Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 923 The Two-Faced Girl is Very Busy

"It's nothing, I just feel that being a person is really hard." Quinna Carlson, whose long silver-blue ponytail swayed twice in the sunlight, sighed again, looking like she had a lot to say.

But the sunlight was so intense that her pale skin turned slightly red, and her blue eyes shone with a faint silver light... like a chosen one of the sun.

Toronto couldn't help but glance once more at the god who had called upon him.

Indeed, she is the goddess of the night.

Did she choose this for herself or for the sun god?

That silly greeting just now doesn't seem to be the belief of the Dark Night Church.

At least in Toronto's perception, the Dark Church has little to do with 'fighting evil to the end, upholding one's beliefs, and treating people fairly'.

Therefore, he was unwilling to say these words himself... The Goddess of the Night could be two-faced, but he was unwilling to be her accomplice.

"Ms. Kunna Carlson, is fishing the only way to make a living on this island?"

“Just call me Kunna, Mage Clarkson.” Kunna shrugged, a layer of sand fluttering down her white knight's linen shirt. “Then I don’t know.”

I checked the area and found nothing wrong. After circling the island once, nothing unusual happened, so I decided to stay and fish.

I'm very good at this.

Although the Edwards family estate doesn't have many resources, it does have quite a few rivers and lakes, so we often catch a few fish and grill them to eat.

I reckon my test will be endurance and patience... I believe I can persevere to the end.

Toronto nodded: "Please call me Toronto as well. I'm not very familiar with the title 'Master Clarkson' myself."

Kunna had heard about this from someone.

As the Toronto mage grew stronger, he began to gain some fame among adventurers and royal palace mages, and both the Heinz and Clarkson families wanted to recruit him to their side.

It's not that they are at odds.

Knight Commander Clarkson was very unhappy with his father-in-law's idea of ​​bringing his son, who was so successful that even His Majesty the King knew about him, back to do business.

In order to dissuade Heinz from his idea, Knight Commander Clarkson had always wanted the Toronto mage to be directly admitted into the royal palace's mage ranks.

But this means that the Heinz Chamber of Commerce is likely to fall into the hands of others... For small families that rely on mining for their prosperity, the head of the family's constant attention and meticulous planning are very important.

In the mines under the control of the Northern Royal Family, miners are paid either daily or weekly.

The weekly payment is slightly higher, but it will be recorded on the roster, and the workers will only work for their family.

Those who work day jobs are more like temporary workers; if a nearby mine offers a higher price, they will move to another place.

Weekly pay will still see a price increase, but those short-term high salaries created solely to crush competitors are not included in the salary increase.

It's just following the market trend.

As for daily pay, if they don't want to follow the other party's pace, they might simply not hire anyone at all.

However, if too many people are paid weekly, it may lead to excessively high costs.

After all, day-wage workers can hire people according to their own needs.

Therefore, a balance needs to be struck to ensure the owner's profit.

If those in charge want to do something underhanded, breaking this balance is the easiest way.

Try to reduce the number of people paid weekly, arrange more of your own people to be long-term workers, and exaggerate the number of short-term workers paid daily... As for the head of the household's profits, what does that have to do with him?
He just needs to ensure the amount of ore produced each day.

Therefore, no mining company can simply wash its hands of the business.

The Toronto monk could wait a long time before taking over the Heinz family business, but he couldn't show that he wouldn't take over.

Then, those mine managers who are still behaving themselves now will definitely not continue to be obedient.

That's money you can just grab with a snap of your fingers. If you calculate it well, you won't even be able to find much evidence against you. How many people can stay honest forever?
Because of Knight Commander Clarkson's sudden whim, Patriarch Heinz and Mrs. Clarkson teamed up to have a huge argument with him... no, many arguments.

He even once rushed directly to the side gate of the palace to challenge him to a battle.

Although it is unknown what kind of agreement was finally reached, Toronto Heinz Clarkson, after that, only went out in Toronto.

Those unfamiliar with him may know that Toronto is used to being addressed by his first name, but they would never understand his sensitivity.

The reason she addressed the other party as "Mage Clarkson" was to test whether he was genuine or not.

If it's an imposter, and they're certain there's nothing for her to gain, they'll just brush it off and won't necessarily mention "call me Toronto" again.

After all, women have the right not to let the relationship become so intimate that they call each other by their first names.

Addressing each other by surname is the simplest way to create distance between people.

