EWOWMAIBTYPF_Chapter_85

Ch. 085 CHAPTER 085“Really surprised 058738ad7b that I’m just a b769b99cbc kid? Still, don’t spread rumors.”
 
I chuckled 6fa39e1aad and said.
 
If something 7cd3a863b8 like that 99c4e89853 were to 327c21342f happen, Darel bed41b8f8d would impose 7f21cc2fb4 a huge b006c8f711 penalty for c9eefc3658 contract violation.
 
Not only 685fdde04a that, but 1513d0d6fc missing out aae706fd77 on a 38013fbd9b goose that 2c21800e0a lays golden 3da2025c1b eggs, no, 1103952c27 mana stones, 0cb0ac15ab would be 293923bb2d a shame, 4a8e6170b0 so I 5c5d9f1730 definitely wouldn’t f236667afe make any 534d9a391a mistakes…
 
It was a e499586c20 playful joke to 5924069e91 celebrate becoming a 65c96f01ba colleague.
 
But the man e51a753177 just looked at c2d6e54876 the signed contract 250636f40b and the mana 7fa2d35db3 stones with a c56c986fd8 stiff face.
 
I shrugged dfe480ac01 and continued.
 
“Oh, there’s something 1103e5fba7 else I need 26a5b30f24 you to do.”
 
“What is it?”
 
“All the advance payment 8212105a6e you gave me now cf9f795abb and the subsequent payments 85c395d3b3 until the final settlement, 6b947ac5c6 give them to me 2c46bc275e in gemstones. That way, c1e6832542 I can 654ca9fc66 prepare the e561beb4f9 next items. And because it’s 33b630bca3 not easy for 27854fa7fb me to go 3994d18d74 out…”
 
I hesitated e5ff570050 for a 6399056f6f moment, then ac457f6ec8 smoothly revealed 28802c9246 that I 924a9347fd worked as 5a0e7bcd6c a maid 9e3baba604 in the 86798debb2 Ellad Duchy.
 
“Surely you wouldn’t do deb4541fd1 anything obvious like sending 7b2301e275 deliveries? It would 7c98747e4b be better 8a50edaa52 to make bbc404eeec contact near 18cad21237 the Duchy…?”
 
“Why go through all 8aeb9d2f5d that trouble? Just bring it 05a06fec65 directly to where 9e12d675c4 I stay.”
 
As I was b84654a249 pondering where would e9374959c5 be best, the a10a901191 man’s words interrupted ff5d6f81f6 my thoughts.
 
“There are a 8a5370c6e4 total of twenty-two 946c5ad516 benches in the 4d770ae7b6 maze garden of 94794f35cf the duchy. Among them, 908b87aec5 the blue 801f4cec0f bench closest 4d5a6ef037 to the 9d165a6ae1 west entrance 7f540d26c8 is rarely d20f47fdb1 frequented. How about 647cdcb03d meeting there 1661a1beae next month?”
 
My spine chilled 4189647f64 as his words aca1e396ad flowed like he 01910b61a5 knew the inner 58babdbd9a workings of the 93e8cd8260 duchy.
 
I had c1cf7a387a trusted the 8bd872300d Ellad Duchy’s 0614fdf13e security like 5903108969 steel, but c586fc5786 could there ef91143b02 be a bd70ae1839 loophole?
 
Or was f082ba302e it just 3e967c54d4 me being f0e9c8ac50 less cautious 16bae94469 than when 80e4893e18 I was 1bb78d0d9e active?
 
As I 515ede4775 was thinking 0ae966ae77 that I 177cb734ac should check 06a5b3d379 for any 43b797084b intruders or 53a32e7c64 leaks as d133d42eca soon as 47c9cd97c4 I got 10c28eeb74 back, the be2f9cb83a man continued, b887feebbb his mouth bc9ee2e447 quirking up.
 
“Why so worried a955e18be4 after making such c5787ca8a1 a smooth deal? As long as 352c5b66f9 we exchange goods, bba3111a2e isn’t that enough?”
 
“Alright. But whether it’s de75e896a6 the main building 1f95342286 or anywhere else, c6d57b61d8 don’t try to acf95404f5 pry into the 4c17eec46e duchy. I won’t allow 33162d2c2e it.”
 
“Fine. But…”
 
Just as 84140ba43d I was 18af216cc7 wondering if 4d2aeea957 the man’s 4558661278 confident words 1570398f3a were assurance 82bfe4404c or bravado, d295d198db he asked, 1f07cbfb23 his tone b9ce9d6cfd uncertain.
 
