After my rebirth, Miss Saint turned evil

Then he opened the big bag and looked inside.

There were two broken swords in the bag. They were the ones he had used before, which had broken when he cut off the dragon's head.

Next to the sword, there was a broken dragon horn lying.

The dragon horns are made up of sections and look slender overall, which means that the upper part becomes thinner.

To give a more vivid example, this dragon horn looks a bit like a slender bamboo shoot, but the thickness of each section does not vary that much.

Murphy looked at it carefully and felt that the length of the dragon horn was almost one meter.

Although the surface of the dragon horn looked a little dirty, it was not dented by Candice's magic.

On the contrary, it looks quite intact, which means that it may be even stronger than the dragon's scales.

Of course, a solid surface doesn't mean it's indestructible, otherwise it wouldn't have broken due to the huge impact force.

Murphy didn't take it out. He looked up at Old Jed and motioned him to put the half bottle of wine in as well.

After Old Jed did as he was told, Murphy closed the bag again and held it in his right hand.

Tomorrow, he would take the bag directly to the dwarf blacksmith.

"Thank you, Master."

"Ah."

Murphy once again expressed his gratitude to his master, and he nodded in response.

Then he turned around again and came to the box again.

Then he took out a small bag from it.

"Is this the reward for a top-tier adventurer taking on a commission? That's a lot."

Murphy heard a rustling sound coming from the bag and guessed that it was the sound made by the gold coins inside.

And the number of gold coins must be quite large, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a sound like flowing water.

"Miss Candice, this is your share of the reward."

"I didn't tell the truth to Beshop. I just made up an excuse."

"That was something Weiss and I wrote together when we were in the maze, and we reported it directly."

Murphy was a little concerned about how Old Jed reported the mission, because he didn't want to expose his existence.

So he asked Old Jed.

"Master, what did you tell him? I bet you didn't tell anyone about me."

"Do you think I've lived in vain all these years as your master? Or do you think my brain isn't working well now that I'm old?"

"No, no, I'm just curious."

Seeing Murphy wave his hand, Old Jed continued.

"I told him that the monsters in the labyrinth city gathered to eliminate the newly appeared A-level monsters."

"And Miss Candice didn't go because she didn't want to come at the moment."

He paused, then turned his head towards Candice with a smile and said to her.

"Anyway, even with Miss Candice's aloof personality, it's normal for her to suddenly not want to report."

"As for whether Bishop believes it or not, I don't know. Anyway, the reward is given to us."

As Old Jed spoke, he handed the bag of gold coins to Candice.

But Candice didn't take it or say anything. Instead, she turned her head and looked at Murphy without saying a word.

She wanted Murphy to take the money, since she didn't need it anyway.

"..."

"..."

Murphy was speechless when Candice looked at him, but he didn't say anything and didn't reach out to take the money.

A while passed like this, and they were still arguing here.

Finally, Old Jed also cast a somewhat contemptuous look in his direction.

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It's the beginning of the month, and I'd like to ask for your extra monthly tickets. Thank you very much.

Chapter 56 Return Home

Murphy noticed the contemptuous look that Old Jed gave her.

He realized that he might not be able to continue wasting time with Candice.

So, I had no choice but to say it to her helplessly.

"...Why are you looking at me? This is your money, not mine."

"But it was Mr. Murphy who killed the dragon."

Hearing this, Murphy almost couldn't catch his breath.

He could hardly believe that the same person could have such a big change after experiencing different things in two lives.

That Candice actually rushed to give him money, and he actually refused it.

"Candice! How did you become this persona?!"

"Besides, aren't magicians supposed to have good brains?"

He looked at Candice like he was some complete idiot he didn't know.

Then, he spoke to her in a tone of disappointment.

"Did the commission you accepted ask you to kill a dragon?"

"...No, he asked me to investigate the maze."

Candice thought carefully about the commission put forward by the old man in red clothes, then shook her head.

After hearing her words, Murphy spoke again in the same tone.

"That's fine, isn't it? I didn't go investigating the maze."

"And even if the commission really asked you to kill that dragon, I can't kill it without you."

"Rather, I stole your man...the dragon head."

"right?"

Candice thought about what happened in the maze before and nodded seriously.

"......Yes."

However, just when Murphy felt that Candice had fully understood what she meant.

But I heard her voice again.

"Then Mr. Murphy and I will each take half of the reward."

"...?"

"What's wrong?"

"So I just said all that for nothing?"

Hearing Murphy's words, Candice slowly shook her head.

Then she looked up and gave Murphy a lovely smile.

"Although what Mr. Murphy said is true, it's not just that."

"If Mr. Murphy hadn't rescued me, I would have been trampled to death by that dragon."

"Not to mention getting back to the surface and getting paid."

“…I didn’t do—”

Murphy wanted to say something, but Candice shook her head again, blocking all the words he wanted to say in her throat.

"This won't work."

"Mr. Murphy can't do without me."

"And I can't do it without Mr. Murphy either."

"So, we need to divide this reward equally."

"..."

Murphy suddenly felt a little powerless.

He covered his forehead with his hands in annoyance and sighed silently.

But then, he seemed to remember something.

Then, under Candice's puzzled gaze, he suddenly started laughing.

"Well, I can take half..."

Murphy's tone was somewhat cheerful.

Then, under Old Jed's contemptuous gaze, he took the bag of money from him.

However, after getting the money, he continued to speak to Candice.

"But it seems we still have several sums of money to be calculated."

"If you calculate it carefully, I should still owe you money."

"What? Mr. Murphy doesn't owe me anything."

"Have you forgotten? You must have used a lot of bottles of your potion, right? I'm not sure if this money is enough to pay for it."

After saying that, he pointed to his back to Candice, and then showed the purse in his hand.

"Mr. Murphy doesn't need to pay for those——"

"We're not talking about feelings right now, that would be such a waste of money."

Murphy interrupted Candice and continued with a smile.

"This half of the money will be used as payment for your potion."

"It's definitely not enough to pay you back, but... I won't give you the missing part."

"..."

Murphy handed the money over again, but Candice still didn't take it. She just stared at Murphy's face without saying anything.

And the expression on her face seemed a little... angry?

Candice was indeed a little angry. She was angry that she couldn't successfully refute Mr. Murphy and let him take the money he deserved.

And she felt that she had undergone some positive changes while being with Mr. Murphy.

For example, I can say significantly more words and my speech has become much more fluent.

But there are also some bad aspects. For example, she always feels that her brain seems to have become a little dumber.

Just as she was thinking about how to convince Murphy, old Jed next to her suddenly spoke.

Because he couldn't stand the two people negotiating like children.

"Alright, alright, why are you making such a fuss just to split the money between two people?"

As he spoke, he took the purse from Murphy's hand and put it in Candice's hand.

He was doing these things while talking.

"Miss Candice, take this reward."

"Then from now on, I, your stupid apprentice, will owe you nothing."

"Whenever you get a good job in the future, just remember to bring this idiot with you."

"......it is good."

Candice thought about it for a moment and felt that what Old Jed said seemed to make some sense.