Guild Boss's Ambition

So how do we honor the buyer?

Sister Meng'er did not ask this cute question, but looked back and forth at us, one old and one young, warily.

"Why do I always feel like you guys are conspiring to treat me like a fool?"

"How could that be? This is definitely your illusion, Sister Meng'er (Miss)." Hai Lao and I said in unison.

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27. Come on! Miss President! (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"Wait, Xiaolan, take another look and see if I'm really dressed appropriately."

In front of the Tree of Life, Sister Meng'er was hesitating like a young man who had just met his father-in-law and mother-in-law for the first time.

I had no choice but to comfort her again, "Sister Meng'er, Senior Berlane has carefully arranged your whole body. There is not a single wrinkle on your shirt, the red color and plaid pattern of your tie are just right, and we have even polished your leather shoes so well that they can be used as mirrors. If you even trim every strand of your hair, people will think you are applying for a job as a poster girl!"

"Yeah, you're right! I'm perfect today!"

Sister Meng'er nodded as if she had come to her senses, and strode towards the Tree of Life not far ahead. But just when I wanted to follow her, she turned back with an anxious look on her face, her forehead covered with cold sweat.

"No, no, Xiao Lan, you know what? I'm really nervous now. The president of the Tree of Life is a legendary expert. Even if we, the Stone House, use all our manpower and resources, we may not be able to match her fingers. Now you ask her to negotiate business with a small guild like us face to face, she will definitely think it's a waste of time, right?"

"Sister Meng'er! Calm down!"

But Sister Meng'er was so nervous that she became incoherent.

"No, no, no, Xiao Lan, you should listen to me first! The Tree of Life is a legendary guild, and our Stone House is only a gold-level guild. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for us to reach any kind of cooperation relationship! As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, so let's go back and find those scum guilds to cooperate with!"

"A scumbag guild?"

Seeing Sister Meng'er trying to escape the scene, I felt that I had to calm her down as soon as possible, so I gritted my teeth and slapped myself hard! This attracted the attention of passers-by on the street.

it hurts!

It hurts several times more than I imagined!

I grimaced in pain, but my self-harming behavior had the effect I expected.

Seeing me injured, the panicked Sister Meng'er immediately returned to her normal state and grabbed my hands as if she was dealing with a person suffering from an epileptic seizure, to prevent me from continuing to hurt myself.

Although I have never thought about suffering physical pain again, this new body is really afraid of pain!

"Xiao Lan, why are you hitting yourself?" she asked nervously.

I frowned, pretending to be unhappy, and scolded, "President Ehard, I don't allow you to call our Stone House a rubbish guild. If I hear similar words from you again, I will definitely sell my shares in the Stone House!"

"Xiaolan..."

She showed a slightly enlightened expression, then nodded seriously: "I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now. I swear I will never say such shameless nonsense again, so, Xiaolan, can you continue to supervise me in the future?"

"A guild leader should be able to reflect on himself."

"Oh, Xiaolan is really strict. Hehe, come and let your sister hold you for a while."

Without that unnecessary tension, Sister Meng'er's attitude gradually became more nonchalant. She was always used to increasing the friendship with her partners through more intimate physical contact, but she didn't understand that her various acts of kindness were actually a bunch of weapons of mass destruction to me, which would not only cause mental harm, but sometimes also pose a threat to my life.

President Ehad looked at me and wanted to hug me. Recalling the two times he was almost murdered, I decisively acted cute and said, "Because your performance today, Sister Meng'er, was very bad, so I won't let you hug me, humph!"

"The proud little blue is also very cute..."

Although Sister Meng'er didn't really bring me over, I always felt like I had lost something important.

However, we obviously shouldn't waste time on these small matters now. According to the plan jointly drawn up with Hai Lao, Hai Lao will be responsible for attacking the small guilds among the sixty-four adventurer guilds in Qingyun Road, while President Ehard and I, his assistant, will head towards the remaining seven large guilds and bravely use the formula of Morning Star to get the gold coins of the Alliance of Light from the hands of those seven big men!

I shouted at the perverted Sister Meng Er, "President! Let's get down to business!"

"Okay, let's get down to business, get down to business..."

"Before that, please wipe the saliva from the corners of your mouth!"

"Eh? Is there? Oh, there really is a little bit!"

"Sister Meng'er is so dirty, please check your appearance."

