Chapter 11: Walter's Tolerance
"Ahh
Felik, covered in bandages, sneezed and grinned in pain.
"Felik, is there anything else you want to say?" Walter sat behind the mahogany table, his fingers folded in the shape of a tower, and looked at Felik with a depressed expression.
"There's not much to say...... Probably. β
Walter sighed and nodded.
"Felik, you really surprised me, I invited you to join the guild before, but I didn't invite you to 'visit' the guild's vault, although I don't blame you, but you must be responsible for the guild's losses.
Forget it, you go out first, and then Betsy will carry out the punishment for you. β
After Felik left, Walter turned to look at Bessie and said solemnly: "Betsy, you go and assign a task to Felik, and the completion of the task will only provide a minimum reward for survival until he pays off the loss of the treasury." β
Betsy frowned when she heard this, and looked at Walter in confusion.
She didn't understand what the president did, the loot on the second floor of the vault was almost all gone, those were very valuable items, if Felik was allowed to repay through work, then I am afraid that it would not be repaid in ten or eight years, and the best way should be to push Felik to the Imperial Conscripts.
The conscripts are specially used by the empire to house adventurers who cause huge losses to the guild, and in exchange, they will compensate the guild for part of the loss, after all, the value created by the major guilds to the empire every year is very considerable, and if it is caused by some small accidents that cause a guild to disappear, it is not cost-effective for the empire.
And those adventurers who enter the compulsory army because their own value is far less than the losses caused, so the assigned work is often extremely dangerous, and they are all tasks similar to cannon fodder, so for adventurers, entering the compulsory army often means a tragic life.
Betsy was not disgusted by Walter's treatment, and she thought that adventurers should be treated gently. But this is not Walter's style, and after many years of staying with Walter, Betsy knows the other person's style very well.
Walter's problem with the interests of the guild is that it is absolutely rational to deal with it, so why make an exception this time?
"Bessie, are you in a daze? Let's go and assign Felik a task. Walter said to the stunned Betsy beside him.
Betsy, who was still confused, came back to her senses, hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously: "That...... President, have you and Felik known each other for a long time? β
"That's right. But I didn't do it because he was an acquaintance of mine," Walter smiled inscrutablely, "Trust me, there's nothing wrong with keeping Felik in the guild, he's nowhere near worth as the dead things lying in the showroom." β
In the hall, Felik squatted in the corner with a dead face, and beside him was Belina, who was also dead.
"Commander, what will happen to us?" Belina smiled stiffly and prayed silently in her heart.
"I'm probably going to be sent to the conscripts." Felik's expression was extremely solemn, he didn't expect that his life was about to come to an end before he took the first step to regain the throne.
"Commander."
"What?"
"You did the robbery and everything, I think it's time for us to go our separate ways."
"Hehe, Belina, don't be naΓ―ve, when I registered my identity information in the guild, I had already indicated that any rewards and punishments would be borne by the four of us together, you can't escape."
Belina was completely desperate, she was a high-level mage, and she had to spend the rest of her life in the Compulsory Army, what could be more devastating than this outcome? Without.
As if remembering something, Belina's eyes flashed: "Commander! Didn't you say that you want four people to bear it together? What about Afra and Odelia! Don't they have to go to the conscripts? β
Belina, who is on the verge of collapse, can pull one by one, and everyone will die together. It can be seen that this team has been completely poisoned by Felik's ideas, and [blessings are exclusive, difficulties are shared] has become an absolute criterion in the hearts of the four people. The reason why the four of them can still get together so far, probably only the ghost knows.
"Afra ran away with the treasure, and I don't know where Odelia is." Felik replied honestly.
Felik is also puzzled, Felik has always been very accurate about Afra's greedy character, why did he make a mistake this time, could it be that Afra really changed his sex and ran away with some of his treasure?
Betsy walked out of Walter's office, she stood in the middle of the hall and glanced around, and quickly found Felik and Belina squatting in the corner, she stepped forward and squatted down with graceful steps, and looked at the two of them who were in despair, and suddenly wanted to laugh.
