Chapter 344 – 344. Cheolhodan (1)
[Can you come to the mansion?]
At the end of the silence, that was the only thing Eleanor said.
Erin immediately agreed to her request and moved on.
Perhaps because of Eleanor’s notice beforehand, there were no enlisted soldiers in the duke’s family who didn’t know Erinn’s face, so Erinn’s entry into the mansion went very smoothly.
To the extent that Erin expressed her disapproval at the servant’s behavior of escorting herself into the interior of her mansion in a rather burdensome polite manner.
‘Maybe it’s because of Hyun’s influence… It’s not that I don’t understand…’
Even though she was proud and happy, the aftermath of her influence on herself made Erin feel burdened.
The reason why she was burdened by Erin and receiving attention from inside her mansion was not only because of the influence of her teacher, Eleanor’s husband, Eun-hyeon.
Erin’s appearance, which developed remarkably as she grew up, was so beautiful that it robbed her of all ages and genders.
Her legs, wrapped in tights that accentuate the shape of her legs, emphasize her slender yet healthy physical beauty, while her slim waistline and large breasts are sensual enough to take away even the attention of the same woman.
Even so, it is an inexplicable contradiction itself that the person who has that sensual body is a young lady who has just turned 20 years old.
It wasn’t that she looked at her strangely, but she couldn’t get used to being the center of attention even if she tried.
Smart
The employee who was leading her and escorting her Erin knocked in front of her arrived door.
“Miss Eleanor. I brought Erin-sama.”
“…”
The character ‘Nim’ was very unfamiliar to her, but she only put on a shy expression, but she and Erin didn’t say much.
This title, which she refused to change over and over again, was because she had accepted it and had no choice but to accept it and get used to it.
“Come in.”
After Eleanor’s permission was granted, the servant opened her door and moved her aside, politely gesturing her Erin into her room.
“Go, thank you…”
Erin bowed her head to thank her, and she entered Eleanor’s room.
“Oh oh! Miss!”
“… ? Ah.”
As soon as he enters her room, a man who sees himself makes a fuss, gets up from his seat, and shakes his hand, giving him a welcome look.
For a moment, she made an expression of wondering who he was, but soon she remembered him and Erin sighed lightly.
“That impostor man?”
Jisuda, an adventurer who seeks an apology for being sorry for Eun-hyeon in the wake of trying to scam Eun-hyeon in the past and is walking the path of rebirth by Eun-hyeon,
Jis, who is now clearing up her past karma by donating an amount that doubles the amount she had cheated on to the adventurer’s guild or various places under Eun-hyeon’s intervention, looked puzzled.
“You’re a cheater…”
At the title given by Erin, the former swindler adventurer, Jess, put on a sad expression and expressed a little regret on her face.
“What… That’s true, though.”
Still, he sighed a little at the fact that his perception hadn’t changed at all, though he was no longer cheating and living a good life in his own way.
“Miss Eleanor. I’m here.”
“Huh. Come on.”
Sitting at her desk in her office, watching her work, Eleanor smiled as she accepted Erin’s greeting.
“Are you having a hard time?”
“Are you okay. Because I’ve been busy lately. If only the completion of the temple is completed and it operates normally. I can get some rest too.”
Perhaps because Eleanor’s smile seemed weak, Eleanor’s tired look was evident in Erin’s eyes.
It was because there were many agendas going on at the same time, such as directing the temple renovation project and deploying the slaves that Eunhyeon had sent from the foreign territory of Sabiros this time.
“And… Thanks to Erin’s help this time, it’s a lot easier for me and my brother.”
“Me?”
Erin asked back, widening her eyes as if not understanding her reason.
“Huh.”
Eleanor smiled a little and nodded her head, got up from her seat and sat down on the sofa in the middle of hers.
“Sit down for now. Filled… Was it hot chocolate?”
“Yes.”
Knowing Erin’s preference for her usual warm and sweet drinks, Eleanor immediately ordered her servant to prepare Cézanne’s drink.
Then, while the three of them were dispensing drinks, she glanced at Jess and opened her mouth.
“Jis. You explain.”
“Yes. All right.”
As if she had waited, Jis answered right away and started her story while looking at Erin.
“First of all, the lady won’t know the details. I must first explain why I came to see you.”
Jis started her explanation to Erin about what the guild called Iron Tiger is currently planning inside the Armitas territory.
The story was very simple.
The purpose is to approach the newbies who are flowing into the Armitas Territory en masse, deceive them and sell cheap equipment at high prices while leaving a large margin.
It was not much different from the information that Erin had grasped in the scuffle between her members of the Iron Tigers and the newbies who were her former aristocratic children.
“But do scams like that work so well with newbies?”
Erin couldn’t understand why she could be so easily fooled, no matter how blind and inexperienced she was.
“Of course, if you just look at the given situation and information, you won’t be easily fooled.”
Jis nodded her head as if it was a natural reaction and agreed.
“But it is. Miss. Most of the people who are scammed are going to be stabbed in the back of the head after being complacent about how easily they can be scammed.”
“…”
“Even if anyone claims that cheap equipment with poor quality is high-end equipment and tells you to buy it at a high price, who would be crazy to buy it? Even the Hogu are not caught on such a trick.”
Jess’ argument was natural.
“Miss. When a lady buys something, do you buy it only after looking at it unconditionally?”
“Yes? Well.”
Erin tilted her head and gave vague answers.
“When adventurers buy equipment, if they lack the discernment to know the history or performance of the equipment, they tend to rely on other parts to evaluate it.”
This ‘other part’ is the seller who makes the sale.
“Erin, let’s say that person is trying to sell her stuff to Erin. What they’re selling here is really just plain stones that don’t seem to have any effect.”
