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“What should you do?”
He wandered around eagerly to expand the guild, but it had already reached Duval’s ears.
Leather was making a lot of fuss saying that a big case had been received, and I had to go to work in the early morning. I don’t know if it’s a big deal, but the commission is funny.
“As the rule… Whoa. I have to solve it. Don’t take it.”
I yawned and answered, sitting on that fancy master’s sofa. Then, Leather, who looked at me with passionate eyes, asked a question at once.
“Are you in a relationship?”
“Yes.”
“Oh oh. Who is that poor opponent?!”
“If you keep doing that, I will date you.”
“Oh! Don’t say such terrible things!!!”
“That’s what I mean. Ha…”
I covered my mouth, which kept yawning, with my palm. Then, with the other hand, I stroked the doll of the prince next to me.
Leather, who firmly believed that doll is a cursed doll, did not realize at all who I was dating.
“Oh, and this is a receipt.”
Leather held out a receipt saying it was a commission paid.
Eh.
As I was wiping the tears from my yawn, I doubted my eyes for a moment. I opened my eyes, wondering if I was still not awake, and counted the receipts one by one with my fingers.
However, no matter how many times I counted, the amount written on the receipt did not change.
“Did you add two more zeros?”
“Aren’t you the enemy? He was ripped off a bit.”
Leather laughed proudly.
…This isn’t a rip-off, it’s raw strength.
“Great job. I’ll give you 30%.”
“Awesome, Master!”
Reward and punishment for sure.
This was the operating principle of Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild. It was also the secret to creating a great guild with a 0% resignation rate and 100% satisfaction.
Leather with a bright face disappeared somewhere, asking me to wait for a moment.
Then, after a while, he brought peach iced tea with ice and a large fan, put the iced tea in my hand, and started fanning me.
‘Well, it’s like a real fan. Good.’
In fact, there was no need for a fan since Leather added an automatic temperature control function to the room during the interior work, but such kindness was always welcome.
‘It’s worthwhile to take 30%.’
When I closed my eyes in this state, it was as if I had been on vacation at the villa where the breeze was blowing.
Then, something suddenly came to mind and I opened my eyes.
“It’s a plan change. Let’s accept the request.”
“Are you referring to the request of Count Essit?”
“Yes. Instead, take one more 0 from now on. So that’s 1,000 times the regular price.”
I decided to test how far Duval’s money would go.
If you keep paying, it’s good, and if you don’t, you don’t.
As if he understood what I was thinking, Leather burst into laughter without stopping the fan.
“Wow, the real devil.”
“I was going to give you 30%.”
“I always thought of Master as an angel.”
“Do not be ridiculous.”
“Hey, you know my heart.”
The fanning then grew stronger.
It’s not cool now, it’s cold. I closed my eyes and waved my hand to slow down.
And I thought about the letter of divorce to send to Duval.
~*~
Duval was not in a good mood these days.
“This week’s report.”
The luxuriously decorated guest reception room of Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild.
Duval stared at the man with the report.
Did he say his name was Leather? They said that the master would move on his own, instead of the cost of the quest being exorbitantly high.
He heard from rumors that the man in front of him who had an ordinary impression was the master of the guild. On the contrary, he looked innocent.
However, as a result of his own investigation, the master of Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild was Leather, so Duval silently looked down and checked the report.
In it, Ciela’s week’s worth of work was fully contained.
Visiting general stores, cafes, boutiques, and inviting noble girls to tea time at the mansion…
It was the routine of an aristocratic young lady.
Duval carefully read the last page and frowned.
“Is this all?”
“Yes.”
Leather, who replied indifferently, turned to look at the picture on the wall. It was the attitude of a person who didn’t care about anyone.
Even so, he was upset, but at the end of that dry act, his tantrum broke out. Duval wrinkled the report with a grim look.
To him, Leather gave an additional opinion in a low-pitched tone.
“As you can see, we are closely observing, but there are no unusual features.”
“You can’t find any?”
“Are you doubting our abilities now?”