"Wait, didn't you just say, Blue, that my outfit was perfect?"

"President Ehard, has your IQ become so low that you can't even discern words of comfort?"

"Wait a minute, are you set up as such a sharp-tongued character? Where is my lovely Xiaolan?!"

"President, stop being so stupid. We are almost at the Tree of Life."

I pushed President Ehard into the door of the Tree of Life, and I followed her silently with my head down. The poster girl is the face of a guild, and a president is the reputation of a guild.

President Erhard is a kind and wise guild president - I want to show this message to the world.

First of all, I have to do my job as a poster girl in a low-key and humble manner, so that Sister Meng'er can become a leader in the eyes of others. What we want is a false legend, which can attract those ignorant admirers and make them become us.

"Ms. Lannon? Why are you here in uniform again today?"

Soon after I stepped into the door, the uniform I put on attracted the waiter. Looking at the red-haired lady walking towards us not far away, I said nothing and only focused my eyes on Sister Meng'er.

Sister Meng'er gave me a strange look before responding to Luo Jun'er on my behalf: "Hello, I am Meng'er-Ehard, the guild leader of the Stone House next door. May I ask if your guild leader is here? We have some business matters that we would like to discuss with her privately."

Hearing Sister Meng'er claiming to be the president of Stone House, Luo Jun'er adjusted her posture slightly. She shrank her smooth shoulders that were exposed in the air, lowered her eyes slightly, and asked gracefully, "Business matters, what kind of matters do you mean?"

"It's about Morning Star." Sister Meng Er went straight to the point.

"I'm sorry, our president went on a long trip not long ago and won't be back for a while, but she has authorized the service manager Helena to temporarily handle all matters in the store. If President Ehard doesn't mind, perhaps we can talk to her instead."

Let a guild leader discuss business with a foreman?

To outsiders, this is obviously a very embarrassing thing.

But if we don't have anything substantial inside, why bother to force ourselves to save face? Since we are in a lower position, we naturally have no conditions to ask the other party to give us more respect than that given to those in a lower position. Fortunately, Sister Meng'er is a shameless enough bastard.

"Very good, please let me and Miss Helena meet!"

"Luo Jun'er will lead the way for you."

Luo Jun'er did not take us to the lounge like last time, but instead settled us in an elegantly decorated meeting room. We chatted politely for a few minutes, she made us two cups of coffee, and then went out to invite her boss over.

"Helena..."

After not seeing her for a few days, the gull-winged woman was still as beautiful as a painting. Perhaps because of President Ehard, Helena was not wearing the work clothes she wore last time. Instead, she changed into a shirt and short skirt, and tied her long light blonde hair into a clean and elegant bun, looking like a fashionable 21st century OL.

Helena looked as if she were perfection itself, like an angel.

Noticing my presence, Helena gave me a gentle smile. This smile reminded me of her last invitation and made me subconsciously sit closer to Sister Meng'er.

If I accidentally become distant, I can't guarantee that I won't be inspired by an angel.

however……

"Sister Meng'er? Helena?"

I suddenly realized that besides me, Sister Meng'er next to me also seemed to have a slight connection with Helena.

As soon as they met, they looked at each other silently. The look in their eyes was both strange and familiar, as if they were looking for traces of the past in a weathered stone tablet.

There must be some story between them.

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28. The elder whom I hate but admire (Ehard)

(Mener-Ehard)

"Meng'er, you have grown up and become more beautiful."

Eleven years have passed, but Helena's voice is still as light and moving as ever. The other three people who were once known as the Four Greatest of Qingyun have become a thing of the past, and I don't know when this immortal bird has stopped singing. It seems that she has deliberately hidden herself in the tree of life, indifferent to contact with the outside world, and even though she knew I was back, she did not come to the stone house for a gathering.

I originally thought she was trying to avoid suspicion, but now it seems that is not the case at all.

I couldn't help but feel annoyed about this.

I picked a random place to curse: "You are old and hateful."

But she was still as smooth as ever, chatting and laughing calmly: "Women need to be more mature to have charm, and if they don't know how to make themselves appropriately hateful, then life would be a bit boring. However, you came to the Tree of Life to find our president today, you should not be here to reminisce about the past, right? Haha, let me guess, it's about the Morning Star?"

Helena has always been considerate. In the past, when I was hungry, she always served me the food I wanted most.