As one of the three captains of the Edwards Family Knights and qualified to run for vice-captain, Kunna is very cautious in her actions!
Although a lot of information flashed through her mind, Kunna quickly smiled in reality: "I'm sorry, Toronto Mage, please forgive me for being a little slow on some things after staying in the territory for so long."

She might not have thought of it immediately, but if she still hadn't thought of it after it was mentioned, then that was the Edwards family's fault. As the squad leader, Kunna couldn't possibly be unaware of the affairs of Heinz, the wealthy businessman who had cooperated with Edwards for many years.

Therefore, she had to show her respect.

Toronto glanced at her impatiently... If it was for his own sake, then it wouldn't hurt to tolerate this kind of calculation disguised as politeness.

But why should he endure it for the sake of the Goddess of the Night?

Anyway, he had already set the positions for the Goddess of the Night... Rather than having the Lord of the Earth bring his preferred candidates to a fixed area, the Goddess of the Night chose to create illusions for these candidates herself.

Ultimately, it's about letting them reveal their truest selves amidst various choices.

Toronto waved his hand: "Then you continue, I'll go look around elsewhere."

Kunna immediately realized that the mage had arrived on this island and come directly to her side, without having searched other areas yet.

We're all smart people; who would believe someone else's claim of 'nothing'?

So she gave a frank smile: "Alright, I hope the Toronto monk can find new clues. I'm out of options."

Toronto nodded to her, turned around, and left.

Kunna watched him until he disappeared from sight before turning back to her fishing spot.

However, this time, she pulled a brand new tower shield out of her pocket: "Tsk~ For smart people, salted fish actually makes them more vigilant?"
Toronto was on high alert at all times, and even when they left, they didn't forget to use protective spells.

I'm still not good enough..."

She muttered to herself as she crouched down and hid the tower shield in the sand, making it look like it hadn't been used for a while, so that most of it was covered by sand blown in by the wind.

Toronto walked away, pressed the bracelet, and disappeared from the island, still wondering... Is it standard for the people chosen by the Goddess of the Night to be two-faced?
Of course, she also needs to have firm beliefs and a pure heart.

But won't someone with a performative personality, who's used to manipulating others, end up destroying themselves in the end?

He shook his head in confusion and returned to the dark fields.

Gloria is still digging.

His strong arms still swung with such power.

However, Toronto still noticed her change.

Although she was still focused on the safflower, her current goal was no longer to wipe it all out, but to select flowers based on their color and the thickness of their roots.

In other words, the girl has moved from being overly excited at the beginning to thinking rationally.

As for the fact that they are still digging, that's understandable.

If it were a child from the Austin family in Toronto, they would seize every opportunity just as well.

If she can keep her composure, she will pass the first hurdle of this test.

Now, it should be the time for the Lord of the Earth to reward her; he will probably send her to the next level soon.

Toronto's current task is to ensure that there are no problems during her teleportation to the next level.

Soon, a yellowish-brown light appeared around Gloria, who had been working diligently.

"Huh?" The female knight sprang up instantly, swinging the shovel in her right hand high, while the small round shield on her left wrist moved forward to protect her head, neck, and chest.

Then she was teleported away in a panic, leaving behind only a bewildered face.

Toronto walked over in a few steps, carefully observed the energy consumption and absorption rate of the underground when the dimensional teleportation was activated, and made a serious record of it.

He patted the thin crystal sheet covered in writing on the yellow gemstone of the bracelet, and the writing quickly disappeared in the shimmering light of the yellow gemstone.

“I shouldn’t need to do this for now… um?” Toronto, who was about to declare the end of his work, was pressing the yellow gem when he noticed that one more of the dozens of people remaining in the field had been granted access to the hidden area.

This is incredible.

Although it's on one plane, it's actually two spaces.

If you don't meet the entry requirements, you can't possibly get in, even if you know such a place exists.

In other words, at this Edwards family banquet, a second person who meets the requirements of the Lord of the Earth actually appeared!

"How is that possible? Isn't the Northland the land of storms?" Toronto asked, still holding the yellow gem.

Then a line of text quickly appeared on his crystal shard: You'll have to ask your mining-loving Travis.

Toronto then realized what was happening.

Leaving aside the noble scions of Edwards' family, the lesser noble merchants like the Heinz family, who mainly deal in mining, while never actually praying to the Lord of the Earth, probably prayed that the Earth would bless them so that their mines could be dug for a few more years and that no accidents would happen.

The Lord of Storms can't help with this kind of thing, so the Lord of Earth probably already received these people's prayers long ago.

(End of this chapter)