Chapter 101 – 24. Friendship Dating. (One)
The small town of Amper, where the thick fog disappeared, returned to the present world.
Of course, the damage is difficult to estimate. It was hard to even know how many victims this incident had caused. Not only city residents, but also numerous merchants and mercenaries were caught up in this situation…. Just a simple estimate would be enough to be 3,000.
In the case of city dwellers, there was no responsibility for compensation, as they were treated as the property of the castle lord under imperial law. Moreover, it was the first time in decades that such a city-level magical disaster had occurred, so it was unclear who to hold responsible for. What’s more, the only thing left was a heart attack, and there was no evidence or even a witness. …… In a word, it means that only those who fell behind became unfair.
The Allen-Mercenary Corps, who had gone through so much hardship, recuperated for two days at Baron Castle. Allen Danju, whose body was in disarray, was fortunately back to normal within a day. After all, with potions and heals, pretty much all wounds can be healed.
Maddened by his mercenary business, he saw himself as part of his business. As long as he doesn’t die, he can use it as much as he wants. Isn’t there a case where the image of a corporate owner is often used as part of business marketing in the district? Allen is like that.
Anyway, the situation was perfectly resolved, and he implicitly brought up the story of compensation in a meeting with Zuni, a money-mad mercenary, and, of course, his baroness.
Of course, she was also the hostess of an aristocratic family, so she had no objection to the idea of giving a reward. She saved a city from danger, and of course she’ll give her everything she asks for.
“Okay, what do you want? …… Do you need money? I have plenty of money.”
All living things die, but money, which is inanimate, remains intact in the family’s warehouse.
While Allen was recuperating, all three mercenary owners had already received a large sum of money. So the baroness was thinking of a similar amount of compensation this time as well.
… However, after thinking deeply for two days, Allen thought differently. Of course, the money in front of him is important, but he needed to think about the distant future as he aims for the top 10.
“Surely, you will need a lot of money to rebuild the city, so can I get something other than money?”
As it was, an astronomical amount of money was being demanded, so the baroness’s face was a bit blush. She knows how to drink tea with the other wives, and is a young man in city management. It would be nice if she could save money.
“Sure. Tell me what it is.”
“From now on, Allen-Please reduce the toll of the mercenaries by half.”
In the future, merchants will often come and go through this bridgehead-like small town, but if the toll tax is reduced by as much as half, it will return with a much greater benefit later than receiving money right away.
Apparently, the baroness, whose senses were a bit dull in this direction, readily accepted the attractive man’s proposal. It was important for her to save money right away, and it would be disrespectful for an aristocrat to coldly reject his offer, who was also her lifesaver.
“Like. If you want it, you do.”
“Thank you.”
……… But Allen, the money ogre, was a little too sad to return without a penny, so she made another offer to the baroness.
“Ma’am. I’m a bit sorry to say this in this unfortunate situation, but… , You know that most of the houses in the city are empty right now?”
When she said that, a shadow fell on her face.
“Sure. …… It’s a tragedy I hate to even think about.”
“As far as I know, the ownership of a building without an owner goes to the Seongju family. …… And even things in the house.”
“Right.”
The baroness seemed curious about what Allen Danzoo had in mind for saying this.
“I can’t help but feel sad that things have come to this point, but I can’t just sit still and put my hands on it. Those who survived will have to work hard to rebuild the city again.”
“… So, what are you trying to say?”
“Our mercenary corps will take care of the valuables of the ownerless house. Of course, it will belong to your wife, and we will take a part of it as commission.”
Even if a little more time passes like this, the house will be robbed by the neighbors. Wouldn’t those who are astute already find empty houses and rob valuables? It’s a lost item anyway, so even if you take it, you won’t feel very guilty. … And the city became this shape in the first place, but now is the time to discuss morality or something.
Of course, that story must have come from a male writer as well, but she just couldn’t afford to put it into practice. Currently, there are only five or six security guards in the city, and the baron family’s escort is not enough with three or four knights, so they are barely hiring a mercenary.
In such a situation, Allen’s proposal was certainly tempting. …… However, trust in whether you can trust and entrust it is a problem.
But as a baroness, believe it or not, you had to grab at the straw. Even if the Allen-Mercenary corps gets a little sloppy in the middle, it will be unconditionally beneficial to retrieve them.
Of course, Allen had the conviction that once he was given a mission, he had to do it with faith and trust. Especially on this floor, faith and trust were important virtues that should not be abandoned. Even though he loved money dearly, he didn’t pursue it enough to ruin his future. … Even if you can’t get money, you have to keep trust.
Allen never forgot those terrible words that fell to the pit after abandoning honor and trust in [Guild Master].
“I don’t know how much the baroness will trust me, but our mercenary group operates based on trust and trust. Even if I do adjust the cost to get a little more profit, I never cheat the customer. That is my belief in the mercenary business.”
The baroness was a little relieved to hear Allen’s heartfelt words. …… Of course, she wasn’t naive enough to believe it all, but she was, and now she had no choice but to follow his suggestion.
“Like. Don’t do that I’ll leave it entirely up to you to collect the valuables. Ilhal’s commission fee.”
“It is a wise choice.”
As soon as that agreement was reached, the Allen-Mercenary Corps robbed the empty house in earnest from that day. Of course, the number of empty houses was so great that each of them was assigned to search the house one by one. That, too, was entrusted based on trust toward the members. …… And Allen used it as an opportunity to test the crew’s credibility. He has a status window anyway, so you can know roughly whether or not they secretly hit the scam.
Of course, how could a greedy mercenary easily hand over the wealth in front of him? Of course, Allen will be flexible and go over to the level of a few gold coins with aegyo, but I will reflect on personnel management later if I think it is too excessive. If you are greedy enough to doubt trust, you have no choice but to be a bit reluctant from the point of view of sobriety.
As a result of divid- ing the east, west, south, and north to search one area a day, they recovered a considerable amount of money, jewelry, and jewelry. … However, it is a bit less than expected. It seemed that the neighbors had already gone quite far.
Allen Danjou handed it over to his baroness, who had been collecting it for four days, and at the same time received the amount for the job as a commission fee. About one thousand five hundred gold coins, and a fair amount of jewels and jewelry.
… To be honest, it seemed a bit cheap for the price of saving the city from ruin, but Allen thought it wasn’t too much of a loss, since he still had the privilege of half the toll. …… On the contrary, if you use it well, you can come back with a really huge benefit. The toll tax is a part of the cost of goods entering the city. If it’s a small amount, it won’t be a big deal, but if it’s a lot, you’ll definitely feel it greatly.
With that done, Allen prepared to leave soon. Of course, the baroness seemed to want him to stay here and help with more things, but Danju politely refused, saying that it was difficult to do so because he had already promised. …… In fact, knowing the situation of the baron family now, he had a ulterior motive to leave in a hurry before his nose was pinched. No matter how much faith and trust are said to be the highest virtues, that absolutely did not mean that they would do charity work for free.
The baroness’s grown-up daughter had started giving Allen a strange look a few days ago. Given the situation, it seems that it is the intention to capture Danju, who can be of help, by her pussy and tie it to the baron’s family… , Unfortunately, Allen was by no means stupid enough to sell his future for just one pussy. She was, but she wasn’t so much a beauty that the daughter was worried about whether or not to sell her future.
If you give me a city, I don’t even know! ………… No, is that a bit too conscienceless bastard?
Selling her daughter’s cunt or her son’s cock, that was someone else’s business now, so Allen stopped caring at that point and went on his way.
…… And the Allen-Mercenary Corps rode the wagon again and moved for five more days, finally arriving at Malzir, the middle city.
