EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_85

Ch. 085 CHAPTER 473b51488e 085“Really surprised aa05e84f9c that I’m 622689f225 just a 3a9aaeda23 kid? Still, don’t 64b1cea2da spread rumors.”
 
I chuckled and said.
 
If something c1fff66f2a like that d9a2f037f9 were to 1e7bd40d06 happen, Darel ca5c8645ea would impose 142261b4c3 a huge 503a5f3334 penalty for b575f363c1 contract violation.
 
Not only that, b74c485f4d but missing out 42446d19f4 on a goose bb537b33d5 that lays golden 940934dbe7 eggs, no, mana f0565b7c9d stones, would be bd4cb3d609 a shame, so bf1a51b680 I definitely wouldn’t 1c216a68b5 make any mistakes…
 
It was a f60c1cd164 playful joke to 2d0dd4f60b celebrate becoming a 8620da161b colleague.
 
But the 37165ba277 man just b8e02e446d looked at d0f9d2dae1 the signed 74f80671da contract and c6b121f5fe the mana eba1726736 stones with bb713a3598 a stiff 7083dcaec0 face.
 
I shrugged and continued.
 
“Oh, there’s something 5f5895fd55 else I need 544c3b161d you to do.”
 
“What is it?”
 
“All the 2f93185ba8 advance payment 3122e6ee1c you gave 18ce71ab53 me now 56e383ee50 and the 205883632f subsequent payments d3fb38d579 until the 0bb73a7243 final settlement, 7f43111036 give them 1a887afeae to me 5bb32b0ca7 in gemstones. That way, I 266da229ce can prepare the 7d74cd5ca7 next items. And because 6be6e51c35 it’s not c385956196 easy for 6d50616b5b me to 55b831f75f go out…”
 
I hesitated for a fccbd86f82 moment, then smoothly revealed b224c8a7f7 that I worked as 4d3d083b5a a maid in the dcc1547300 Ellad Duchy.
 
“Surely you wouldn’t do bc5633b5e0 anything obvious like sending 51f673c8b9 deliveries? It would 0d111bc73c be better 681d8e2ccd to make 6afabc5a34 contact near eb550e58ae the Duchy…?”
 
“Why go fb7e5b9004 through all 04241d24e6 that trouble? Just bring it directly 0dc72374f9 to where I stay.”
 
As I was pondering c863933fba where would be best, 493f2ce947 the man’s words interrupted ed22f559f0 my thoughts.
 
“There are 5f15ff7d1a a total bb06b3338e of twenty-two 2582846b75 benches in 7f3c44aadd the maze 1d764caf97 garden of e812932695 the duchy. Among them, the blue 521f97627e bench closest to the fba53242db west entrance is rarely 7c0510f7ba frequented. How about 511742b082 meeting there dc86969f2c next month?”
 
My spine feb2b2fe20 chilled as 55968655b9 his words 8e22963f38 flowed like 83a0f9e891 he knew f274bb18f9 the inner 3a09e53ce8 workings of e6af96cd80 the duchy.
 
I had trusted the 7d0b5666db Ellad Duchy’s security like 1a45e08db3 steel, but could there 09e55c039a be a loophole?
 
Or was 0275f2f195 it just 9e749011bb me being 69cf55d6ff less cautious dbb6d38ea1 than when eba420d86f I was a5994cb271 active?
 
As I was 232739375d thinking that I 248a13000c should check for c38126845c any intruders or bf82362ce3 leaks as soon 0c6640d909 as I got b6af68a714 back, the man 6d3be1ecc8 continued, his mouth 3c590cce00 quirking up.
 
“Why so 13e1308755 worried after 342d5dd328 making such ea7eb62f99 a smooth 582df20063 deal? As long as we fa00a0e6f7 exchange goods, isn’t that e5b5dcd77e enough?”
 
“Alright. But whether 774d527c44 it’s the a5945afb68 main building 543304c239 or anywhere a71c0c0610 else, don’t db4b924936 try to 10f9d2c717 pry into 8cbac8ea37 the duchy. I won’t 54dfecb19c allow it.”
 
“Fine. But…”
 
Just as I was 68f79090ab wondering if the man’s 54354af8f8 confident words were assurance 674c3bab05 or bravado, he asked, a7c4094065 his tone uncertain.
 
“How did b65cdaa2ba you find 19805202d0 out about 80136c45d8 this place? The Upper cafd269b10 Tier, and 0ca69f8af1 that password…”
 
“How much are you 78ac9cf98a willing to pay?”
 
