Understand humans!

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Like Winton himself.

He hated the experience of counting copper coins one by one to buy meals in the public canteen, so after Winton climbed to the position of financial officer, he never returned here.

Arrived at the storage area.

Aula stood aside and watched the gold, silver and treasures being continuously unloaded from the carriage. From time to time, he would fiddle with them to confirm the authenticity of the gold and silver.

Aura then turned around and asked Winton:

“Who brought this here?”

"Donated by Earl Byron to our branch of the association."

"free?"

“Donation means free.”

"So kind?"

Aura showed a suspicious look. Although she was a demon and didn't know much about humans, she could understand that most humans were not selfless. Why would Count Byron show goodwill to the association's branch for no reason?

I used the magic of obedience on him. If he is not a slave, why should he use money to serve his master?

Winton replied:

"Earl Byron is kindhearted, and it is common for him to support branches of the association. It is not just our San Lorenzo branch. Other branches of the magic association in other places also often receive donations from local wealthy families. For example, part of the funds for the operation of the Kribi Continent Magic Association are also donated from various places... Sir, should we report it to the headquarters now?"

"Why report it?" Aula's eyes widened in horror. Since all the money had been delivered to the branch, wasn't it her money? Why should it be distributed to other departments?

"But when a large amount of money flows, there will always be records. We need a proper reason if we want to keep this donation." Winton was also shocked. He thought he was already very greedy for keeping 30% before, but the new minister was even worse than him. Judging from the new minister's expression, he was unwilling to hand over even a penny to the headquarters.

He even had a matter-of-fact look on his face - the minister is really greedy!

The right reason?

Aura thought about it for a moment, then clapped his hands and figured it out.

She pointed to the teaching building in the distance:

"The school is in a state of disrepair. I plan to renovate it."

"You can't report this rashly, sir... The higher-ups will come to inspect the building renovation. The building is huge, and the renovation is not a small amount of money. It's impossible to hide it even if you want to."

"Why do you want to hide it?"

"Why do you want to hide...this..."

Uh?

It was not until this moment that Winton realized something was wrong. He turned around and looked at Aura, but there was no greed in those purple eyes.

She just wanted to repair the teaching building and didn't want to keep a penny for herself.

Chapter 116: Not a Cent Spent

How can it be?

Doesn't she have any idea about money?

Impossible, even a three-year-old child can understand the meaning of money. Unless you are a savage who has grown up in the mountains, or a barbarian who only robs and never spends money, you have no desire for money.

This lady is so elegant and beautiful, but she has nothing to do with anything, right?

"But... But I can..." Winton gritted his teeth. Seeing Aura's behavior, the chances of him instigating the new minister to seek personal gain were slim. So he had no choice but to try his best to gain benefits for himself:

"But if you do that then..."

"Just do this?"

"You will not receive salary rewards from the Magic Association headquarters - if you hand over a portion of the donations, all members of the association branch will get a salary increase. Your Excellency, don't worry about the higher-ups coming to investigate. This is legal. If you bring in such a large donation for the headquarters, even if you leave San Lorenzo, your salary will double, not decrease!"

Winton has been working as the association's financial officer for so many years that he naturally knows how to deal with the symptoms. He has his own ways to deal with greedy bosses, and he also has his own ways to deal with honest bosses.

This kind of bribery is in compliance with the rules of the Magic Association and is open and aboveboard. He doesn't believe that there would be anyone who would not be tempted!

"Can the salary be increased?"

Aura tilted her head, confused.

What is salary? Do I have it?

"Sir, this is completely legal. The extra money you get every month cannot be found even if the headquarters comes to check. No, it should be said that it is the performance salary paid to you by the headquarters."

Unlike the greed in Winton's eyes, and the eagerness in the eyes of the surrounding Magic Association members when they heard that everyone was going to get a salary increase, Aura's eyes were filled with dullness.

[Huh? My salary? I've never seen that before!]

She glanced around, seeing the expectant eyes of these humans, and her playful heart was aroused——

A wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

So he started to curse Winton:

"As the treasurer of the association, can you please show some contribution?"

"Our branch of the Magic Association was established to select magic talents for Kribi, for the future development of mankind, and for the great cause of fighting against the demons!"

"How can you only think about yourself!"

Then Aura looked around with a look of deep sorrow and said in disappointment:

"Most of you are magicians raised in San Lorenzo. Your education was paid for by the taxes of your fellow villagers. After you finish your studies, why do you only think about yourselves and not look forward to the development of San Lorenzo? Don't you hope that San Lorenzo will get better?"

"This money will all be invested in the construction of San Lorenzo's School of Magic—none of you can take it!"

"Don't be so stupid. I know what you're thinking. It's just that I don't belong to the financial system of the San Lorenzo branch. It's easy for me to talk without any worries."

Aura waved his hand, puffed out his chest and said proudly:

"I will donate all my previous and future salaries to the finances of San Lorenzo to build the school!"

Aura took out his identity badge, threw it to Winton, and asked him to go to the Magic Association headquarters to get it.

