Chapter 140
Free nation of Hameln . It was a weird country where there were no royal family or nobles . So, who lead this country? The answer is the merchants . Exactly, the national policy was determined by eight merchants . These eight merchants need to be the richest and have the most assets in the nation . Each person has a financial power of rivaling one small country .
To the public, the real identity of these individuals were not mentioned . However, the public knows them as the greedy ‘Eight seats of Zen’ . The constitution priority was about making profits rather than public sentiment but there’s no denying that even in the whole continent Hameln was one of the countries that was most prospered .
One of the famous figures of Hameln eight seats of Zen was the granddaughter of Benjamin G . Chester . His granddaughter is the only women ever accepted in the order and became more famous, her name was Elizabeth G . Chester .
Elizabeth at first was a mere adventurer Guild receptionist . As time went by, many of the powerful adventurer that she handled deposited a lot of money to the adventurer’s guild . Soon she gathered her fortune and took parts in selling monsters’ materials . Without long, she became the first mistress the Hameln eight seats of Zen . There was also a rumor that actually she was a royal family from another country . There was even rumor that people were willing to sacrifice their own life for Elizabeth because she has a unique skill, 【Witch of Temptation】 .
In fact, that might be true . Since the adventurers that deposited their money through Elizabeth wasn’t a small number . Elizabeth upon receiving the rewards immediately changed her job into merchant and quit the adventurer’s guild immediately . She set up a small shop but it was growing really quick . Of course, rising in wealth in a free nation of Hameln wasn’t strange . Using the full extent of her assets and personal connections, it wasn’t long before she became one of the members of ‘Hameln eight seats of Zen’ . She reached it at the young age of thirty years old .
A knocking sound on the door can be heard .
“Enter . ”
It was a girl with a long blonde and wearing a silver-rimmed glasses coming in carrying some notes .
“Benjamin-san, is there any reason to investigate such a young boy? I think it’s just a waste of time…”
Coming from behind the girl was an old man, with exaggerated movements, he came as if he was teasing Benjamin . The only one who can act this way towards Benjamin all around the free nation of Hameln was definitely only this old man .
“So you also send Victor to investigate on this matter . Why you send Victor? That guy is useless . What can you know from him Benjamin-san?” (Old Man)
“Well, I shall decide about it with my own eyes . ” (Benjamin)
“Hahahaha . That report made me laugh . Did it mention that Yu Sato battled a dragon? If that man can’t even find out about that event than he shall not even be considered as one of your right-hand men again Benjamin-san . ” (Old Man)
“Rusty, so why don’t you tell me what you have to report?” (Benjamin)
The old man that was named Rusty was also Benjamin’s teacher and caretaker when he was still a child that is why he dared to talk like that towards Benjamin .
A flash of memory played when Benjamin was still a young child and called him grandfather, but now he has turned into an old man . He only looked at the street that was covered in ice with blank looks .
“Rusty?”
“Ah yes!”
Rusty dazed off just now should be enough to make Benjamin angry, and everyone know that all that makes Benjamin angry sometimes disappeared without a trace and it can’t be counted by fingers but he can’t really get angry at Rusty .
“Victor has done a good job investigating Yu Sato . ” (Benjamin)
“Yes, but if it was only that much, anyone can do it . ”
“So, tell me something about Yu Sato that Victor doesn’t know . ”
“Do you know that Moberu kingdom’s third prince, merchants of Daelim empire, spies from the Republic of Na, all failed to gather any info about him . What’s more Victor, what can he know? It’s just wasting your gold trying to investigate further, even when he was facing a dragon, it wasn’t mentioned . ”
“It seems that I am aware of that facts . ”
“Hahaha, Benjamin-san even though this Rusty is old, I can see through some lies and trickery . Do you know that Yu Sato was protected by the Comer city adventurer’s guild and Earl Mussu? I have a hard time gathering this secret . ”
Rusty then took out bundles of reports that he has summarized and presented it on top of Benjamin’s desk . Benjamin can’t even give him a praise as he was busy looking through the report .
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