I, who was killing God, became a knife crusher

After all, other people can't be so generous as to share their own interests. This is a trade-off that only she, as a top businessman, can make. Anastasia is still very confident in this.

"Ms. Anastasia, Emilia actually left the capital an hour ago and it seems she went to the slums again."

The servant at the side reported after asking.

"Really? Then head to Roswaal's mansion immediately."

Anastasia said decisively.

…………

Half an hour later, Anastasia arrived at the Roswaal mansion, and after entering the mansion, she was soon greeted by Frandelica.

"Ms. Anastasia, what brings you to visit at this time?"

Frandelica asked politely but a little coldly.

After all, Anastasia is a candidate for the royal election and Emilia's rival. When the enemy comes to her home, she naturally won't give Anastasia a good look.

"I want to visit Miss Emilia and discuss the issue of slum relief. After all, the Hexin Chamber of Commerce that I own has many franchised bakeries. You may not know that I was also born in the slums, and I also want to do something for the people in the slums."

Anastasia replied with a smile.

"Why don't you just lower the price? I think Miss Emilia will be grateful to you."

Frandelica said bluntly.

"That's a bit unreasonable, isn't it? Miss Frandelica, you guys should be the good guys. It won't do if only the Hexin Chamber of Commerce gets hurt. I'm a businessman. While I've reduced the financial burden on Miss Emilia and your Roswaal family, I also need to let the people in the slums know what I've done for them. This is a necessary part of the discussion."

Anastasia said confidently.

Although her real target was Mi Zhou, she knew that the other party would not be willing to let her meet Mi Zhou if she was trying to poach him openly, so she brought up the matter to discuss with Emilia.

Emilia is not in Roswaal's mansion now, so she can take the opportunity to ask to see Moyin or Mizhou.

"...Ms. Emilia is in the slums taking care of some business. She is not at home right now. Please come back another day."

Frandelica hesitated for a moment. If she could get the black bread at a low price, it would indeed make the Roswaal family's financial situation better. This profitable matter could still be discussed.

Considering that the sale of magic cores would also require the use of the Hexin Chamber of Commerce, it would be better to negotiate it all at once, so her expression eased somewhat.

As for the influence of the slums? She didn't care at all. After all, it was of no help to Wang Xuan. It would be nice if she could gain some benefits from the Hexin Chamber of Commerce.

"So she's not at home right now, what a pity... By the way, I heard that when you buy bread, there's a Miss Mi Zhou who can use space magic to help you transport the goods. Can you introduce her to me? I have a small favor that I'd like to ask her for."

Anastasia asked casually.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Mi Zhou and Mr. Mo Yin are also traveling, and I heard they won't be back for a while."

Frandelica answered.

Hearing this, Anastasia's legs went weak and she almost fell down. Fortunately, Julius beside her helped her up.

"Travel, travel???"

Anastasia asked in shock as if struck by a bolt from the blue. This was the trump card she wanted to win the championship! ! He ran away like this. This was too much of a blow to her.

She was prepared to give half of the kingdom to Mi Zhou, and she ran to Mi Zhou to discuss it with this momentum, but in the end he ran away, and all her anger was gone.

"Are you okay? Are you seriously ill? You look so pale..."

Frandelica asked with concern.

"No, it's okay... I just had a little low blood sugar and I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to eat..."

Anastasia steadied herself with the help of Julius' arm and put on her signature businessman's smile again.

"Do you want me to prepare some snacks for you?"

Frandelica asked.

"No, I'll take my leave today. I hope you can quietly notify us when Miss Mi Zhou comes back. This is a thank you gift for the notification."

Anastasia opened the shoulder bag she was carrying, took out a cute little bag from it and stuffed it into Frandelica's maid skirt, then turned around and left with Julius.

"This is?"

Touching the shape of the cute little package, Frandelica was stunned for a moment, and at the same time she had a premonition in her heart.

When I opened the small package, I saw that it was indeed filled with golden holy coins.

Frandelica estimated that this amount was her salary for several years.

But...if Mi Zhou comes back, he can get a few years' salary by just notifying the other party. To be honest, this is a very cost-effective move.

But the fact that the other party would offer such a high reward meant that Mi Zhou was of such great value to her, and it was obvious that Anastasia was trying to poach him.

Frandelica hesitated for a moment, wondering whether she should hide it from Emilia and then inform Anastasia.

She had already figured out that Anastasia was planning to poach people, which was somewhat equivalent to betraying Emilia and her master Roswaal.

Not to mention anything else, loyalty also needs to be maintained by interests, and Anastasia gave too much this time.

