Guild Boss's Ambition

However, Hai Lao's face turned cold this time, and he pushed the silver coin back impatiently: "Just do the escort mission if I ask you to do it. I don't care how much you need the money, but I will only hand over the right mission to the right adventurer. And with your current mental state, it is obvious that you are not suitable for those fighting missions."

In fact, Ebi is still very gentle.

However, the adventurers did not understand his painstaking efforts.

Luke immediately frowned because of Hai Lao's refusal: "Old man, I tell you, I know my physical condition very well. I just killed those goblins and my hand is still hot with my tiger-head sword. So, please give me better and higher-quality tasks. Otherwise, I will have to think carefully about the contract next month."

Hearing Luke's threat, Hai Lao only uttered one word.

"Get lost—"

Hearing this, Luke, who was treated coldly by Hai Lao, turned around and left. He only took the gold coins, but left the task scroll, obviously looking unconvinced. However, seeing this tense situation, Hai Lao still looked indifferent. He even lowered his head and read his ranger novel without any care, showing an indifferent attitude.

Right now is the time for me to demonstrate my self-worth.

"Lian'er, you review it by yourself first. I'll go talk to that big brother."

After handing the sign language book I was writing to Lian'er, I quickly caught up with Luke who left in anger. If I left him alone, I was afraid that he and Hai Lao would form an unforgettable feud. It is said that men will refuse to understand the other person's thoughts first because of face issues. Even Hai Lao, who is well versed in human nature, finds it difficult to completely get rid of this bad habit.

"Luke! Luke! Don't go yet, wait for me!"

"Miss Lannon?"

Hearing my shout, Luke stopped, and when he saw that it was me who was chasing him, his sharp eyes softened immediately. Whenever this happened, I couldn't help but feel that my current body was really useful. As a result of the dual attributes of a woman and a child, most of the adventurers would be friendly to me. When I strolled around the stone house, I would always receive a lot of delicious candies.

And after that group of Houji appeared, some adventurers even fed me red bean buns.

Isn't that a test of my moral integrity?

Fortunately, with Miss Korolo feeding me regularly, as long as the other person is not a high-class beauty who can bewitch people, I will definitely not eat strangers' red bean buns after I am full.

Then, I am now going to provide psychological counseling to Luke.

I pulled him to a corner of the plaza on the third floor and gently explained Hai Lao's actions to him: "Luke, please don't be angry with Hai Lao. You know he is a hopeless tsundere. He probably didn't give you another job today because he believed that you are in a bad mental state. Based on my experience working at the Stone House, his judgment is often correct."

Luke frowned in disagreement and said, "But I know that I am in very good condition today!"

Most bastards who walk out drunk will claim that they are not drunk.

Compared to Luke's statement, I am more willing to believe in Ebisu's vision.

I thought about it and tried to approach the question from Hai Lao's perspective: "Luke, I know you are a promising young man who is active in work, but think about it, it's only the middle of this month and you have already completed seven Black Bronze-level missions alone, and all of them are subjugation tasks. A person is stained with a lot of blood, but it is easy to accumulate mental fatigue without realizing it."

Luke sighed and said gloomily, "But now I feel like I am so energetic that I can defeat a thousand tigers. I heard from my predecessors that adventurers sometimes fall into a strange state of mind called ZOOM. I feel that I am lucky enough to have entered this legendary state and can use all the moves and techniques I want in battle."

"Emi's judgment was correct. Luke's state of mind is really problematic."

"ZOOM or something, it sounds like some made-up urban legend—"

"Those who are good at swimming will drown, and those who are good at riding will fall. It seems that I need to give Luke some advice."

However, people always tend to believe in their own feelings, and when a person is full of confidence, other people's opposite opinions will only become a joke in their eyes. At this time, Luke is like an angry horse out of control. The best way to prevent an angry horse from hurting itself by rushing around is to guide its impulse to other safe places.

I put on a gentle smile and gave him an idea: "Luke, since you have entered the realm called ZOOM, why don't you take this opportunity to obtain a silver-level certificate? If you get a silver-level certificate, wouldn't it be just right for Hai Lao to arrange other better and more rewarding tasks for you?"

After hearing what I said, Luke's eyes sparkled. He clenched his fist with one hand and patted my shoulder with the other. He nodded confidently and said, "Miss Lan Nong, you are right. Since it is rare for me to enter the realm of ZOOM, I should seize this rare mental state. I will pack my equipment later and go to the Swordsman Association to sign up for the professional assessment."

"Yes, go ahead. I'll be waiting for your good news in the stone house."

I smiled and bid farewell to the confident Luke, while secretly imagining his disappointed expression when he found out that he had wasted his registration fee. Because in the Bright Alliance, the professional assessment at each stage is very strict, and there is a 99% chance that a guy with only a black bronze level will not be able to pass the silver level assessment.

In addition, based on my long-term observation, adventurers with professional levels 10-20 are at the Bronze level, those with levels 20-40 are at the Silver level, and the Gold level is at level 40 or above. Finally, since the Platinum and Legendary levels are beyond the ability of the Intermediate Appraisal Technique, I have not yet found objective reference data for the two at this stage.