But now, she looked like she was covered in spikes like a sea urchin.

Her tone made me feel as if we could only talk about business with each other.

She seemed to have changed.

What kind of changes? I can't say, and this is not the time to think about it.

I am the president of Stone House and I have my own responsibilities.

"I believe Helena you already know about Morningstar?"

"Yes, we are well-informed. We occasionally heard that there seemed to be two more guilds selling Morning Star."

I narrowed my eyes. “I never thought that you, Tree of Life, would care so much about the business of our small guild—”

She covered her mouth and laughed sweetly: "I heard it occasionally, just occasionally..."

Helena is already 269 years old this year. There are few important events concerning the road to success that she doesn't know. I think she is just pretending not to know what she doesn't know. I have always admired her for her erudition, but her well-informedness makes me feel a little troubled now.

If a person has the right information, he will rarely make the wrong decision.

That means I can't ask too high.

I decided to get straight to the point: "So, do you want our Morning Star?"

Helena naturally bargained: "I do want to try its taste, but you are not the only seller."

I signaled Xiao Lan with my eyes and asked her to take out a handwritten letter of mine: "In addition to the wine recipe, we can also sell you a public statement letter. This public letter can prove that the Morning Star sold in your store is authorized by the original author. In other words, you can display this letter in a prominent place in the store to prove that you are not the same as those despicable wine thieves."

"It's just a cup of Morning Star. Is it worth all the trouble?" Helena asked with a smile.

That’s right, Tree of Life is a big guild.

But even if it is a legendary adventurer's guild, it still has enemies competing with it.

Sometimes, just a cup of Morningstar may be enough to make the difference between victory and defeat.

I firmly believed in my own valuation and stated the facts calmly: "Aunt Helena, don't forget that in addition to your Life Tree and the two wine thieves, we still have 60 potential sellers, and these naturally include the six legendary guilds such as World Paradise and Black Technology."

Because of what I said, Helena was silent for a moment. She slowly turned her head to look at Xiaolan who was sitting next to me, her eyes flashing with a mischievous smile, and she opened her mouth slightly: "Little girl, did you come up with all this?"

Xiao Lan blinked her eyes in ignorance and answered the question irrelevantly: "Sister Helena, why are you asking the same question to Sister Luo Juner? Once again, I swear to God that I am not the inventor of the Morning Star Formula!"

Helena raised her eyebrows, her eyes full of smiles: "So you guys in the Stone House are also wine thieves?"

Little Blue immediately waved her hands and shouted indignantly, "Who said that our Stone House was a wine thief? Those Morning Stars are masterpieces carefully prepared by our Annie!"

In order to deny her own achievements, Xiaolan acted very hard.

However, the Helena I know naturally did not easily believe Xiao Lan's lies.

She pointed to the statement on the table and asked with a smile: "So where is this statement?"

Xiao Lan put his hands on his hips and answered proudly, "This is an idea that our president and Hai Lao came up with together. Hehe, you think it's great, right? You want to buy the Morning Star formula from us, right?"

Swearing and lying, in order to conceal her talent, my little Blue completely played herself out as a fool. It's a pity that her elaborate drama was absolutely in vain. I can guarantee that Helena has seen through everything.

"I see—"

Sure enough, Helena immediately revealed an evil expression of amusement.

She slowly shifted her gaze back to me and began to praise me for my non-existent achievements.

"I didn't expect that your ability would grow to this extent without me noticing. Not only did it take you only one month to revive the stone house, but you also looked so young and beautiful. You are both beautiful and intelligent. If possible, I really want to leave you at the Tree of Life and find a quiet place at night so that we can get to know each other better."

This time, both Xiaolan and I couldn't help but blush at her praise and teasing. Helena is a person with a bad taste. Once she finds your weakness, she will attack in that direction from time to time and enjoy it.

No, we can't let that guy get the upper hand!

After thinking about it, I immediately straightened my face.

"Please save your compliments, Aunt Helena. To sum up, do you want to buy it or not?"

Helena rolled her eyes and said slowly, "We will buy it, but in addition to the formula and the declaration, we also want another thing. I hope you can sign a contract with us to guarantee that you will not provide the authorization certificate of Morning Star to the six diamond-level guilds such as World Paradise. If you agree to this condition, I can give you a very generous reward."