“What?”
 
“You’re trying 8fc5c89874 to buy 385f1cd3e3 information from 6cfe97dd2e me, aren’t c522321dd1 you? You didn’t 98a0218a43 ask questions 76a3b407cb like that 0f22c7e31b without thinking, 66905e3832 assuming you’re a83fce52fc almost a ad2e8f1e2a guild leader?”
 
Equipped with 4eb8ad5127 the mindset dafdda2eba of a 3e901aedf4 former intelligence eb4469d470 agent, I d3b6444ae4 shrugged.
 
“But my information 301187ba08 is really expensive. Even if edfc5021ad I spill b063fc160c the beans, aa88648f01 it won’t d43c0aac29 be enough 09253dcdc4 even if 4b477cd4b0 I give d2e9d4ef67 away the d0311e6d58 entire guild.”
 
Of course… 9db6b91aa6 I wasn’t c1e67788e2 going to d388e6666f spill the 56ec54346e beans.
 
Seeing the silent 964d70431d man, feeling like 83f96e7d50 the conversation was a497aded05 coming to an 70244f2805 end, I flipped c9ff74e125 my robe back 120251bb1f on and got cd85dd5133 up from my 08692605dc seat. Then, glancing 7d287f815f at the 3e04eff646 empty space d8ec0bf902 next to c0d7657919 the man, cb9df25d82 I said.
 
“Don’t bother following me. It’s just a waste 60ba25235e of effort. Even if you 0831d5671d investigate, you won’t ddf57057d7 find anything. I’m really just 3605c7b7d0 an ordinary maid.”
 
“…”
 
“It was a 5d26b5c844 good deal. Take care a75a51f447 from now a54257153e on.”
 
* * *
 
“Good deal? I’ll be counting on a03197ed1f you from now on.”
 
The man left alone 6604d6a3c9 chuckled and removed the 0345e33a43 earring he was wearing.
 
As he did, the 983f69ccd3 magic binding it unraveled, ae2aaedafe and his deep brown af60689888 hair turned into a 3c119aa2a4 frosty silver, his black 7851f8e1c2 eyes changed to a ecd072e8d1 blue hue, revealing his edd82678b1 true appearance.
 
Darel’s guild 4e2f25c1e8 leader, Lucio, e29f8455c0 rubbed his e93135d2ec throbbing forehead.
 
He had 398a3be6c9 been thoroughly e21785b00e hiding his cad05d7e12 identity, secretly 58181c4a7d establishing the f3b3765dd1 guild, and e3d576353a even going 23b815ec64 so far 048c49af33 as to 63f06e2981 ask Ascard 99a4be9f13 for item c2aa357925 crafting during 3d1aad15a5 the process 9feca3e590 of acquiring fb65cfdd6f magical artifacts.
 
Even now, 5f9151064a his naive 3b1066c5b2 friend would 3519c7dd02 probably trust 6e1753fe0f Lucio’s words 81e7cd4380 that he 740ba3b377 wanted to 9a7e2b8141 roam freely 24bd4207d4 when he 2c18bc999c went out.
 
“Where on earth e254d94119 did the information f94f6dacb9 leak from?”
 
His voice was 546b0f6aaf full of disappointment, 56f3222cbc feeling the impact 73a0a4f641 he had received.
 
But it wasn’t 0791204dfc just because some e1844bf313 of the guild’s db8c7048b6 top-secret information had 48dc6d5b82 leaked from somewhere.
 
Honestly, what surprised him 2a927766c2 even more was the cca2bb956a sudden revelation of his b52b2a88fc younger sister’s maid’s true 13bede2733 identity.
 
“No, you can’t 1a3d15e2a0 even say she ea37173e3d revealed her true 8c04ef7870 identity. I still don’t 4bf53633c2 know what’s going 7116899a83 on.”
 
While he knew from 7da8fb4bbe the recent rampage incident 21a369d666 that Ria’s mana was 9f403e1606 vast, he didn’t know f27d43f648 she had enough mana dc9956c7b6 control to make mana c18f4188c1 stones.
 
Surely she 2cee3a68d1 had refused 33eb3312fe sponsorship from 59512f6f65 the duchy 7e6d3ebbb9 and declined c5353d63c7 to become 628eadcda8 a disciple 2cee55611a of Telen, bf8e94cc00 so she 7808bd1a7e couldn’t have 8e94f5b6cb properly learned 0eeacc7e56 magic. How was 4f42dbedeb any of 293c2252ea this possible?
 