However, Luke, who is only level 13, is bound to return in disgrace this time.

"Pushing one's own people into the hell of exams unexpectedly gives me a sense of success..."

"No wonder teachers in the past always designed exams to be so difficult that we could only get passing scores..."

"It turns out that watching others fall down is such a pleasant thing..."

After watching Luke leave, I turned back to Ebi’s counter.

At this moment, in front of the old man was a strange new face, that person was a young girl with short blond hair and a huge backpack hanging around her waist. Surprisingly, this girl, whom I had never met before, was actually staring at Lian'er. This rare scene made my heart sink...

I went over and hugged Lian'er, giving the girl a polite smile.

"Ebi, what happened? How can we help this guest?"

"She said she wanted to discuss business with us, but she seemed to recognize our little mute."

Ebi gave me a look that said "you handle it".

Seeing this, I nodded in agreement and gave the girl a look that said "I'm in charge".

The girl cleared her throat, extended a hand of friendship to me, and introduced herself: "Hello, my name is Sophie Fritz. I have met the gray-haired girl beside you before, but today I am not here to see her. Instead, I am here to discuss a business with you two according to the instructions of President Ehard of the Stone House."

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19. Countess (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"Hello, my name is Sophie Fritz. I have met the gray-haired girl beside you once before, but I am not here to see her today. Instead, I am here to discuss a business deal with you two according to the instructions of President Ehard of Stone House."

I held the girl's hand, my heart filled with surprise.

I don't know when it started, but I have always been particularly sensitive to various names, almost to the point of being able to remember them all at a glance, because remembering a person's name is a very important etiquette. When you remember and say the other person's name, the other person will feel valued and will believe that you are concentrating on talking to him or her.

Count Sophie-Fritze.

Recalling the parchment book, I suddenly understood why the girl looked at Lian'er just now. Since the item was stolen from her by Lian'er, it was reasonable for them to have met each other before. I was just afraid that she mistook Lian'er for a thief with bad intentions and insisted that we give an explanation.

However, since she said she was here to discuss business, she probably wouldn't mention anything bad.

I smiled and greeted her, "So it's Miss Fritz. My name is Uru-Lannon, and I'm half the person in charge of the third floor of the stone house. We found a parchment book with your name written on it earlier, and then handed it over to an adventurer to help return the lost property. I wonder if you have received it now?"

Hearing this, Sophie was stunned at first, then nodded and smiled: "Yeah, although the process was a bit bumpy, we did receive it."

Some twists and turns?

I was a little curious about this statement, but I didn't delve into it further.

I care more about the Stone House's business than their lost property.

"That's great..." I congratulated him first, then asked, "So, the business that Miss Fritz just mentioned..."

The girl Sophie smiled and replied, "I do want to discuss a business with you. It is a business that will definitely make money for you. I believe you will be very interested in it!"

I maintained a business smile and patiently replied, "I'd like to hear more about it."

Sophie, the young girl, stretched out her finger and scanned the empty third floor. She said, "Ms. Lannon, as we all know, there are many vacant spaces on the third floor of the Stone House. I think it would be a waste if they were left unused. So, I want to rent one of the stalls here from you to do some retail business."

I looked at Sophie and felt strange.

If we were to run an ordinary retail business, I'm afraid our Stone House would not be a good location.

The most important thing is that our third floor is very lacking in traffic, and without customers there is no way to sell the goods. It is for this reason that I have not arranged the open space on the third floor in this direction. Basically, at this stage I want to convert the other locations on the third floor into a relaxing place for adventurers to rest and exchange ideas, but due to funding issues, I have not taken action yet.

I really want to know what this girl wants to do with this vacant land.

I winked and asked her to sit in another booth and talk to her one-on-one: "If possible, could you please tell me what kind of retail business you want to do in our Stone House? Of course, if you feel uncomfortable with this question, you can choose not to answer it, but I will take this uncertainty into consideration."

If she was going to sell special items like notebooks that would destroy my worldview on our third floor, I would be very distressed.

Perhaps she understood my difficulty, and because it was not a secret worth hiding, Sophie explained the situation to me frankly: "I think Miss Lannong you know very well that the third floor of your stone house is very lacking in traffic. Even if you want to do business, you can only target your contracted adventurers themselves. In this way, the sales targets are greatly limited."

She blinked her big watery eyes and said energetically, "But even if there are limitations, the space on the third floor is not without possibilities. I hope to open a recycling center here to recycle all kinds of large and small items obtained by adventurers during their missions. As for how it will work, I can't explain it all to you, Miss Lan Nong~"

Recycling center?

What a great idea.

I have also considered this business before, but finally gave up because I had no way to sell the recyclables and no technology to identify the correct value of various types of recyclables. Judging from the tone of the girl Sophie, she might have mastered the above two conditions. However, the idea of ​​opening a quest item recycling center in the Adventurer's Guild is unprecedented.

In other words, she is not guaranteed to succeed.

I looked into Sophie's eyes and saw a high level of confidence.

She firmly believed that this business would bring her unprecedented wealth.