"Both."
"Betsy! It's so cruel to us! Belina stared at Betsy with tears in her eyes: "Can you ...... Don't send me to the conscripts, just send Felik to it~~~"
"Hey! Don't you feel ashamed of you unloyal fellow! β
"Commander, you are, can't you sacrifice for your teammates!"
Looking at the two who were about to quarrel, Betsy was speechless for a while.
"That...... Wait a minute, I didn't say I was going to send you to the Compulsory Army. β
Silence, deathly silence.
"What!"
Felik's expression changed suddenly, and at this moment he showed an amazing appearance. Seeing Felik's lifeless face suddenly like a spring breeze, he suddenly became full of vitality, he looked at Bessie in surprise and coughed twice: "Ahem, let's talk about it, what kind of punishment is it." β
On the other side, a special guest came to Walter's office.
A scarecrow.
"Why! Why, President?! Obviously I helped repel the horde of Warcraft, why should I be punished with that bastard Felik, it's not fair. Odelia stood in front of the mahogany desk and danced with her hands, the skeleton of the branches "creaking" as she moved excitedly, and the straw on her body kept falling.
Walter looked at Odelia with a look of grievance, and was also very distressed, if it wasn't for Odelia to help repel the monster on the night of the crescent moon, then they would never have rushed to the prison so quickly, and if it was one step late, I am afraid that those prisoners would all escape, and the monster that slipped through the net would also cause more damage.
In a way, Odelia saved many people.
But even so, Walter couldn't save Ojelia from punishment, after all, that's what the guild rules.
"Odelia, I can't help it, when Felik registered in the guild, he entered the four of you in the form of a team, so the rewards and punishments are shared between the four of you."
"What!" Odelia was shocked.
I didn't expect Felik to be so cunning, this kind of thing has never been said.
All along, even if there was an honorarium, it was all kept by Felik, saying that it was to be used as a tour fee or something, and for a long time, the three of them had no pocket money of their own except for the occasional good meal, and all the benefits were taken by the damn bastard.
And now that I've finally made a big contribution, I even have to wipe the ass of that bastard Felik.
The more Odelia thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, so she opened her mouth and bargained: "Walter, I was completely deceived by that bastard Felik!" Can't we be a little more accommodating? I don't know anything about the guild registration form, it's all Felik's opinion. β
Looking at the scarecrow in front of him, Walter sighed silently in his heart.
These four people are really the most interesting team she has ever seen, when they first met in the Elven Forest, Walter had this feeling, and the same was true during the battle, the four of them complained to each other and quarreled constantly, but the cohesion and cooperation of the moves were extremely tacit, obviously everyone had extremely fatal flaws, but when they were together, they complemented each other perfectly, if some teams were incompatible, then these four people were incompatible.
What are the bonds that make them like this? Walter was curious.
But this is probably unknown, and Walter probably didn't even notice it himself.
"Odelia, I really can't help this, but I have taken into account your merits and minimized the punishment for you, if you work hard, you should be able to pay off your debts quickly, and as for the damage caused last time in the Elven Forest, I will pay it off for you in my own name."
Walter put a quill into the ink, dotted it, and wrote a few words on the paper.
Standing up and leaving the chair, he stepped forward and patted Odelia lightly on the shoulder, Walter smiled bitterly and comforted: "Don't be sad, you see, even the straw on your body is listless." Come, take this to Felik, let him go and bail Afra out of prison, and then you can get to work as soon as possible, the adventurers have been very idle lately, and the monsters around Magson are quite peaceful, if you don't be active, you can't find an easy task. β
Odelia grabbed the document that Walter had handed her with her thin wooden fingers, turned to open the old oak door, and walked out with a creak on the stiff legs of the wooden pole, her back looking disappointed and decadent.
Odelia had just gone out on her front foot, and she was met with the familiar pair of dead fish eyes.