Furthermore, her sudden appearance 6f4bae26bd at the guild, casually 982eb37d8f making deals and using ecc8d00c41 informal speech, made him 03b01a8c92 doubt if she was 41106a9f0e really the trembling girl 9b6c68515b he remembered.
 
She introduced herself 944753a04a as an ordinary c553966a87 maid, but I d2c1f73edc was completely perplexed 2eecf63779 as to what 4149767ca6 the girl’s true 7ee86fb299 identity was.
 
The only thing 65c9398f33 certain was that 194fc29a68 Ria had a 87d65434a6 secret and had 7bc7dd1423 no intention of f77aa5817f sharing it with b1368c7f11 the Ellad Duchy.
 
“So you 77e6aadf37 could leave a637b24ddf at any cb44158178 time.”
 
It was only 3743982ccb now that Lucio a065bd5283 fully understood the 91f8275cae meaning behind the 3014bf7a5e girl’s words.
 
Recently, he realized that 6c06097174 everything, even her excited 161a4b034e appearance at the academy a99f8944e5 festival where she bought 716e6f6c9a shoddy gems, had all 3161954407 been planned, and he 7c0de0458c felt a strange mix e71528ea09 of awe and inexplicable 5d6c7bb139 sorrow.
 
“Could she still be 77251622de entertaining such futile thoughts?”
 
He had assumed 19cffcfab6 she had abandoned 6e9ce722fc the idea of aed552d04a leaving after the 887b0953bd last rampage incident.
 
Judging from her current c024d10358 actions, it seemed like 8efce7ab04 Ria had some understanding 6c5c011d50 of her own abilities 9dab3ae5f7 and worth.
 
Since she 889aa027a1 was secretly 50fe93d161 plotting without 6400889967 informing anyone, 6f29f78647 she might 6f9079aba8 just suddenly d0b7ace78a leave the 72ad4d173d duchy one 7eeff6c690 day.
 
“Just leave as you 41a2881238 please…”
 
Ha, even as 4075339eb7 he sneered, imagining 7c0f444fac Ria disappearing, Lucio cd6819b8ba felt a strange b8e57a69c2 tug at his 15c700d94b heart.
 
“Burt.”
 
“Yes, sir.”
 
A man in 760955bdc9 black clothes appeared 5902d1c479 in the empty 7b5233263a space in response b9bde9b188 to Lucio’s call, 24b567c1db bowing his head.
 
“You heard what I 3a09e40a9f said earlier, right? No need 6415d3391f to chase 6ffd707d7d after her. Instead, contact Heron. We finally e1437b05f5 have work c294903c97 for the 5bbdcc1c10 Upper Tier, 67c221c3c7 so he’ll 885b7217b6 be busy e93862e686 from now 8f1e616e2f on.”
 
“Yes.”
 
“And wrap up everything aae5cfae0d from today’s work. I’ll handle anything 166c74d83a related to it fc529d8c90 personally from now 2a2daa0b85 on.”
 
“Are you 780998d534 saying you’ll 5d115b736c personally take f7e43b9f75 care of 2e537b0162 it, sir?”
 
“Yeah.”
 
Nodding, Lucio 842aaa44a1 lifted one 96c7dde9ce corner of f94aa54260 his mouth 1f4b8a823d slightly.
 
“There’s no one more 093b74dd4c suitable than me to 61a915bc4d come and go to a6894a5704 the Ellad Duchy.”
 
* * *
 
‘Wow, what a sudden a53c1daf76 encounter with the guild 76f368161b leader.’
 
Hurriedly stepping fd1eba9b85 out of 4bad9c4ead the shop, 1ff7024420 I breathed 7f6c00a80a a sigh 32c5dd565a of relief 24c3a255ff when I 5f591b12d4 realized there 37c667786c was no dc0d94473b sign of c0b6cb96f7 pursuit. Then, I 562f056620 walked into 218363960b a nearby 443f7a1a93 alley to 3506d5ca6e stash away e39112ff08 the pouch 0ce7b2e88a containing the 210e2f190c mana stones c5c770c176 and adjusted b3080ffec5 my robe.
 
Seeing the 126bbe1e99 cake box c22a5ec4ef handed to 1efd3125a1 me by ee1d5ef875 the shopkeeper ae76baa4c1 before leaving, 7ed47adcd2 I suddenly c34bdf97e3 felt the 4762f37278 reality of 3457c2f868 completing the 13a565b45c transaction, causing 21d5c15e57 my body 73ede76b71 to tremble 052294b2fb for no 90a86a5176 apparent reason.
 
