A long knife was directly driven deeply into the door frame next to Clindina's neck. The sharp murderous intent made Clindina relive the fear of being insulted by the shadow yesterday.
Ying pulled out his long knife and asked gloomily: "What are you doing here on the third floor, looking for death? The Duke's daughter is as brainless as you?"
Clintina said tit for tat: "Tsk, there is Mr. Richard's friend outside the door. He has been waiting for a long time. Is a guard who lives so close to the master trying to become the hostess?"
After hearing the quarrel, Mrs. Eve rushed upstairs immediately and mediated the dispute in time. She loudly persuaded:
"Okay, two ladies, please stop arguing. Clintina, please be calm. And Ms. Shadow, please put the knife away. I made breakfast, please come down and eat some. Mr. Richard, Do you need me to invite that guest into the manor?"
After being scolded by Mrs. Eve, the two equally unruly people all stopped and walked downstairs.
Mrs. Eve, who was born as a saint, has a unique affinity, which makes her more or less the best talker in the manor besides Richard.
Richard walked to the iron door of the gate, preparing to welcome this well-informed guest.
Mrs. Eve suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Mr. Richard."
Then before Richard could react, a small piece of silky and soft black cloth was stuffed into Richard's palm with lightning speed.
Obviously those were Clindina's underwear, which is why Clindina came to provoke Richard angrily in the morning.
Because the underwear is missing.
Richard put away his underwear with some disgust and glanced at Clintina unconsciously.
She was indeed tightening her legs carefully. The short skirt and armor that could not cover her knees did not bring enough security to Clintina.
Kage also realized this and smiled teasingly.
It was obvious that Ying's wake-up irritation and low blood pressure were far from dissipated, and she was so full of anger that she didn't mind playing with Clinina.
When Richard walked to the door of the manor, several small magic puppets blocked the visitor's way.
The slender woman dressed low-key at the door said: "Boss, long time no see. Do you still remember the Star Chamber of Commerce and the weak and helpless Aka that you cruelly left behind?"
Richard felt very troubled and said: "Of course I remember, so I'm back now, Aka."
The Chamber of Commerce affiliated to Richard has been taken care of by Richard for about three years. Richard actually doesn't know what happened there.
But as a mage, he gradually lost interest in continuing to grow the Chamber of Commerce after the Chamber of Commerce funds were enough for him to study magic.
He simply entrusted it to the woman in front of him, his former deputy and follower, a rare moon elf.
Aka said one word at a time: "There is a big bad news and a small good news. Which one do you want to hear?"
Richard covered his ears and said, "I don't want to hear any of it. Back then you told me that you could solve all the troubles on your own."
Aka warned: "If you don't listen, I will cut off all your research funds, even if you are the actual owner of the Chamber of Commerce."
"Okay, I want the bad news first."
Aka said coldly: "Bad news. My family heard that I control a small or large chamber of commerce and want to come and visit."
"What about the good news?"
Aka said coolly: "The good news is that they will pass by the crystal dragon's nest. We can hire some slave teams to annihilate them in one fell swoop and blame the crystal dragon. The price of moon elves in the slave market is as high as the sky. "
Richard couldn't help but feel shocked, and cautiously asked: "Little Aka, isn't that your family? And I don't mind them coming to visit."
"No, I don't like them. They just see that I have a good life now and want to suck my blood." Aka directly pointed out her family's motives.
"You are lying to me!" Richard interrupted her directly and said, "Although the moon elves look down on humans, they are not going to directly seize control of the Chamber of Commerce. Are you hiding something from me?"
The moon elf girl fell into silence, and then slowly said: "You should know my age, right?"
"At 110 years old, she is still a young and old girl with great youth."
"So this is the year I come of age."
Richard said indifferently: "You elves still care about this?"
"But..." Aka fell into silence. The tips of his pointed ears poked out his body-length silver-white hair, which gradually turned light red. "We have a small population."
Richard said indifferently: "Then give birth. At least you still have 800 years to give birth to children."
Aka's unchanging and exquisite face showed some confusion and anger, and then his words became more and more cold: "I won't mention this matter anymore. I am here to give you the first task of this year. Please work hard to complete it."
Richard said dissatisfied: "But I am the boss!"
Aka ignored Richard's complaints and said word by word: "In a month, you killed that crystal dragon for me. It learned about the news that you were expelled by the brave, and began to harass our mature trade routes. It caused a lot of damage.”
Richard nodded: "That's what I meant."
"Then the Silver Moon Empire may be about to split. The old emperor is seriously ill, the successor is too young and weak, and the various lords are ready to make moves. What position should our Chamber of Commerce stand on?"
Richard said indifferently: "You don't have to participate. At worst, you will go to another human empire. The Ashe continent is so big, and the Silver Moon Empire is just a small part of the northern region. If it doesn't work, I will take you to settle in the star realm."
The Ashe continent is very, very large, with countless races and countless plane portals living here legally and illegally, and the Silver Moon Empire is only one of the medium-sized forces.
As for Ashe, there are about a hundred such large forces. However, due to the influence of terrain and magical winds, communication between various regions is not close.
It is normal for an empire like Silver Moon to be forcibly blended to be short-lived.
The most terrifying thing in the empire is never the royal family, but the various great dukes with a history of tens of thousands of years.
For example, Clintina’s father, Grand Duke An.
Chapter 12 Mr. Richard, that’s mine, not Clintina’s. Wrong!
Aka said calmly: "It's good that you have a backup plan. Remember not to forget me when you run away. I will squeeze out the last value of the Chamber of Commerce before running away to provide for your considerable annual expenses."
