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"Bubble said the same thing during dinner, but what were the specifics?"

"...reading books and flipping through magazines."

"Huh?" Petty looked at him with a 'you're kidding me' expression.

"It's true! Bubble knows whether the stories and reports are true or not after reading them. The Fifth Kind Contact Society has so many magazines and newspapers about aliens, Bubble will definitely be able to find the 'hidden truth'!"

"How much have you watched so far?"

Without dwelling on whether the little girl possessed such mysterious abilities, Petty asked directly.

"so much"

The little girl gestured with her hand, indicating that it was about half her body height.

"You read it pretty quickly."

Petty estimated that at the girl's current pace, it would take at least two weeks to see everything in the room.

"Keep it up! Let me know if you make any major discoveries."

"Patty, why don't you read the stories about aliens? They're really interesting!"

"Hmm, aliens, huh? Too bad that's not my thing."

"I'll stay with you today, but I won't come tomorrow."

Petty asked Murata, "Do you have any regular newspapers? I'd like to see a few."

"Wait a moment, I'll get it right away."

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"Brother, please sit down, I'll get you some food."

“Monk, why are you being so polite? Please sit down, I’ll bring you some food this time.”

"Brother, this won't do!"

"Sit down when I tell you to, and stop talking nonsense."

The guard pressed heavily on Monk's thin shoulder: "Wait here, I'll be right back."

He glanced at the grinning Monk and felt a pang of emotion.

This guy served me hand and foot the whole way, taking meticulous care of this ordinary little guard.

Monk certainly had something in mind, but the few skills I taught him weren't worth it!

We're all just ordinary people, why be so humble?

The guard quickly brought over a plate, which contained two bowls of rice, and then a lot of wild vegetables and potatoes.

"Let's just make do with this. After all, we're the two lowest-ranking people, only fit to guard the gate."

"Thank you, brother. This is very good."

Monk shoveled rice into his mouth with gusto, eating with great relish.

The guard ate a few bites of the tasteless wild vegetables and put down his chopsticks: "Here, have my share. If you can't finish, that's fine. Once Lady Carmen has settled things with those demi-humans, we'll be able to eat our own rations tonight."

"Ah, that's exactly what I wanted! Thank you, brother!"

"...Monk, what did you do before?"

"I farmed when I was a child, but when I grew up I wanted to see the world, so I went wherever I could and did whatever I could."

"Big brother, what about you?"

"Me? I used to be a bodyguard for a while, cough, Lord Chaman, but I had some conflicts with the captain and went home to farm."

Lord Charmaine?

Monk knew, of course, that his master had risen to power by stepping over him.

Hmm, a former earl's personal guard ended up going back to farming? It seems the conflict between this guy and his captain is quite serious.

Thinking this, I heard the guard continue, "Sigh, it's not a long-term solution to always stay at home farming. So, after the Earl took over the territory, I was thinking of going back to my old ways."

"But there are too many capable people around the Earl. I was eliminated in the first round of selection."

The guard looked rather puzzled: "Monk, I'm not bragging, but I used to be one of the top three in Lord Charman's personal guard."

"I don't know why, but after the Earl took over the territory, all sorts of powerful people suddenly appeared."

"If I can't be a royal guard, I'm thinking that being a regular bodyguard will do. It's better than farming."

"...Monk, you really have good luck!"

"Ok?"

Seeing Monk's blank expression, the guard laughed and said, "You're illiterate, you've never practiced martial arts, and you're physically weak. And yet, you've managed to get a menial job!"

"Lady Carmen is a favorite of the Count. You have a chance to become familiar with him this time. Tsk tsk."

The guards were about to make a few more jokes when they saw several demi-humans walking towards them with unfriendly expressions.

He frowned and immediately shut his mouth.

"Oh my, so even Master Sain eats wild vegetables!"

A kobold glanced at Monk's bowl and made a sarcastic noise.

'Bastard!'

The guard's eyelids twitched, his hand gripped the hilt of his sword, and a murderous intent rose in his heart.

If such a demi-human scum dared to say those words to him in the country, he would have cut him down with a single sword strike without hesitation!

But this is Elijah.

Lady Carmen brought them here to discuss business!

The guard kept a straight face, neither loosening his grip on the hilt nor drawing his sword, maintaining a certain degree of restraint.

But this very attitude immediately enraged those few demi-humans.

"Hmph, I just got back from fighting on the front lines, and here I am at headquarters with two 'Masters' of Sien?"

"With your hand on your sword and that murderous look on your face, ha, you must have bullied us demi-humans a lot back in Sien!"

"Several elder brothers"

Seeing the guard's displeasure, Monk quickly forced a smile and said, "We're here to settle scores with the rebels. The Earl knows you're short of food, so he specially..."

"I bother!"

"Why would the nobles of Saen be so merciful as to care about our lives?"

"Doing business? The nobles of Saen are full of wicked schemes. You're definitely not here to do business, but rather, um..."

The kobold seemed to be trying to find a suitable word, but unfortunately he was illiterate and couldn't come up with anything after struggling for a long time.

“Exploitation? Didn’t the leader say that those Elijah capitalists used to exploit us?”

The kobold's companion said angrily, "These Ciarn people must be here to exploit us too!"

Section 510, Chapter 509: Simplicity

"You bunch..."

"Brothers, calm down!"

Before the guards could unleash their fury and teach those demi-humans a lesson, Monk quickly stopped him.

“We are not here to exploit you; we are genuinely here to do business.”

"We help each other and get what we need; it's an equal cooperative relationship!"

"Equal cooperation..."

The demi-humans looked surprised: "You, Saen, really want to cooperate with us as equals?"

"..."

Monk and his guards were both somewhat stunned. What was wrong with these demi-humans?

One moment they were looking for trouble and a fight, and now they've believed it just because of a few polite words?

'These demi-humans are too easy to fool!'

'These bastards, they must have some kind of intellectual disability.'

"Look at their eyes, they're definitely lying!"

The kobold cried out again, "Back then, back when I worked on the farm. Master, ugh, that bastard looked at us exactly the same way these two Sien people did."

"They're just like the bad guys, they're all bad people!"

"Brother, you've really misunderstood."

Monk immediately put on a sincere smile: "The deal is being discussed between your leader and Lady Carmen."

"How could someone as intelligent as Lord Toka be deceived?"

"It's alright if my elder brothers don't believe me, but do you think even Lord Toka doesn't believe me?"

Monk had never actually met the leader of these demi-humans; he only knew the name Toka.

However, this did not prevent him from using Toca's name to get away with it.

"The leader is talking business? Then we won't lose out!"

The pig-headed man's expression immediately softened: "The leader is the most intelligent demi-human in the world; no one can fool him."

"So, this Sien man wasn't lying?"

"They really came here for a fair trade!"

"Yes, yes, if it weren't a fair trade, the leader would have kicked them out long ago."

"Hmm, but... but their eyes looked off just now." The kobold was still unsettled.

"Big brother, I was a little surprised just now, because this is the first time in my life I have ever seen a demi-human."