I hope you’re ready to defy this me?
I felt a little irritated at the messy way she handed it to me, but it’s not enough to defy a Nobleman for that.
“Thank you.”
After thanking her, I lifted the bag of coins. The promised reward would have been 15 gold coins, but I felt the weight of the coins in my hand more than the desired reward.
When I opened the bag, I found a large amount of gold coins. When I took them out of the bag and counted them, there were 50 pieces. This was more than 3 times the reward she had been offered at first. I took it as a bonus for completing the request.
What the hell was Zelma thinking when she gave me this?
I look up and see her. She had a wild smile on her face again.
“This time, Christo conducted the investigation on his own, and died as a result. The Erlers were not involved in any way, that’s how I wanted to create the situation. Frankly, it’s a relief.”
The natural death of the head of the family, a convenient development for the Erler family. There will be people who will suspect that there is something suspicious.
But if it turns out to be Christo’s own decision, it will be difficult to pursue. Even if Yang were to investigate to find a connection with me, the Erlers would have finished everything before he could take the time.
“I can’t allow them to leak this request. Naturally, we can think that the fewer people who know about this secret, the better. Normally, it would be better to deal with them here ……”
The smile disappeared from Zelma’s face.
After a pause, Zelma began to speak again.
I don’t interrupt her, of course. I’ll just keep listening until she finishes.
“I’ll stop this time. I’ve heard that you’re very loyal and capable. In fact, you kept your secret and completed this request all by yourself. You passed the test. I’ve decided to hire you for a while for an additional 35 gold pieces.”
If he had been told that he would be killed to keep his mouth shut, he would have run away as fast as he could, forgetting about the future. It was not so difficult to talk to the knights who had come to Yang.
But when it came to hiring them, it was a different story. It wasn’t so urgent that he had to throw away his future.
[TN: Please help me with the above 2 paragraphs!]
The nature of the request is unknown, and the deadline is vague as ‘for a while ’, but it is not something that I would refuse even if I had to defy a Nobleman.
“Are you saying you have another request for me?”
“If there is anything else, I will ask. I’ll give you additional compensation if you need it, and I’ll give you …… a term of 6 months for now.”
I don’t care about the term or the compensation. It’s not something to worry about right now.
But the problem is that the job is not specified at all. It could be fatal.
It’s fine if you’re asking the monster to dispose of humans, like this time, but I definitely don’t want to accept a request to kill children or smuggle drugs. I’ll give you the nail in the coffin here.
[TN: Nail in the coffin(meaning)= something that makes it more likely that someone or something will fail, be destroyed, etc.]
“I’m a member of the guard corps that protects the public safety, and I’m not going to take on any shady or illegal jobs, even if it’s for Zelma-sama. Are you okay with that?”
At my defiant words, Zelma narrowed her eyes and glared at me sharply.
“Oh, you are prepared to defy me, aren’t you?”
As the pressure from Zelma increased, she pulled out the sword she wore on her hip and thrust the tip right in front of me.
Don’t be frightened here. I looked straight at Zelma.
Her arm moves slowly, and the sword cuts a thin layer of skin on my forehead.
Blood dripped down.
“I didn’t mean to disobey you, Sir. I’m just trying to do my job right. If you don’t like it, cut me to death right here and now. But I will continue to serve Zelma-sama to the best of my ability if you will listen to my selfishness.”
“…………”
Time passed in silence.
If they’ve checked out the information at the adventurer’s guild, I can assume that they know everything about my background. I’m not proud of it, but I’ve left behind too many accomplishments to throw it away. Moreover, my first request was accomplished with perfection.
Zelma was convinced that it would be a waste to kill a usable obedient hand piece at this level.
“Huh.”
With a short exhale, the intimidation dissipated.
Zelma quickly put her sword back in its sheath.
“It’s okay. I’ll give you a decent job. But don’t think it’s going to be easy, okay?”
“Of course, I will do my best if you ask me to.”
“Good. I’ll send an envoy if you need anything.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Good answer. I have no more business with you. Go home.”
I obeyed the order and started to leave the room. I was stopped just as my hand touched the doorknob.
“Yes. There’s one thing I forgot to tell you. You’re going to be part of the second research team. I’m counting on you.”
A job offer right away? Naturally, I had no choice to refuse.
I had to agree with a smile.
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