Although it 48b09386ec was good a09e8658f3 that the 7e9befd55e plan had b31a116671 progressed smoothly 73c5a08fb8 due to 5f1e8b23fa the unexpected 3515d61c16 meeting with 42328fa205 the guild ed4818c0d1 leader, it 7c2f3814fe still felt f3189614e3 too sudden.
 
In the d941d99784 past, I 86690dfee7 had received 2164a5cf21 several scout 310a396248 offers, and fbe9e128db I had bbbdfb5516 encountered subordinates 919e651648 of the 2fba973d25 guild, but a76f9851b8 I had 328175f05d never seen 138c40798f the guild 9fa0b87cd3 leader before. Despite his relaxed and b68703bfd4 carefree demeanor, his aura 826a362b5d felt unusual, which secretly c1ec427be6 made me nervous.
 
‘But a mint c5a8ac3c0a chocolate cake? Is that 58d12a0495 the guild 27df350206 leader’s preference?’
 
I had 73bd8df526 thought it 9f497c8771 was peculiar cde6b8a084 ever since a71adafa81 I first 47d20da3ee heard the 053955114b password in f806e66e0e my previous 30fe91fb1c life, but a1c59e9114 receiving the 41796a795c cake made 7e60b09bc5 it even 5eb1eb9592 more surprising.
 
‘Come to think of 5e44206917 it, there was a 539ccba968 faint scent of mint 89aa82f723 in the room where f9bda9d29a he stayed…’
 
Like the library 5de8cac773 he frequented…
 
At the sudden 8f85cd4067 thought, I quickly 31d1f0c4f1 shook my head.
 
Lucio was probably busy 1e9b6c8fcd preparing for the royal 73a55904e4 banquet, deliberately choosing the 6b75b1ee48 weekend when the academy 17a08b3015 was on break so fa3f3633c3 Lucio could attend. Naturally, he would also 477e0904de be attending.
 
Feeling inexplicably bitter, I a2b2115cbf shook my head again 3ff61b7ca6 to clear my mind.
 
‘Why am 5c08be1775 I thinking 5a3d4e3bc1 about this 407b6ad8d5 now? I’m about to become 017ae3d4e9 wealthy!’
 
Once I 9d2f67fff3 had accumulated 230cab6965 enough money, b54a03df65 I would fd89d7bd6a request recommendations 8ece21f8ad for several 9b5000c531 upscale residential a6725e450d areas where eaccccb3c9 I could d21988ecd6 live alone.
 
;Although it 6cf93d9b2a would be e833e30300 nice to b3e8c95e9a be close e7aa6853a6 to the 17068ffe5a Ellad Duchy, 64ef67fbde it’s difficult a9f9c892f0 for even 39060deb8a nobles to 414be011ac live near 9a4f8ebc00 the capital.’
 
Still, with a bc2cc8ca26 huge amount of 8a862da41e money, I could 1b32e4ba63 probably afford to c4d3d3ccc0 live in the ec4cf7db48 best house among f961c703ca commoners, couldn’t I?
 
With a satisfied smile, e317418991 I decided that I 3d8aedf1be would need to compile d30e5b8456 an investment list to d8be8a5dd1 present to the duke 0a3edd0b8a before the gems arrived.
 
It was time to 9f9113dc16 use the funds deposited 6ef15f9b93 in the Splecia bank.
 
If I wanted cf88576f5c to become a 87202334fb well-known wealthy person, 9b79461301 I needed to bf1fa50958 start making big 6a54c5af4e investments soon.
 
Thinking about 0779038d8b lucrative mines, 09f356d72f territories, and ebb9b66fc5 business items, 8a3bef50bb I stepped 2ddf6d043a out onto c7fb987ac2 the main 2870a66178 street.
 
“Lia!”
 
Jack was waiting 73d4eb3d6d near the front 322fe413d7 of the shop, 4df407ad13 possibly having finished 0ab6ef523b his errands, waving 9cf563cf35 his hand eagerly, df0e57514a just as a c21af30f14 carriage passed by, 399ba31a04 making him step f1aa0e561d back.
 
“…!”
 
Seeing someone pass behind d087b99fad Jack without thinking, I 5c9d520751 felt like my breath 8d5751dcf2 was being taken away.
 
‘Master!’
 
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