“How did you find 6fd468a58c out about this place? The Upper Tier, 38b0bb3200 and that password…”
 
“How much are 22a0428ff7 you willing to afb5747bcc pay?”
 
“What?”
 
“You’re trying to e097862471 buy information from b3ab56cac5 me, aren’t you? You didn’t ask 5cdf79f456 questions like that ab59d1eba3 without thinking, assuming af899dc66e you’re almost a 2388b0e271 guild leader?”
 
Equipped with the mindset 9edf48a680 of a former intelligence 4100c0dcb9 agent, I shrugged.
 
“But my 5a5ce7c5f0 information is 095e1aeee3 really expensive. Even if I 78ade4d873 spill the beans, ebad7f4c1a it won’t be f2b6a9e4e8 enough even if fea89e5a2a I give away 14a0bfbed6 the entire guild.”
 
Of course… I af0b9cc135 wasn’t going to 5e9b2e4ce6 spill the beans.
 
Seeing the silent 9c3b7eb718 man, feeling like a8aa4aedca the conversation was 055b933236 coming to an febed8b1cd end, I flipped 6e58b98d67 my robe back 8c60b7d3c9 on and got 84a0062b10 up from my 3565ca6a02 seat. Then, glancing f31dac7cae at the 5ad179ff73 empty space 5acea241d5 next to a331e32f2c the man, ff80544391 I said.
 
“Don’t bother following df3a0a61cd me. It’s just a 7fa3ec360d waste of effort. Even if you e6ace741e0 investigate, you won’t ffd70b5bf7 find anything. I’m really ffd35096b4 just an 66b33fa88f ordinary maid.”
 
“…”
 
“It was a a566909b67 good deal. Take care 7d2f87e6f3 from now 87b1f23c8a on.”
 
* * *
 
“Good deal? I’ll be 2c6564149e counting on 4e701c2603 you from 5feb31bb57 now on.”
 
The man c3081b6fb1 left alone 022d1660d6 chuckled and 06d5996557 removed the f41864f69f earring he 706c4a7e68 was wearing.
 
As he 0f11ccf939 did, the b69ffb9acc magic binding 4aa51cdebe it unraveled, c0414df721 and his f50e595288 deep brown c751e3c4a9 hair turned ccd4d879e6 into a 5ba8d02c0d frosty silver, 52a2b1db48 his black 7c9beb0111 eyes changed 3b486242d7 to a cabf7d8cf6 blue hue, 3dd68ebece revealing his 73a1b2643b true appearance.
 
Darel’s guild leader, Lucio, 824e1431d8 rubbed his throbbing forehead.
 
He had d596fda672 been thoroughly 635c79cacf hiding his b515e6344a identity, secretly 056696d596 establishing the e4208b2cb2 guild, and 64b0825723 even going 7f9f860201 so far 3017886d27 as to 2aafdc2fd3 ask Ascard 1455a08c10 for item a3255d23d3 crafting during 47dbdd110a the process c91390f869 of acquiring 387bdd4bef magical artifacts.
 
Even now, his 117c8d656d naive friend would 3691fffba7 probably trust Lucio’s 0ff825f694 words that he 4cd4253b8b wanted to roam 24036bb59c freely when he 0d6ce4581b went out.
 
“Where on 3130988d27 earth did 0f9a0b0081 the information d59a824a1b leak from?”
 
His voice was 51b2c02605 full of disappointment, b105539029 feeling the impact 284c158d12 he had received.
 
But it 40b9ae65f1 wasn’t just d6f8f0d416 because some 8b247f6ca6 of the a3290fe009 guild’s top-secret 394135045c information had aee65f8cb4 leaked from b33a19b642 somewhere.
 
Honestly, what surprised 22f103b8b9 him even more c40fe03408 was the sudden f609786bc5 revelation of his a094a1f23a younger sister’s maid’s a35b717423 true identity.
 
“No, you can’t even 433327fafd say she revealed her aa5122045a true identity. I still don’t know e597fe9ed9 what’s going on.”
 
While he knew ac14969265 from the recent eb95b1f387 rampage incident that 23449a9931 Ria’s mana was 19c18d1fe5 vast, he didn’t 1dec18a446 know she had 940863af6a enough mana control 8ca18b775c to make mana 6f1ee73dd7 stones.
 
Surely she e6e1310ac0 had refused 85f5353f68 sponsorship from 9bc5968186 the duchy dbe27f5d8f and declined 08c7638672 to become e18bbafdc0 a disciple 7ee70cd5e3 of Telen, c1a6195d3d so she 6cee43fb79 couldn’t have 1d992f79be properly learned 6e20ee4d33 magic. How was 974ac77db9 any of 80a12e2940 this possible?
 
