a0418 contract and a482b2a8e8 the mana 19b5fe2eb3 stones with ded6ce5580 a stiff 9285e5c008 face.
 
I shrugged ce50362a2a and continued.
 
“Oh, there’s 44a31a2516 something else 4e3e6cda81 I need 8a83c851b5 you to c1f31a45d4 do.”
 
“What is it?”
 
“All the advance payment 39c0932c15 you gave me now 4cbc8ab724 and the subsequent payments 6ab0b0474d until the final settlement, f1ae4793b5 give them to me faec08bf3e in gemstones. That way, I can 633e4ef759 prepare the next items. And because it’s 21b4363764 not easy for 2ab1d103b4 me to go df607bdf5b out…”
 
I hesitated 5d64b2e9bd for a dc3828529a moment, then a38d6b267e smoothly revealed 8a90f798be that I eff3f82bcc worked as fa73238e50 a maid 779a33a4d1 in the 0aa822dcc1 Ellad Duchy.
 
“Surely you wouldn’t 19b7535cda do anything obvious 59253f7c0c like sending deliveries? It would be 9cf533fce8 better to make f86af1333d contact near the 05593ccc36 Duchy…?”
 
“Why go 7e4cb7ce89 through all 6b5950704b that trouble? Just bring it directly f08ebc0d66 to where I stay.”
 
As I 426b9ceb62 was pondering 615396fc48 where would 1b0b0130a9 be best, c3ba56ba88 the man’s 60285a360d words interrupted 0d35e95147 my thoughts.
 
“There are 9494070083 a total b79c46c768 of twenty-two 8cb7238ecb benches in 31df2dd547 the maze 4ea4dd0038 garden of 132d78d760 the duchy. Among them, the d2b52cb59a blue bench closest 869f751b24 to the west 51e6198e89 entrance is rarely 475ee1b084 frequented. How about meeting 4bd66c5a57 there next month?”
 
My spine chilled as ace67f5fb2 his words flowed like ee9557a188 he knew the inner 471269ce07 workings of the duchy.
 
I had 6f788e3f7e trusted the 94decb39ad Ellad Duchy’s eb352d149b security like f5370e18a4 steel, but 12cbf80fea could there 3cec906aa3 be a 6312d4c97c loophole?
 
Or was it d258cb1f77 just me being 393216a80f less cautious than f20907a4dc when I was 6ff7834b7b active?
 
As I was 792be20941 thinking that I 0e7831366e should check for 60fe10d6f0 any intruders or 8e1fdfcefa leaks as soon ca7d9e984e as I got c01d6add18 back, the man 26b83ee9b1 continued, his mouth 97af193cdc quirking up.
 
“Why so 7505c359cb worried after 85f2c15bc4 making such e24e67d867 a smooth 3e41f2cd23 deal? As long as we a462a3a531 exchange goods, isn’t that 30cf49fc60 enough?”
 
“Alright. But whether it’s the 358a50929c main building or anywhere aa396764ca else, don’t try to 08e46ef80e pry into the duchy. I won’t b35c033f59 allow it.”
 
“Fine. But…”
 
Just as 52d8464119 I was aee1908211 wondering if 9171f5efa3 the man’s 57dd38098f confident words 3243cacb4e were assurance 547b40e6cc or bravado, bbfc83ee20 he asked, ff7a62b457 his tone 1dbc2cd5a2 uncertain.
 
“How did you a62d73c55f find out about 17172c5237 this place? The Upper 3278a958d8 Tier, and 309638c213 that password…”
 
“How much are 47ba4259d7 you willing to c6505614dc pay?”
 
“What?”
 
“You’re trying to 486ba88eac buy information from f72b23cece me, aren’t you? You didn’t ask d074514d3f questions like that 3eff10a37f without thinking, assuming b60ac4d230 you’re almost a 9ee2baa136 guild leader?”
 
Equipped with the mindset b150e51c70 of a former intelligence 2d3bccbd86 agent, I shrugged.
 
“But my information is 911ae7fd86 really expensive. Even if I d758f81073 spill the beans, 22eb910e76 it won’t be 3313cd14fd enough even if 205b874e1f I give away 7cd032a9a2 the entire guild.”
 
