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I wouldn’t miss the chance to take advantage if he’s so greedy for advancement.

I promised him a good position in the Guild if he signed the contract for my crystal, and just like that, he was my own personal bodyguard that I could call anytime.

That brown-haired lass can fight a little, sure, but she’s nowhere near Mühen’s level. Not to mention, Mühen will be fighting along with people far outclassing these thugs she just defeated.

Ha, morons! It’s the end for you, for sure this time. This is what you got for getting cocky. Nobody makes a fool out of I, Bowzen, and walks away scott-free. Both of you are quite the stunner, so if only you got on your knees and begged for forgiveness, I might have made you two my mistresses.

Too bad, it’s too late now. You will die! You’ll become nothing but rust on Mühen’s sword!

“Ho ho ho ho, so you’re eager! But you must know that these people are on a different level, and I also have a most skilled swordsman who’s built differently from the rest. He’s the adventurer’s guild’s supernova, and although he is only C-rank, he has shown that he is strong enough to defeat the strongest A- and B-ranked fighters. His cold blood as he kills makes even me tremble.”

Now, Mühen, show me carnage!
For someone my age, I sure am bloodthirsty.
But…

Mühen seems to know that blonde lass. In fact, they’re speaking amiably, he’s not even drawing his sword.

“O-, oy, what’s happening?! Kill them! Kill these cheeky lasses!”

You’re supposed to be the cold-blooded work devil! Why would you put aside your work just because you’ve seen this young lass you just happen to know?

Even so, Mühen ignores my order and goes to the blonde lass. The mercenaries do not like his attitude either and hurl abusive epithets at him.

I-, I paid you top gold coins! Don’t you have any pride in your own profession?

You even call this Tilea woman with a Lady. You’ve got a contract with that blonde too, I see. But that’s a double booking. I know you’re greedy, but this is unprofessional. Besides, as the official employer, you should’ve prioritized me instead. I’m the one who’s reporting back to the Guild.

In the end, he’s weak for women and children. He put them first before the contract. Hah, I no longer have a need for him!

The mercenaries cursed him. Of course, they would. This attitude is unprofessional and uncouth.

I ordered my mercenaries to kill that traitor. It’s only right that someone so naive should be killed. With this number, even Mühen would be overwhelmed for sure. So, I thought…

And in no time at all, Mühen had already killed all of my best mercenaries.

Th-, this damned demon warrior…

Hm, sure, so he’s got character defects, but I’d be damned if he’s not a good warrior. He’s much, much more skilled than these thrashes who thought they could talk s̲h̲i̲t̲ to him only to be killed in a single strike of the sword.

“So, what will you do now? Call for reinforcements again? Well, it doesn’t matter how many reinforcements you have.”
“Ho ho ho, brilliant, brilliant! That’s the last crystal I had so there’s no more reinforcements for me.”
“Then you’re screwed. You’ve done a lot of bad things. Time to pay for your sins.”
“Screwed? Pay for my sins? Ho ho ho ho ho, funny what you say there.”
“Don’t bluff. You have no chance.”
“You sure about that, lass?”

Don’t get carried away, you blonde b̲i̲t̲c̲h̲!

What a disgrace. Do you even realize how fortunate you are? Those two you have beside you are priceless.

I, Bowzen, have an eye for talent.

I give money to those who are blinded by fortune. I give positions to those who are hungry for honor. You can pretend to be humble, but everyone deep down is driven by greed. That applies to these two as well!

Hah, can’t wait to see you bawl, you blonde! I’ll bribe them and turn them against you!

“Ho ho ho. What excellent fighters! Mühen, of course, but you too, Edim, wasn’t it? I’m honestly amazed!”
“You think you can bluff your way out—”
“Now then, let bygones be bygones. How would you like to be my personal bodyguard?”
“Wh-, what are you talking about? Are you stupid? So your hidden weapon is just a bribe? That’s idiotic.”
“What’s idiotic about bribes?!”
“Now look. A money-worshiper like you wouldn’t understand it, we have a bond that money can’t buy.”

Hah? What did this crazy blonde just say? A bond? That money can’t buy?

So you’re not even in contract with them…

What a total moron! Don’t you know that absolutely no one can go against their greed?!

Look at you, binding them with uncertain things like ‘bond’ or ‘friendship’ or what have you, not even paying them back…

“Hah. If you ask me, it’s even more outrageous that you think it’s okay to make people act for free while appealing to friendship and bonds and whatnot.”
“Wh-, wha, wha…”
“I see you really don’t pay these two. As a mistress of a wealthy man, you sure clench your wallet tight. Or what, are you hooking them with your body?”
“Wha?! Mistress? Hooking? Of course not!”
“So you are just exploiting them then! Now you listen. You just told those two to fight for your life, without even compensating them. Hah, shameless.”

Being the mistress of that spoiled rich brat, I thought she had paid them both quite the fortune. Well, isn’t this convenient.

These two must’ve been building frustration for being told around without being paid a single coin. Bribing them is going to be easy.

“Edim, don’t you feel irritated for being pushed around in the name of friendship? Rest assured. Work for me, and I will give you a reward fitting to your abilities. I’ll give you 5 million gold to start, what do you say? You can buy anything you want with that much money.”

Ku-ku, 5 million gold for a deposit. As skilled as she is, she’s just a student. 5 million gold is not an amount students like her sees everyday.

“May I kill him, Lady Tilea?”
“Wha?! It’s 5 million gold! That’s more than the average person makes in a year, and it’ll be yours right away! Do you even understand how much it is?!”
“Wait a minute, okay?”
“Yes ma’am.”
“How about seven million? You are a student, aren’t you? I know you students have a lot to purchase, so I’ve decided to raise the offer.”
“…Lady Tilea, please. Please let me kill him.”

Edim’s attitude remained the same.

“Phew, you drive a hard bargain, young miss. How about eight million? I can pay you monthly, depending on the results. Even royal officials don’t get such a treatment.”
“Lady Tilea, I’m at the end of my patience!”

Edim looked at me like she would a dung beetle.

She is a surprisingly stubborn lass. Don’t be so stubborn about friendship. It will not bring you a sliver of profit.

But my desperate attempts to bribe her are not worth it. Edim is not interested.