bookpower Chapter 21 - 21: My Future Minions!
Chapter 21 - 21: My Future Minions!
"I see, so it's one gold per to keep a silver mercenary group active after changing the leader. Might there be a charge during the month, too?" Leon focused his eyes, narrowing them at the sheets of paper Aella brought out with details and information.
Earlier, she had taken his picture using a photographic magic tool, and then he filled out several forms and dripped blood on a weird device. 'So complex, but I am a little excited.'
"Fufu, yes. The cost per month is ten silvers, but this is to help cover the cost of insurance for losses and ensure fair payment for completed tasks."
Leon nodded, though he couldn't quite understand the existence of insurance. He had seen many documents about its importance earlier and thought about checking them once he finished here.
"No problem, thank you."
Aella handed him numerous small parchments with the information and details the pair discussed. Then, with a sudden click, a rectangular black piece of plastic popped out from the black spherical magic tool.
"Then here is the updated licence with your details. Mercenary Leon, make sure you don't lose your card again, as a service replacement fee will be added to your account." The helpful guild receptionist seemed to have done him a favour this time.
He grasped the solid rectangular card—in the top-left corner was an image the dark elf created using a magic tool. The right side showed basic details about Leon and, on the back, various spell circles and markings to prove its legitimacy in the kingdom.
'Oh, the money owed is written on the front, too.'
• Money Owed: 1 gold
"Thank you. I didn't expect so much help."
Leon's eyes narrowed, curling his lips into a smile, causing the dark elf's face to melt; her ears flopped down while she swayed on the spot.
"No, it's my pleasure, usually customers are sweaty and annoying brutes."
"Aella. Does this mean that I can use this license for a month, but until then, it's only temporary?"
The gazes from the other queues made Leon's back crawl with an uncomfortable tingle. Their sharp stares and muttered insults made his patience crumble.
Aella tilted her head and scrunched her nose slightly. "Yes, don't worry."
Her eyes scanned the room as if
Leon didn't know what to think about this woman, but for now, he wouldn't kill her. Since he was short on staff, he wanted her to join his mercenary group.
Asuka came to the guild because, unlike Kaito, they sometimes took on mercenary missions for the bonus reward and avoided his eyes, but during her moment of irritation.
The others went to find an inn and more information on the goblins in the forest, so she wanted to sneak away for a drink.
But then, a noble male caused her to drop her drink on herself, angering her.
Yet, the moment she tried to struggle, he quickly disarmed her and pushed her down. Then, he sniffed her scales and neck, the place where her scent was strongest.
"Y-You better not be lying!"
Her face turned beet red. It wasn't from embarrassment, but a strange feeling of defeat and being treated as a woman that gave her butterflies in her stomach.
Now wary of the handsome-looking noble, she followed him to the bar, unable to stop her tail from swaying close to the floor.
Unaware of the future in store for them.