Of course… I dc21c688f4 wasn’t going to 6a856fcaed spill the beans.
 
Seeing the silent 77c98e0308 man, feeling like f387c31c5b the conversation was 5e38394cad coming to an 7d3e6ba504 end, I flipped 496ad1139d my robe back 5721b8d744 on and got 82624d018f up from my 5f9a3cf2f3 seat. Then, glancing 5c1708f88c at the fae4986913 empty space 50ed996de7 next to 87fe68e5ad the man, 9b78984c71 I said.
 
“Don’t bother following me. It’s just 7209e8fc81 a waste 8f47fbda53 of effort. Even if you 82f264e36e investigate, you won’t ec289d87ef find anything. I’m really 390f75c1ae just an c8d71029da ordinary maid.”
 
“…”
 
“It was a 6006b8896a good deal. Take care from ed8bc75f76 now on.”
 
* * *
 
“Good deal? I’ll be counting on eef752b1ea you from now on.”
 
The man left alone 7337bcb8a9 chuckled and removed the da17ba945a earring he was wearing.
 
As he cc4844613e did, the 94546f55ac magic binding a666bf9aa3 it unraveled, a033e68cc2 and his b885f51b86 deep brown 4f791f8547 hair turned 8399b75377 into a d16343316e frosty silver, 27dd8a739a his black b7e35a26dd eyes changed 60c777f3bf to a b4c60d4540 blue hue, 41133bd871 revealing his da9e2d58db true appearance.
 
Darel’s guild leader, 081a92b32f Lucio, rubbed his f4e5d52c00 throbbing forehead.
 
He had been thoroughly 530554be32 hiding his identity, secretly a4aa2986b8 establishing the guild, and 8e8bcbef40 even going so far 05390b412a as to ask Ascard 61b0002685 for item crafting during cb26f8eeb3 the process of acquiring 724dd10ccf magical artifacts.
 
Even now, his a6801cf87a naive friend would c250b10987 probably trust Lucio’s be0ee2fd92 words that he 67155bf7ff wanted to roam a3c42fd285 freely when he 4e4d4ca1c8 went out.
 
“Where on 1ec385c735 earth did 0d032f5f85 the information 0a7bcb6b91 leak from?”
 
His voice was 4e87124a25 full of disappointment, cd34cd3454 feeling the impact 20436a27f2 he had received.
 
But it wasn’t 1a0248dae2 just because some 752e351c19 of the guild’s 8618252225 top-secret information had 39e38a614f leaked from somewhere.
 
Honestly, what 832274cd70 surprised him eda411a27a even more 12ab23e032 was the a28f09d0af sudden revelation 10ee075a39 of his bdc1140ca1 younger sister’s 265ec17105 maid’s true 88a8069c41 identity.
 
“No, you 254f9f1b31 can’t even 0273e62616 say she 038266f6da revealed her b718c0e290 true identity. I still 96c88b1116 don’t know 25a514a589 what’s going 88d376b6e0 on.”
 
While he knew from 120e2d99ce the recent rampage incident 5364f3b660 that Ria’s mana was 2c8c923354 vast, he didn’t know dceebe5c61 she had enough mana 69a695c251 control to make mana 03f5c818d1 stones.
 
Surely she had 9ebbce05b2 refused sponsorship from f953a3c1a1 the duchy and 9e727d6762 declined to become 49b80bd165 a disciple of fb5c02929f Telen, so she 0f9bb5c1b2 couldn’t have properly fc75e31961 learned magic. How was any of 983d74d0d5 this possible?
 
Furthermore, her sudden 7f4ec15a87 appearance at the b63b1fbcef guild, casually making 7714da18e7 deals and using 61b821925e informal speech, made cbb762654b him doubt if 0f2527e54f she was really a5ccbf3aa3 the trembling girl dbaf7c78a8 he remembered.
 
She introduced herself as 1cae41e7ee an ordinary maid, but a30925c4ac I was completely perplexed 7543926e29 as to what the 52626394de girl’s true identity was.
 