“Yes.”
Erin listened to Eleanor’s example and imagined in her head that Eun-hyeon was selling her an ordinary stone.
“He’s trying to sell Erin that ordinary-looking stone for a gold coin. Will Erin buy the stone?”
“… No?”
Erin put on a slightly sad expression at the analogy that made her think that she was ignoring herself too much.
Seeing her face, Eleanor smiled like she was cute and continued her words.
“However, that person explains that the stone is actually a magical stone that possesses tremendous power and increases the amount of mana stored in the body by nearly three times, and says that it has priceless value. And she whispers to Erin that she sells the magic stone for a pittance of a gold coin.”
“…”
Erin was lost in her thoughts.
Eun-hyeon has a lot of knowledge in her head and she has no reason to lie to herself like that.
If that explanation were true, wouldn’t the price of a gold coin really be as great a profit as selling gold for a loaf of bread?
“Are you worried now?”
Seeing Erin’s reaction, her shoulder twitching as if she had understood her thoughts, Eleanor winked at Jess.
“What… I understood the story of how much the young lady believed in and followed the nobleman well, and here, from the young lady’s point of view, ‘that nobleman’ is the newbie who was the victim of this incident.”
“Ah…”
Erin nodded her head as if she belatedly understood.
In purchasing equipment, the most important thing is the discernment to recognize the value of equipment and the experience to cultivate it.
The newbies who were completely lacking in that fell into the guild’s status as Cheolhodan and the salesman’s eloquence.
Just as Erin unconditionally credits and never doubts the relationship of trust that has been built between her Eun-hyeon and herself.
Newbies show their trust through belonging to a guild called Cheolhodan.
She explains the history of the equipment and at the same time presents a mass phrase wrapped in plausible words, stimulating greed as if buying it now will make a huge profit.
“When I joined a guild called Cheolhodan, I received an offer from many newbies to sell cheap equipment with defects at a high price.”
“… But why are you here?”
“Because he refused.”
Jess confidently shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“Even if you join the other side, there is only loss, let alone benefit, so why do you do such stupid things?”
“…”
“Besides, lady. I was given the first and last chance by the lady’s teacher, the nobleman. If I betray that nobleman here, the price I will have to pay after that is my life. But in this situation, there’s no way I could accept that person’s offer.”
What if I betray Eun-hyeon?
Jis frowned as if he didn’t want to imagine what happened after that.
For the first and last time in his life, Jess had no intention of kicking the rope of opportunity.
Even though they were compulsorily donating an amount that doubled the amount they had cheated on to adventurers’ guilds, nursery schools, and other facilities.
As much as that, the amount of money they earn from selling the products Eunhyun provided is also quite good.
Compared to the past, where I lived day by day as a criminal, frantically cheating, fearing retaliation.
I feel comfortable because I can do activities that are quite stable.
Erin tilted her head when she saw Jess, imagining the retaliation that would come back to her if she betrayed Eun-hyeon.
“Come on, lady. Do you understand the current situation and the general circumstances?”
“Then the fact that Eleanor and Alex’s work has become easier because of me…”
“That’s right. My brother received a tip from Jis and was secretly conducting an investigation into the Cheolhodan guild that was plotting things. That’s where Erin caught a scuffle between the victims and the perpetrators.”
It had to be really good timing.
“At the same time as the large influx of newbie adventurers, the influx of villagers also increased rapidly, and the population of the territory was rapidly increasing. I’m ashamed… My brother and the Knights of Armitas are also in a state of lack of manpower…”
Controlling the people who have increased due to the increase in population, recruiting and training new soldiers so that the security does not deteriorate, and budgeting for the welfare policy of newbies implemented in the adventurers guild.
Alex was also having a very busy day.
As much as the number of influx of adventurers and villagers increased, the fact that not all of them came to Armitas territory with good intentions is also an unchanging fact.
The adventurers who suggested a partnership with Jiss and the guild members of the Cheolhodan entered the territory with exquisite aim for this point.
“Couldn’t they have arrested you right away?”
“If we couldn’t secure solid evidence, Cheolhodan could have caught it as something they didn’t know. I’m sorry, but if no damage actually happened. There is no justification for the ducal family to impose sanctions on the guild.”
“It was last week when he offered me a partnership. Due to the timing, the victims the young lady found must be the first victims. This was also a very fast move. It seems that he planned to make a big profit and run away by quickly killing newbie adventurers before the territory was stabilized and security was reestablished.”
Even though he was very busy, he had a feeling that he moved in a hurry, concerned that the quick work would stabilize the territory.
The swindler who proposed a partnership with Jis went wrong with Jiss, and he immediately went to Cheolhodan and suggested this scam, Jiss guessed.
He drew the attention of newbie adventurers at once by offering high-end equipment as a false sale, borrowing Cheolhodan’s credibility and status, and selling cheap equipment as high-end equipment and selling it at a high price.
The transaction must have been concluded in the form of sharing the profits generated as a result between Cheolhodan and the fraudster.
“But from now on it will be a little different.”
Eleanor looked at Erin in her eyes, her eyes shining.
Erin, who understood her meaning, nodded as if she understood.
Since there was a victim, the Duke family had a justification to move.
In addition, he ordered the Heilangdan to collect information and to secure the identities of additional victims through the Cheolhodan.
But besides that, Erin came to another conclusion, and another way popped into her head.
“Miss Eleanor.”
“Huh?”
“Still, it will take some time for the duke family to move right away, right?”
“Hmm… Is it like that too?”
If you make a hasty move, there is a risk of pretending not to know or running away while hiding the evidence from the other side.
“Shall I take my time?”