And most of this money is probably hush money.

If she took the money and didn't do the job, Anastasia might report her for taking bribes, and her life would basically be over.

But going back... She felt a little distressed.

Frandelica fell into distressed thought for a moment.

To be honest, she worked as a maid because she was short of money. If she wasn't short of money, she would also want to live an easier life.

So she was really greedy for the black gold that Anastasia offered, but was her soul really worth only this much?

At this point, Frandelica found herself unable to come up with an answer any time soon.

…………

Five hours later.

Emilia dragged her tired body back to Roswaal Mansion with Fortuna. She had just announced her plan in the slums and explained it for a long time before convincing the people in the slums to be prepared to leave their comfort zone.

Although it is tiring, it is all worth it.

At this time, Frandelica appeared in front of him.

"Lady Emilia, I have something urgent to report to you. Please follow me. The midnight snack is ready. You can eat while I listen."

Frandelica began to speak.

"it is good."

When she heard there was food to eat, the fatigue on Emilia's face dissipated a little. She still liked eating very much. In the past, when she was under too much pressure, she would eat an extra bowl of rice to relieve stress.

However, in order to help her maintain her figure, Parker did not allow her to eat more than two bowls of rice.

But since I've worked so hard today, Parker should be able to make some concessions.

Then Emilia and Fortuna followed Frandelica to the Roswaal family's dining room. On the table were two servings of white rice, a simple vegetable salad and two grilled fish.

Apparently Frandelica also prepared Fortuna's food.

Then Emilia and Fortuna sat down and started to have a midnight snack.

Frandelica was a little reluctant to put the small bag of money on the table.

"Lady Emilia, Miss Anastasia came to visit you today. She said she wanted to discuss the price of black bread in the store with you. When I told her you were not there, she said she wanted to visit Miss Mi Zhou."

"When I said Miss Mi Zhou was traveling, she stuffed this bag of gold coins into my pocket. I thought she was planning to invite Miss Mi Zhou to join her camp, so she took out this amount of gold coins to bribe me. But my soul is not so cheap."

Frandelica said seriously.

The gold coins given by Anastasia, if converted into black bread, can be said to be the annual net profit of the bakery under the Hexin Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, the so-called price negotiation before was obviously nonsense. Now that this has been made clear, there is no need for Emilia to negotiate with the Hexin Chamber of Commerce.

“So that’s how it is…”

Emilia was eating rice while looking at the purse on the table. She didn't expect Anastasia to come to her for this matter.

"Yes, what should I do next?"

Frandelica asked.

"Hmm... Let me think about it. Please take the money."

Emilia thought for a moment and answered.

"ha????????"

Frandelica's brain froze. She thought of many possibilities, but she didn't expect this one.

What on earth was Emilia thinking? She let me take the black money?

"Ms. Mi Zhou is not a member of my camp. She and Mo Yin only helped me out of kindness, but they have no contract with me. In terms of nature, they are both free people."

"Since Miss Anastasia hopes to persuade Mi Zhou to join her camp, you can just take the money and notify her normally."

Emilia spoke up.

"No no no no no no no, wait for me!!! In order to poach Mi Zhou, she even gave me, the informant, so much money!! This proves that Miss Mi Zhou's value is far more than the money she used to bribe me. How can you let such a good talent go so easily??? What we should do now is to avoid the meeting between Miss Mi Zhou and Miss Anastasia!!!"

Frandelica roared at Emilia madly.

The matter was of such serious importance that she couldn't even maintain her manners. After all, in her opinion, Emilia's move was really stupid.

Although I can get the gold coins, but...what exactly was my previous awareness...

She felt very frustrated, though she couldn't suppress the joy of getting the money.

"I think Miss Mi Zhou is free. There is no binding behavior between her and me. Moreover, I can't give her and Mo Yin what they want. It's hard to say whether they will join my camp."

"Besides, I think restricting her will only lead to the breakdown of our friendship, which will be more trouble than gain."

Emilia said seriously that this was the conclusion she came to after careful consideration.

Now that the conclusion is clear, it would be better to let the honest Frandelica make more money by tipping off.

"Have you given up on the election as king???"

Frandelica confirmed.

"I haven't given up. I just plan to rely on my own methods to step onto the battlefield of the King's Choice. I don't want to become indifferent to human life in order to become the King of Lukenica. I want to follow the path of my own choice."

Emilia answered.

"Are you really sure? Without the help of Miss Mi Zhou and Mo Yin..."

Frandelica asked suspiciously.