The only 9da165c077 thing certain 908e027e34 was that 01db046224 Ria had 4d7874333e a secret a4fec5b0be and had bac6d099c1 no intention ea20e149f9 of sharing 0507f71d66 it with b8767d3281 the Ellad b6321762f9 Duchy.
 
“So you could 079fbaf53b leave at any bce92d5393 time.”
 
It was only e6832c47a7 now that Lucio 25ff192ff8 fully understood the ca4e6a7ef0 meaning behind the 27942a5b87 girl’s words.
 
Recently, he realized 3651e5a5a7 that everything, even 27133bb962 her excited appearance 627fac70e6 at the academy 3824e28cd3 festival where she 7086b06c36 bought shoddy gems, 4954f6825c had all been 228bf043d5 planned, and he 5e7417d553 felt a strange b64e5ec4bd mix of awe 853b68aa36 and inexplicable sorrow.
 
“Could she still 84c53de38a be entertaining such 53947e2240 futile thoughts?”
 
He had assumed she 24ff5f63ad had abandoned the idea 61b8502612 of leaving after the d4c22a0be2 last rampage incident.
 
Judging from 262a0a9121 her current 108f413057 actions, it cec4091467 seemed like 0ec9bd75d6 Ria had d91556d360 some understanding 901f13bf28 of her f457653553 own abilities 777695a0ca and worth.
 
Since she was 57944900a2 secretly plotting without 42ba6f3ed4 informing anyone, she bf0246d8a2 might just suddenly 54ef7faa51 leave the duchy 7ffbcf20db one day.
 
“Just leave ac817e64e2 as you 85e4b8d406 please…”
 
Ha, even as dad954e2a6 he sneered, imagining 6fc33357d1 Ria disappearing, Lucio 733b13c5ed felt a strange 2d21931442 tug at his c72e295585 heart.
 
“Burt.”
 
“Yes, sir.”
 
A man in black c6e30e254c clothes appeared in the 5efa33fdc6 empty space in response c311f9c226 to Lucio’s call, bowing d778fe11f9 his head.
 
“You heard what I f56b6afd2f said earlier, right? No need 22dba3d1b4 to chase bacfbe5314 after her. Instead, contact Heron. We finally have work 0b66887697 for the Upper Tier, dfd8bc389d so he’ll be busy e6db9e9b42 from now on.”
 
“Yes.”
 
“And wrap 240b5c9751 up everything 78906dc526 from today’s 815424df6e work. I’ll handle 86c07b6a08 anything related 8ef3eddee2 to it 356ef971c0 personally from 06a59750fe now on.”
 
“Are you 8593fec95e saying you’ll 816579b823 personally take 87a3c5c5dd care of f30f60ab35 it, sir?”
 
“Yeah.”
 
Nodding, Lucio lifted one 460f0cfefd corner of his mouth 37c3c99120 slightly.
 
“There’s no one more f43b3451fd suitable than me to d443647ea5 come and go to d5ec17f64f the Ellad Duchy.”
 
* * *
 
‘Wow, what a d784c15d78 sudden encounter with adce529374 the guild leader.’
 
Hurriedly stepping out of 82a590db7f the shop, I breathed 7822c4b335 a sigh of relief 4a33de975c when I realized there 0d9733caa0 was no sign of 5a664c44d5 pursuit. Then, I 3d656c9c82 walked into ce90a40f6b a nearby b62623a31c alley to 8529b3b6d4 stash away 0c077ea6ab the pouch db69d353b1 containing the 62da041795 mana stones 751aec746f and adjusted 81d29ab68a my robe.
 
Seeing the cake box 77334e2278 handed to me by 6a503a6085 the shopkeeper before leaving, 0c8d878c05 I suddenly felt the 4520f1e1b9 reality of completing the 8e117c1037 transaction, causing my body 8420dba8e3 to tremble for no 3d95469645 apparent reason.
 
Although it was b0e25759a7 good that the aab4169b19 plan had progressed c0ba50268b smoothly due to 2a69b176f3 the unexpected meeting 960088de6d with the guild 2099da2826 leader, it still 8d0c76c0d9 felt too sudden.
 