As expected, as Aura set such an example, the hateful looks from the surrounding Magic Association members suddenly disappeared, replaced by horror and disbelief.

Looking at the faces of the humans who were gradually becoming grateful, Aura felt happy in his heart.

Demons love to fool humans.

The demons who possess emotions love this even more.

"You guys, learn from me and keep the human magic cause in your heart—"

Aura lowered his head and held his hand in front of his chest to show his sincerity.

Then he walked away with his head held high.

As for her identity badge—Winton could take it.

She was a demon who was captured by the great magician and taken prisoner by Kribi. She had no salary at all.

Just pick it up, if she, Aura, can lose a penny, then her name, Aura, the Seventh Guillotine, will be written upside down!

The carriage rattled along.

Crossing the mountain road, running towards the magnificent city in the distance.

As the branch's financial officer, Winton has the opportunity to report to Kribi once every six months.

It just so happened that Aura came here just as he took office. A few days ago, Aura decided to withhold the earl's donation to the Continental Magic Association at the San Lorenzo branch. Today, Winton came to the Continental Magic Association headquarters in Kribi with an application for renovation of the branch academy.

Oh, of course, there is also Aula's identity badge, which is the certificate used to collect salary.

After entering the city of Kribi, Winton did not stay in other places in the city for too long and went straight to the reception desk of the headquarters.

After entering the reception hall of the headquarters and queuing up at the reporting desk for branch personnel, it was his turn after a while.

Winton placed the document about the large sum of money donated by the Count of San Lorenzo and the funding forecast for the renovation of the college on the window. The receptionist at the window looked at the classification and stamped it. Immediately, the paper began to glow and the words on it disappeared. After a minute or two, they reappeared.

This time there was a big red stamp of approval.

"So fast?"

Not only Winton was surprised, but even the receptionist was surprised. San Lorenzo is a city close to Kribi, where job reports are more frequent, and the receptionist was also deeply impressed by San Lorenzo.

If she remembered correctly, wasn't it very corrupt there?

Members of the branch association colluded with local nobles and wealthy businessmen, using their power for personal gain, but every minister who was transferred there could not find anything. There was no evidence, and the headquarters was unable to intervene as it was surrounded by mountains and hills, making it inconvenient to come and go.

But all applications for San Lorenzo were handled with great caution, especially for building renovations that involved a large amount of money and could easily be exploited by local branch members.

Generally, you have to send someone to inspect the house first to see if there is real damage to the house.

Why do the higher-ups trust San Lorenzo so much this time?

They just looked at the applicant's name and nodded in approval.

"Ridiculous—" Although he thought so in his heart, it was not his job responsibility. The receptionist could only think about it in his mind and then handed the approved document back to Winton.

"Next……"

"And one more thing."

Winton interrupted the receptionist, then pulled a badge from his pocket, placed it on the front desk, and said:

"Take out all the salaries inside."

"OK, wait."

The receptionist took the badge and placed it in a small cylinder. With a flash of magical light, a document record immediately flew out from the densely packed shelves behind him.

She turned over slightly and her expression changed immediately.

"What's wrong? It's empty inside?" Winton also became suspicious.

When he heard Aura donate all her salary so happily, he felt something was wrong - that minister, could it be that she didn't have much salary at all?

The minister’s daily food, clothing and other expenses might not come from her salary at all, but from her family’s support... otherwise she wouldn’t be so insensitive to money.

"It's not empty." The receptionist shook his head, looking embarrassed, "It's just that you probably can't take so much away. There is a first-level magician in it, which is more than ten years' salary."

"You haven't been taken away in all these years?"

"Let me check the records... Oh, someone collected the money in the first few months after the ID card was issued, but she didn't withdraw the money during those times. Instead, she was punished for committing a crime in the Magic Association and the amount was deducted to a negative amount. She had to pay some money in. After that, no one came to collect the money, and the position remained vacant."

"If she doesn't get paid, then why does she keep this job? She can't volunteer to work for nothing for more than ten years, right?"

"Well, it's not all salary. Her previous positions have been blacked out and cancelled. The salary given to her by the headquarters should be a pension... As for not receiving her salary for more than ten years, this is normal. It is normal for high-level magicians to wander around the borders of various countries and not return to the mainland for several years. They don't need the salary issued by the headquarters. They are just listed here in name only."

"How much can I take?"

"Wait, I was wrong before. This badge is a little special and can be taken away all at once... Is it okay if I change it all into gold bars for you?"

The headquarters has a certain amount of gold reserves to support large-scale transactions.

The receptionist handed out a heavy box of gold from the window.

Winton took it in a daze.

He put away Aura's badge, hugged the box with both hands, walked aside and sat down on a chair in the hall.

Winton opened the box, counted the number and weight of the gold bars inside, and made a silent estimate in his mind.

I was extremely shocked.

"This... is one third of the money donated by Earl Byron..."

"Lord Aura, you..."

Winton closed the box full of gold and looked up for a long time.

He was old but his eyes were wet and his voice was choked: