Aransell smiled, noncommittal.

He put the sack with the coffee beans on the bar and said, "Zach, these are all my inventory, all for you, I need some cash now, is it convenient?" If you can provide it, I'm willing to give you a 20% discount. ”

Zach looked at Aransale, apparently seeing a hint of anxiety in his eyes, and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Well, Mr. Gurba needs a lot of materials, and he's in a bit of a hurry."

“…… He's not doing well with his old man? ”

"I don't know, he didn't tell me the details. But I have a very bad feeling. ”

“…… You wait. ”

Zach snuffed out his cigarette and turned around and went into his warehouse, where Aransell sat quietly in his chair and waited. After a while, Zach took out a large brown money bag and threw it directly to Aransale.

Alansell caught it and looked at him with some confusion.

"The income of the past few months has been in it, there are about 90 silver coins of Bainashi, that is, about three gold Apollo coins, and I haven't had time to exchange them for gold coins in the warehouse, although I can use them, I don't have to return the rest to me, just treat it as a reward."

"Honorarium?"

Zack sighed deeply and said, "Persuade Loreso for me, don't let her be stupid to the end, that guy named Jack is a scumbag, if Loreso really goes with him, then everything will be over." ”

“…… Zach, in this way, I will check on Loreth's affairs, and then this money, except for the part of selling coffee beans, if I want to use the rest, I will owe it first, and I will pay you back with interest later.

You know, money entanglements are the most taboo among friends, don't say anything you don't care about, because I care. ”

Zach and Aransell stared at each other for a moment, then smiled at each other and said nothing more, friends didn't need any more explanations.

"Okay, you kid should be busy, my shop will be closed for a while, just take a break."

"Why?"

Zach walked over to Aransell with one hand in his pocket and pointed to the shops on the street.

"Mr. Dark's shop, Ms. Lurs's shop, Linda's shop, and Gaso's shop...... All, all closed.

If I hadn't opened a material store, I'm afraid I would have closed my doors a long time ago. Aransale, it's all the effects of the war.

Our country and the Tylen Empire have been at war for less than half a year, and small stalls like this have begun to disappear one after another, what does this mean?

It shows that the country is facing huge financial expenditures, and the war is not fought by people, but by money. All the money of the state is used to buy weapons and make armor, and the tax revenue will naturally rise with the tide, and the most direct victims are civilians like us.

Even if the war is over, we will still not get any benefit in the short term, and those weapons and armor will become a pile of scrap metal, what to do with it, throw it away?

Of course not, it will definitely have to be rebuilt, which will cost a lot of money. Taxes will only get higher and higher, and it is rare for small shops not to close. ”

Zach frowned when he saw Aransale, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about me, the money given to you was indeed supposed to be used to run the store."

But I also have some savings, and as long as I close the store for a while, it won't affect anything, and I'm not short of that little bit of tax money, and you need it more than I do right now, don't you? Just use it. ”

“…… Okay, I'm sorry Zach, if there's anything in the future, just say it, I'll do my best. ”

When leaving, Zach looked at Aransale silently for a while, and suddenly said: "Aransale, I said, I have an idea if you want to listen to it, of course, this is just my wishful thinking." ”

Aransell laughed, "Just say it." ”

Zach smiled and had a glint in his eyes.

"Have you ever thought about becoming a nobleman again?"

Aransail was stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"If you are a nobleman and have your own fief and dominion, I can borrow money to open a shop in your fief, and I will not have to endure this unreasonably high tax.

You tell me? Even Loresole can be saved, even if she is your maid to serve you, then I don't have to worry about her being treated inhumanely.

Of course, the best thing to do is for you to ask Count Seth for forgiveness, restore yourself as the son of the count, and when you become an earl, I can also go sideways in the Apollo Empire, ha. ”

Aransail was silent for a while, then smiled helplessly, and said, "Since it's so good to be a nobleman, why don't you become a nobleman yourself?" ”

"I'd love to, but I don't have the skills."

After a short silence, Zach scratched his head and said, "Really, you, do you know that it hurts self-esteem to let a 40-year-old man say such things in person?" Well, I don't really have much power. ”

"No, you're good, Zach."

Aransale, who had been silent, looked at Zach, who was pretending to be relaxed, and suddenly said.

"Huh?"

"You may think my words are a bit arrogant, but I think I can now understand the feelings of the leader of the Emerald Knights. I think you must have had a deep friendship with him back then, and had a lot of trust from him, right? ”

Zach looked at him silently and smiled wryly.

"You can already guess what I didn't say, can you? What a horrible guy. ”

"Not really. Zach, it's great that you've always been steadfast in believing in your friends, but in fact, your real strength is that you can make the people you trust trust you to trust you in the same way, which most people can't do. ”

Zach scratched his face, clasped his arms in his hands, and looked serious.

"Aransale, if I told you now that a 40-year-old man was happy after being praised by an 18-year-old boy, would you look down on him?"

"You don't have to be happy, because I'm just stating what I've seen."

Aransell stood up with a smile, waved at him, and left the shop.

"Thank you for your advice, pointing me in a good direction. I'll think about it. ”

Zach silently looked at Aransale's slender figure, his eyes showing a color of nostalgia and relief.

"Carl, this little guy may be even more handsome than you were back then...... Really, I'm 40 years old, and I didn't expect to be full of expectations for the future......"

On the bar is a delicate picture frame depicting a group of men hooked shoulders, among which, in the center, a man with short blond hair, smiles brightest.

This time, Gulba gave Aransail more herbs than he could buy in Zach's shop, so Aransail had to go to a herb shop on Southwest Street to buy them.