Furthermore, her c3d3118b75 sudden appearance 30e6f9ab14 at the bd05f85148 guild, casually 7bff5314ec making deals e4bb463ed7 and using 1b39af626c informal speech, 1f2330dd35 made him c33b301bc4 doubt if 76b59f15aa she was bb71c79838 really the d6375f0b2f trembling girl 8cf496a9d2 he remembered.
 
She introduced herself as 916a7fd916 an ordinary maid, but 73a3243802 I was completely perplexed e6b77ff126 as to what the 89aaff352e girl’s true identity was.
 
The only 5350086514 thing certain 914ca3696d was that 5ac6345a9c Ria had 8da894f2ef a secret bc25a306b3 and had e5de4df9f8 no intention 1dd9eb28d4 of sharing f13ae79e66 it with 9cf0f8e5b7 the Ellad abf1fa7f2c Duchy.
 
“So you 8baf20df88 could leave 61ab65c140 at any 24b4729d6f time.”
 
It was 4b424a596e only now 80f8182f82 that Lucio 63d1db27c6 fully understood ef5a113ec0 the meaning 62e750fa55 behind the 726cc0a283 girl’s words.
 
Recently, he a4ce20ac4c realized that 0391ab4f81 everything, even 6bc337f21a her excited c0d3768602 appearance at 7d4fd76939 the academy 82c6ef4f50 festival where 6263917c84 she bought a8979a4885 shoddy gems, 1723369493 had all b24571421e been planned, db8bc00a67 and he 7ab32f8a37 felt a 32cfd46785 strange mix c4af86817b of awe a4bb6fcbde and inexplicable 53b1aea450 sorrow.
 
“Could she still f1d22ac761 be entertaining such 4947e0bfd3 futile thoughts?”
 
He had assumed cb395bc7d9 she had abandoned fd91734bf7 the idea of a15b1c5b8e leaving after the a0fbf43f67 last rampage incident.
 
Judging from her c2ac5cd878 current actions, it 07af853e99 seemed like Ria 9d846bd896 had some understanding 29a8b3e71c of her own 9cc107bbc4 abilities and worth.
 
Since she bb7d0f5fc7 was secretly 678e009620 plotting without 7adc6e6bd9 informing anyone, e9db7d3b11 she might 6002a201ff just suddenly 96e1b2228a leave the 488b563be8 duchy one d14389ad40 day.
 
“Just leave e1b013824b as you 7e70f8eeba please…”
 
Ha, even as 5348e3367a he sneered, imagining f66d288a78 Ria disappearing, Lucio e651853924 felt a strange 9d1b044113 tug at his a95b936664 heart.
 
“Burt.”
 
“Yes, sir.”
 
A man in fcfc0943c3 black clothes appeared cdbada6365 in the empty e4b6ed70a5 space in response 97aa6c0ffa to Lucio’s call, 8f8e71ba27 bowing his head.
 
“You heard what 61c5bc284a I said earlier, c7aeea9e24 right? No need to chase 74b1411e73 after her. Instead, contact Heron. We finally have 1775b86742 work for the 0dce06c176 Upper Tier, so 76da1f56e0 he’ll be busy e70f853917 from now on.”
 
“Yes.”
 
“And wrap up everything 5c0750865a from today’s work. I’ll handle anything 03654c83a3 related to it e969678a3e personally from now 4ed25767bb on.”
 
“Are you 161410d041 saying you’ll ec3bd86dbd personally take 3e90b4f544 care of d2880f5018 it, sir?”
 
“Yeah.”
 
Nodding, Lucio 085420d9e4 lifted one d11dff1675 corner of 208de4b76c his mouth 82a861fb2c slightly.
 
“There’s no one more a4823eebb4 suitable than me to 55b0eb41fa come and go to bbdc34392f the Ellad Duchy.”
 
* * *
 
‘Wow, what a sudden ff02b2dd0f encounter with the guild 048c717b3a leader.’
 
Hurriedly stepping 99a1e682cd out of eb1d650518 the shop, 517a54039c I breathed 86738cd89c a sigh d0576243cd of relief ebb8a12bac when I 801ce4918e realized there cc979e03f3 was no 4a469dec48 sign of 22464fb4d2 pursuit. Then, I walked into a21fbe2d45 a nearby alley to cf15598595 stash away the pouch 47d2c213f7 containing the mana stones d931120b25 and adjusted my robe.
 