When he narrowed his eyes in an unpleasant way, his gentle expression completely changed.
A viper’s eyes that seemed to hide deadly poison.
Is he really the guild master? Duval was stern on the inside, but he replied bluntly, without showing any signs on the outside.
“That’s what I saw. Obviously, Ciela has a lover. She herself said that herself, and she had witnesses besides me. Rumors have spread throughout the social world!”
Leather shrugged his shoulders with a lifeless expression on his face.
“As far as I know, he’s part of the temple.”
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“Do you believe that?”
“We believe only what we see. Please understand that this is to prevent innocent victims. We’re too busy solving other quests, so let’s end this case-“
“Wait!”
Duval clenched his teeth after he had stopped Leather from continuing.
Then, he uttered his opinion in a trembling voice.
“I’ll pay more money.”
He was a suspicious person, so he not only used Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild, but also personally used people to investigate Ciela’s whereabouts.
However, no one knew as much as the Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild.
In other words, it was the only thing he believed in.
In fact, all the people he summoned were silenced by Leather, who was following Ciela., so unfortunately, Duval didn’t know that.
When he said that he would pay more, Leather raised one corner of his mouth. It was a smile with a lot of meaning.
“How much?”
Duval pondered for a moment, then lifted a quill and wrote the numbers on top of the report. It was the same amount as the request fee used so far.
At that, Leather tilted his head. With an expression that doesn’t look angry at something.
Then he picked up the quill Duval had put down and added another zero.
Duval was astonished.
“Crazy. That price to find out whereabouts?”
“If it doesn’t come out after two weeks of being together, she’s either innocent or completely hidden.”
Leather leisurely rotated her index finger.
“Either way, you won’t know unless you look closely. As you know, it costs a lot of money to be meticulous about anything.”
“No, anyway, this is…”
That was the equivalent of Count Essit’s quarterly expenses.
Using this money won’t destroy the family or anything like that, but it’s not without damage either.
In fact, there was already a slight blow to the amount used so far.
“If it’s hard, there’s nothing I can do.”
After reading the hesitation, Leather tried to steal the report, and Duval hurriedly grabbed the end.
“I need time to think.”
“Time is gold. Especially for people like us.”
“What more are you trying to get? Here’s the average cost. I must have already overpaid.”
“I don’t know where you came from, but there is no such thing as an average cost in our guild. Everyone is different.”
Then Leather drew a line firmly.
“In your case, the subject we need to investigate is the ‘Labyrinth of labyrinth’, isn’t it? If we do, we will be dragged into the labyrinth, but of course you will have to pay a risk allowance. That’s why I, the master, don’t move myself.”
Duval’s jaw tightened. ‘Labyrinth of labyrinth’…
That’s right.
Frightened by that, some intelligence guilds rejected the request to investigate Ciela.
However, the cost was too high.
At some point, Ciela, who was longing for only his love, suddenly brought up the breakup.
Duval didn’t think she really wanted them to break up. He had never imagined that she didn’t love him.
He wanted Ciela to act as blindly as she had before.
So, in order to stimulate her sense of crisis, he persuaded her best friend Tyrael to break up the marriage.
But then, it was as if Ciela had been waiting for the moment to happen.
So he came here to mend his bad temper, but he couldn’t even find evidence that Ciela had a lover, let alone find out who that blonde man was.
What he had spent so far was enough money for a business.
If his father found out, the house would be turned upside down. Maybe he’ll be kicked out of his post.
“Oh, I see.”
Leather, who had his chin on his hand with ease, smiled brightly.
“I think there have been reports of seeing a man who is close to Labyrinth. That his hair was gold…”
“What?”
Duval jumped up. Then he put a bar on his neck.
“Why are you saying that now?”
“Because I’m not sure. Isn’t it impossible to catch a tough person?”
Recalling the viciousness of Ciel’s Love Manipulation Guild again, Duval shuddered without realizing it.
“What would you like to do?”
After throwing the bait he couldn’t refuse, Leather laughed like a devil.
“Would you like to extend the investigation?”