"When you encounter danger, remember to call me." Richard joked, "But if you encounter danger that I can't solve, don't call me. I don't want to die yet."
"I understand." Aka nodded seriously, "But boss, we haven't seen each other for three years, are you going to entertain me like this?"
Little Aka looked through the heavy iron gate at Richard who was protected by a magic puppet inside the manor, his eyes were empty and unfocused.
Only Richard could see the extreme dissatisfaction in it.
But he suddenly thought of the three women in the manor. If you add little Aka, none of them seem to be fuel-efficient, and it feels very big.
As luck would have it, Mrs. Eve ran out in small steps at this time, her face so red that it was almost dripping with water.
Her watery eyes were full of shyness and annoyance, and she said loudly: "Mr. Richard, you are wrong!"
Richard's head was filled with questions: "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Eve glanced at Aka, hesitated, and then pushed a piece of red cloth into Richard's hand, but accidentally mixed in a piece of purple.
Now Richard had a total of three pieces in his hand.
Richard finally woke up.
In the morning, Mrs. Eve was so flustered and ashamed that she mistook hers for Clintina's.
Then the current oolong happened.
The shadow in the shadow seemed to be a little angry and said: "Little master, the purple one is mine. Since you have got it, just treat it as if it was taken away by a dog. I don't want it anymore."
Okay, now Richard has successfully made a fuss.
"Is that underwear?" the keen moon elf asked bluntly.
Richard decisively refused: "No."
Aka replied with stiffness and integrity: "That must be the case. That is the style of our elf craftsmanship. I have seen it, bright red, with grass and wood silk edges."
Richard said forcefully: "I'm the boss. If I say no, it's no."
"What are you doing together?" Clintina, who was left alone in the restaurant, also walked out with suspicion in her eyes.
Aka glanced at Clintina, Eve and Shadow, with disdain in his eyes that only Richard could understand.
"It seems that you are very busy. I'll leave first. Remember to come to the Chamber of Commerce when you have time. There are many things waiting for your decision." Aka looked at the Sword Saint Shadow warily. The elf's instinct was to hate this inherently evil villain. woman.
Richard said goodbye to Akka. There were already three women's underwear in his subspace storage room, black, red and purple.
It's a pity that the dragon cannot be summoned.
He tried to change the subject.
"Ying, you don't seem to have slept well."
Sword Saint Shadow yawned and said: "The news that you have returned from the brave has probably spread throughout the various forces in Nuandong City. There were probably at least four groups of assassins from different sources who planned to sneak into your mage tower last night, but they were all blocked. I solved it in advance. The bodies are all in the smelly ditch and they should be discovered in a few days."
Clintina said dissatisfied: "That's enough, that's enough, why don't we go to have breakfast, but let the wind blow at the door!"
----
For almost a whole week after that, Richard's life was in a state of tranquility disturbed by Clindina.
Then, news about the brave suddenly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Nuandong City.
Richard, who was forced to sit in the center of his own chamber of commerce, frowned deeply as he looked at the express report sent by Aka in front of him.
Newspapers are hyping up the destruction of the Orc Casino on the border of the Silver Moon Empire and the decisive role played by the Brave in it.
Aka served Richard a cup of hot tea and mocked expressionlessly: "Boss, have you become a clown again? Not only is the casino gone, but the reputation of the brave man has not diminished at all."
Richard said indifferently: "These are all small problems, I don't care. If you don't talk about these, what did you ask me to do today?"
Aka said: "First of all, as the owner of the Chamber of Commerce, isn't it your job to return to your own Chamber of Commerce to take a look? Secondly, I received invitations from the Silver Moon Royal Family and Grand Duke An at the same time."
Richard was stunned for a moment and then said: "It seems that neither of these two parties can accept us staying out of the matter? But considering the size of our chamber of commerce, we shouldn't be qualified to participate in such a struggle, right?"
He looked at Aka, his eyes full of suspicion.
The Star Chamber of Commerce has been deliberately maintained by Richard on a moderate scale, and will only fully operate a few mature trade routes, in order to try to avoid participating in such a power struggle.
Besides, the main goods handled by the Astral Chamber of Commerce are some low-level magic items, as well as providing low-level creatures for contracts and unidentified non-human-shaped creature cubs to mage towers everywhere.
The general customers are adventurers and mage apprentices, and there is no involvement in the ore and weapons trading related to the lifeblood of the Silver Moon Empire.
"I was originally not qualified." Aka turned his head to the side unnaturally.
Richard instinctively felt something was wrong. Apparently Aka had done something great in the three years since he let go of the Chamber of Commerce.
Richard asked in a scrutinizing tone: "Aka!"
Aka could only put his hands behind his back and replied in a very innocent manner: "Do you know about blind boxes?"
Richard said in disbelief: "I seem to have told you before that you won't...really realize it, right?"
Aka confidently said: "Based on your genius idea, I made full use of the characteristics of adventurers who enjoy timely enjoyment and pursue excitement, and launched the blind box of weapons. For this reason, I also specially opened the trade route in the dwarf area south of Silver Moon to ensure the supply of goods. "
"Then I purchased large quantities of scrap metal that the dwarves had failed to forge at low prices, and used a few master-level weapons and even legendary weapons refined by the dwarves as a gimmick, allowing the chamber of commerce to achieve unprecedented growth in profits."
"Of course, you can rest assured. In order to maximize profits, those who can open the master-level or legendary-level weapon blind boxes are the actors I have hired in advance. Anyway, the scrap metal of the dwarves is enough for humans."
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