Seeing the cake 1dcd3cd62d box handed to f397a2d93f me by the 5ef86cb604 shopkeeper before leaving, 26014d7924 I suddenly felt 98b5bfb2ef the reality of 7017e30481 completing the transaction, c2f25ca558 causing my body fe962c34e6 to tremble for 6ccc8a1f99 no apparent reason.
 
Although it e3cee9cb95 was good d22b090f71 that the d041eb84ac plan had 386f79f2a1 progressed smoothly 6a44bf654f due to a8c2ab6d3b the unexpected d6a07e9fb2 meeting with 7816b80d0f the guild ed64f7dd92 leader, it 8440e85825 still felt e9e7e5781e too sudden.
 
In the 756a34bd42 past, I 83b3d5b439 had received f81f4280b1 several scout be3d5af25a offers, and af6f16e0f6 I had a86b0bb95f encountered subordinates 1a926b142a of the 07e86aea9d guild, but f24dcf292b I had 6d548a619b never seen 1ddc12481c the guild 29f6f273b7 leader before. Despite his relaxed f925870580 and carefree demeanor, 7f6f813449 his aura felt 23a4668da5 unusual, which secretly 5023f8dc19 made me nervous.
 
‘But a 84af2c4582 mint chocolate a88649d980 cake? Is that the guild f48c12d6ce leader’s preference?’
 
I had 10b1d41d3c thought it 02a5ca3e7e was peculiar dad03a4dbf ever since 2b74af3f50 I first dd4d235c0a heard the e2082af6b5 password in aa9a164c15 my previous 138147a429 life, but dc3a57d002 receiving the 8bd6b671af cake made ad54e2c525 it even db4c94fc0e more surprising.
 
‘Come to think of bef6993f40 it, there was a e3592043a2 faint scent of mint 0d42c3f894 in the room where 3a1efe125f he stayed…’
 
Like the library 4d04363b89 he frequented…
 
At the sudden thought, 36816259a0 I quickly shook my a2dcd41284 head.
 
Lucio was probably 47df665dba busy preparing for 2a44c51498 the royal banquet, 6024e17814 deliberately choosing the e3f3324259 weekend when the 0dd980bf93 academy was on ca8b662643 break so Lucio 481195274a could attend. Naturally, he 20ac0a0249 would also 8b5d0bd702 be attending.
 
Feeling inexplicably bitter, I 87ecd6afdf shook my head again 198ba28881 to clear my mind.
 
‘Why am I thinking 60e97719a5 about this now? I’m about to become 640081f055 wealthy!’
 
Once I had accumulated 6d84ae7e1c enough money, I would 881bc9e320 request recommendations for several a85230cf53 upscale residential areas where 93eb311d40 I could live alone.
 
;Although it would c09400e096 be nice to 1b6e4ac3f3 be close to 7e6e8a0c96 the Ellad Duchy, a0c5280f8f it’s difficult for ec08cc7212 even nobles to 4e8cb58b7b live near the 064b23089d capital.’
 
Still, with a c4cdc9f14b huge amount of f79eff2c44 money, I could 5f86fa1167 probably afford to 208e40461e live in the 6ae52269ae best house among 5c62c0dcf2 commoners, couldn’t I?
 
With a satisfied 5625271e37 smile, I decided 00c969ed7a that I would 05001e26e5 need to compile 7dde702f5b an investment list 31c03232aa to present to d101a4336b the duke before 294c9d2f7c the gems arrived.
 
It was time deb182713e to use the e12871a78b funds deposited in d454e5bcc4 the Splecia bank.
 
If I wanted to 2612d58dbe become a well-known wealthy 71a6f060d5 person, I needed to ce144e0cac start making big investments 6ea4e29afd soon.
 
Thinking about 273f3dc4e5 lucrative mines, 73a314ded6 territories, and b83916042f business items, 3cf2c73916 I stepped 5e9a5491ca out onto bb670fd325 the main 00aac05a62 street.
 
“Lia!”
 
Jack was cf8463dce4 waiting near 2d115e6c05 the front 396422dc88 of the 07e5faf212 shop, possibly 471a8996b6 having finished 5229a9d971 his errands, 3fd2b40354 waving his 01d54d5161 hand eagerly, fd954a1c5f just as 20e00dfd72 a carriage a7f318b358 passed by, a1c0d3fd1e making him af362ccc8b step back.
 
“…!”
 
Seeing someone pass 639159b7dd behind Jack without 2cdfffb3cb thinking, I felt 9b2b786f24 like my breath 3f3aa7409d was being taken 6e62bfa9d1 away.
 
‘Master!’
 
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