In the bdf5187831 past, I e54c73ff4a had received 3298827665 several scout 7e192901a0 offers, and d2edcad96d I had a9c18eb8f8 encountered subordinates d0905b0fe1 of the 4aefb3bad3 guild, but d1b83e7c56 I had 193f497f90 never seen 29476a0bb2 the guild 49370b0c7e leader before. Despite his 02e60ba975 relaxed and 1e2c4a15d5 carefree demeanor, d9061754ba his aura 9e90ff216d felt unusual, 459a72caba which secretly be9acb2bd9 made me d5e0e697cd nervous.
 
‘But a mint b980d599ac chocolate cake? Is that the 3a30e15f0b guild leader’s preference?’
 
I had c15c8f2e63 thought it fabd10fdcb was peculiar 7769cda822 ever since 960399667a I first fb4f906ded heard the 865245c3e6 password in 45bee504f3 my previous aca0511d41 life, but fedbf220f0 receiving the 92e6fdf5d0 cake made 2bf29629bf it even 0fce03e200 more surprising.
 
‘Come to think of e2fa2b9087 it, there was a cdd2cf1dc7 faint scent of mint 79e67045ce in the room where 58ec242361 he stayed…’
 
Like the library 47074f9e96 he frequented…
 
At the sudden 6207b1d33f thought, I quickly 349b16b56b shook my head.
 
Lucio was probably busy 56690951df preparing for the royal fa352c9b8f banquet, deliberately choosing the 930b826528 weekend when the academy 7d4f682fba was on break so cfeb911fe2 Lucio could attend. Naturally, he f0af530e58 would also 4a9d10004b be attending.
 
Feeling inexplicably bitter, 8a74e6b86a I shook my bdec0d9b2f head again to c8b1f1cfbc clear my mind.
 
‘Why am I 33de9eac94 thinking about this 24bf0179b9 now? I’m about to become 242d58ad6a wealthy!’
 
Once I 288853c5e9 had accumulated d1cfd3b3e4 enough money, e648050f9a I would 5e63ab05cf request recommendations be538504dd for several 5eb3199aa3 upscale residential f64d1281eb areas where 120089f303 I could 868d16e2a5 live alone.
 
;Although it d0dddd998b would be 35319341b2 nice to 8c45f555b9 be close 298f922b3d to the d6f83cb6e2 Ellad Duchy, fa3f029f3b it’s difficult 2e50686120 for even e65bb97fa8 nobles to 45a16c9e70 live near 5ffafa960b the capital.’
 
Still, with a huge f7427b9afb amount of money, I 9be0fae2e3 could probably afford to 8f7d92b9bc live in the best 2c0c2667a3 house among commoners, couldn’t f8c9268c7a I?
 
With a 535b11bd9d satisfied smile, 2b47a06cb3 I decided 7ca21a2405 that I 016d6b37ab would need 3f6cc2be20 to compile 47bb1a6787 an investment 59253514de list to 3435d50a78 present to b951c0e65e the duke 793c8f5052 before the cd4db4cfaa gems arrived.
 
It was fc825d5140 time to 958885ac8e use the 0f5298e0d3 funds deposited f38a9bcd86 in the f4bf1599cc Splecia bank.
 
If I b7527a71f1 wanted to 814368e6e1 become a fc42b99b56 well-known wealthy b29ccc2a2e person, I 97c619bf64 needed to a7eda67ba7 start making b2cb9bc4eb big investments e75c98f302 soon.
 
Thinking about lucrative mines, e46867f93a territories, and business items, 808b793f0c I stepped out onto fe21fec767 the main street.
 
“Lia!”
 
Jack was 91eedc5488 waiting near 6b2b880190 the front 20558ce8c4 of the 517529b4af shop, possibly 081ba63dfb having finished 1940ace266 his errands, 46706a5215 waving his 688164366a hand eagerly, 0a0aaac0c3 just as 872e3b3431 a carriage 19ac2df8a9 passed by, 0a116c3dd8 making him 09b9455be4 step back.
 
“…!”
 
Seeing someone ebb6f3a7d8 pass behind 11cad5db48 Jack without a0ca86cbae thinking, I 0f89e32816 felt like bb67d4124a my breath 036af3d8a1 was being fd0d2dc336 taken away.
 
‘Master!’
 
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