"What's going on? Her sense of certainty?"

"I have done a market survey and I know that this recycling center business is truly unprecedented. Even if it is profitable in theory, without actual data, this confidence is dangerous. It is undoubtedly great for the first person to try something new, but the road to innovation is often littered with corpses..."

"Does she not mind if her business fails? Or is this recycling center business just a game for her?"

"No……"

"From the land pawn agreement, it seems that Miss Fritz and her family's financial situation is not very good..."

I frowned, looked at the girl in front of me who was probably only fourteen years old, and asked worriedly, "Excuse me, Miss Fritz, are you in urgent need of money? The recycling center business requires a lot of investment. If you buy the goods but can't sell them, then you won't get back any of the gold coins you invested."

Sophie's face stiffened for a moment, then she showed a confident smile again.

She smiled nonchalantly and waved her hands, saying, "I'm not in a hurry to spend the money. I just have some spare cash and want to start a small business for fun. Even if I lose it all, it won't have a big impact on my life."

If I hadn't seen the parchment book, I might have believed that this was the Countess's pretend business game. However, if you just imagine the huge amount of money needed to redeem a piece of territory, you can understand the significance of this business to the young girl Sophie.

Sophie made her only and last bet, trying to raise enough money in a short period of time with the business of the recycling center to redeem her lost territory from the merchants. How much money would it cost? One hundred thousand gold coins? Or two hundred thousand gold coins? In other words, how big is the territory of an earl? How many people are under his jurisdiction?

"Isn't it possible that what Ms. Fritz is carrying is much heavier than what she says?"

"Otherwise, there's no point in betting a large sum of money on a business with an uncertain future."

I looked at the young girl Sophie and felt sympathy for her situation. It was undoubtedly a shame for a noble earl to lose his territory. During the few months I spent with Sister Meng'er and the others, I also realized that there are always some people in this world who are very obsessed with virtue and honor, which is almost equal to the weight of life, and even surpasses the nobility of life.

But sympathy is laziness, business is business, I can't use Sister Meng'er's money to help others.

However, there are ways to save money.

"As a business without precedent, you will probably need a lot of working capital during the development period, right? I have thought about the idea of ​​a recycling center before, but it was not implemented for various reasons. Now I will ask you to help confirm my idea. Our Stone House will not charge you rent or other fees for the time being..."

I changed the subject and made an investment on behalf of Stone House and Sister Meng'er: "But, after you officially make money, we will take 15% of the profit. The contract is for half a year. This is the best condition we can offer you."

After hearing my resolute offer, Sophie showed obvious hesitation.

That's a contradictory mentality.

If Miss Fritz can make a considerable profit at the beginning, then paying a rent of twenty or thirty gold coins directly would be a relatively low operating cost. On the contrary, if the monthly profit of 15% is lower than the monthly rent, then my offer would be more favorable to her. However, what Miss Fritz is pursuing is probably a crazy profit.

The value of twenty or thirty gold coins to the territory is just a drop in the bucket.

And I totally don’t believe that the recycling center business alone can make hundreds of thousands of dollars in a few years.

Even with my help, the Stone House would only make a profit of a few thousand gold coins a year at most.

You can never be too optimistic when doing business. If money were so easy to make, everyone would have become millionaires long ago.

"Okay, I agree to your terms, but I hope the contract period can be shortened to three months."

Finally, Miss Fritz made a conservative decision. It seemed that she understood that business must be done step by step. She probably wanted to operate the business for three months before carefully considering the next step.

I nodded in agreement to her additional suggestion and took her to Sister Meng'er's office. The three of us spent half an hour drafting the detailed terms of the lease. After completing the entire signing process, a beautiful woman wearing a full set of knight armor took Sophie away. Just by looking at their appearance and the way they get along, I felt that they were blood relatives, probably a pair of sisters with a good relationship.

As I watched the two of them leave, my intuition told me that the stone house would become more and more lively.

Finally, Sister Menger told me good news.

We have one more platinum-level adventurer in our Stone House.

It was the blonde knight lady from before.

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20. Sister's Time (Raftan)

(Raftan-Fritze)

"Wow, it's better than expected! The room in the stone house!"

I took my sister Sophie back to our room. Unlike the deserted stone house, the room arranged for me by President Ehard was very clean and comfortable. It included a living room, bedroom, bathroom, balcony, and kitchen. Each part gave people a feeling of spaciousness, which immediately made me feel much better after staying in a small hotel for several days.

"Well, there's nothing to be surprised about. After all, you are a platinum-level adventurer. If they don't provide such service and hospitality, they may not be able to retain talents. The relationship between the guild and the adventurers is just a symbiotic relationship of mutual benefit. So, sister, don't easily feel grateful to the Stone House. That is very dangerous, understand?"

Unlike my excitement, my sister looked at the room with a very critical eye. At first glance, she seemed dissatisfied with everything. However, from the way she played with her hair and smiled slightly, we could understand that she really could not find any flaws in the room, and deep down she was actually very satisfied with the various arrangements of the stone house.

The most perfect thing in the whole room is the spacious and only double bed.

"Hey, there's only one bed in the room."