Professional?

Feeling the undisguised fluctuation of spiritual power, Sean couldn't help frowning, he grabbed the reincarnation staff on the side, gently held the dagger in his arms with the other hand, and walked out of the laboratory with a hint of caution.

The silence was broken by a sudden knock on the door, and Sean waved the door open, quietly watching the two outside at the entrance.

His gaze confronted the man standing in front of him through the wind and snow in the courtyard, and his originally restrained spiritual power also came out of his body, not to be outdone, and he was not to be outdone.

"Is there something wrong?"

Sean's voice was cold, like the weather at the end of the year, with a hint of coolness that repelled people thousands of miles away.

This man is an aristocrat, and at the same time a powerful apprentice-level professional.

Such a special dual identity is also extremely rare in this Theresa City, and Sean naturally does not know his name.

"Hello, Lord Morton."

"I'm Reinardo Cockburn, Earl of Connery, and I'm sorry to visit on the eve of the Snow Festival."

Seeing Sean's reaction, the other party did not get angry, but shrugged his shoulders and took the initiative to speak.

"Earl Cockburn."

Sean stared into his eyes, "I know where you came from. ”

"In the recent war, you infiltrated the hinterland of the Wagner kingdom with your teammates and created a big problem for them through the Abyss Gate, thereby dragging down the enemy's professional troops and laying the foundation for our victory."

"Later, you became one of the lucky escapees, and after winning the war, you were rewarded with a large number of rewards, not only as an earl of the Kingdom of Connery, but also as a large fortune and a trade license with that elven tribe."

With that, he glanced at the pretty and somewhat stunning elven slave behind Reinado, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Come in, Mr. Cockburn, I guess what you're here for."

Sean bowed slightly and made a gesture of please.

Seeing this, Reinado smiled softly, he restrained his spiritual power fluctuations, and then calmly walked through the courtyard full of magic traps and came to him.

……

Soon, Reinado and the elven slave he had brought with him went to the living room, led by Sean.

"Your Excellency, isn't it boring for you, as a professional at the apprenticeship level, to live alone in such a small house and never go out to participate in various social activities?"

After finding a random chair to sit down at the reception table, Reinado asked with interest as he observed the room with great interest.

"I like to live a calm and regular life, meaningless socialization will only waste time, instead of participating in various events and banquets between nobles, it is better to concentrate on improving my strength."

Sean stepped out of the kitchen and placed two cups of hot tea in front of Reinado and himself.

"After all, power is just an accessory to power, and if I were just an ordinary commoner, no matter how enthusiastic I was to socialize, no one would look up to me."

"So, Mr. Coburn, if you want to invite me to join you, it will not be an easy task."

Taking a gentle sip of tea, Sean's heart was a little unimpressed.

Reinado was not the first nobleman to come to woo him.

After the end of the war, the old nobles who had been rooted in the city of Teresa had long since withdrawn from the province of Beloc and were replaced by new nobles from the Kingdom of Connery.

Among these nobles were professionals and ordinary people who had been knighted for war, as well as speculators who had found an opportunity and relocated from the hinterland of the Kingdom of Connery.

Regardless of the type of nobles, whether they are real or imaginary, when they arrive in the new environment of Teresa City, they begin to recruit solitary professionals, trying to increase their strength in order to deal with possible enemies and expand their sphere of influence.

Sean, a trainee-level professional and an alchemist, is naturally a sweet spot in the eyes of countless people, and since the first day he came to settle in Theresa City, people have been constantly visiting.

These people either wanted to have something to do with him, or they wanted to invite Sean to join their camp, but Sean, who had a huge amount of money in his hands at the time, was not so thirsty for wealth, and the benefits they gave were too small, so Sean never agreed.

It was only in the last two months that the nobles had stopped a little, but from time to time someone sent him invitations to various banquets and entertainments, which annoyed him a little.

"Your Excellency Morton, please listen to my conditions before considering them, and don't be in such a hurry to refuse."

Reinado shook his head, as if confident in his chips, he casually beckoned behind him, and the elven slave standing not far away walked up to the two of them with his head bowed, as if he understood what he meant.

"This is the top product I got from the elves with a lot of effort not long ago, and I have been cultivated as the most high-end luxury since I was a child, and I have hardly had contact with many males, whether it is appearance, ability, or personality, it is quite perfect."

"To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that she didn't have any professional talent, it is estimated that she would have been booked by those formal or even master-level adults."

"Even so, her value is not low, if she is put on the auction house, she can at least sell for seven or eight thousand or even tens of thousands of gold coins, as a professional slave trader, I am very confident in this."

"You must know that the average life span of elves is about three hundred and twenty years, which is a treasure that can be passed down from family to family."

Reinado's smile grew stranger, as if he remembered something from the past.

"It seems that Mr. Cockburn had a lot of experience when he was younger."

Listening to Reinado's introduction, Sean also smiled softly.

"But what does this have to do with what we're discussing, could it be that you want to give her to me as payment?"

"I'll admit that she's really appealing to me, but that's not enough."

With pointed ears, white skin, a beautiful face, and delicate curves, this elf looks stunning even to Sean's extremely critical eyes.

As a normal person, Sean would not refuse the beauty sent to the door, but if he is likely to pay a huge price for it, then this matter must be carefully considered.

"It's enough if you like it, in fact, she is not a reward, but a gift from me to you."

"If you are willing to join the Cockburn family, then your real reward will be 10 gold coins per day."

"This price may seem ordinary if you use it to hire a trainee-level professional, but in fact it is only a daily price."

"Unless you're in trouble, you can spend the rest of your time as long as you announce that you've joined our Coburn family."

"Of course, I won't let you help for free, I can pay for anything that requires you to do it, and I will give you the help I can at ordinary times, how about this treatment?"

Reinaldo Cockburn tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said slowly, word by word.

Sean looked at Reinado in surprise, and gradually felt something was wrong in his heart.

This guy is indeed very sincere, even too sincere, and as a member of the mixed formation of professionals of the Connary Kingdom who had gone deep into the enemy camp in the first place, it was not surprising that Reinaldo took a portion of his large bounty to hire others.

But even if it's a hire, there's no need to directly raise the price so high, and if this guy isn't stupid, there must be something that Sean doesn't know yet.

"You're in trouble?"

Sean looked him in the eye, as if trying to see something in it, "Tell me first, and I'll decide if I want to join." ”

"You are a very powerful ranger, if you can't solve something, I probably can't solve it either."

Sean was right, as an alchemy mage who was not good at fighting, he would not estimate his strength too highly.

"It's a little troublesome, but it's not a big problem."

Seeing that Sean had discovered his little trick, Reinado touched his chin and chose to confess the truth.

"Before I joined the war, I had always been in the slave business, and although it was not large, I also robbed other people of some jobs, so I was not less ostracized."

"Later, because of my meritorious service in the war, it took me a lot of effort to get the trade license of the elf tribe, and my trade team was constantly expanding, but now I have become a thorn in the side of others."

"In order to avoid suspicion, I deliberately chose a few fiefs that I got in this newly conquered land, but the profits brought by this thing are really terrifying, and those guys are like hungry wolves seeing meat, and they refuse to let go."

"Well, even though I've run here, the group of people still follow me to open up the so-called new market, and then threaten me every now and then and give me some trouble and try to get a piece of the pie."

"That's when I realized a truth."

"Some problems cannot be solved by retreating, and if you want to protect your own interests, you must have strong strength, otherwise no matter how much you dodge, it will be useless."

"That's why I'm going around recruiting professionals and paying a lot of money to form a community of interests, as long as I can deter those guys, it's all worth it."

With that in one breath, Reinado was visibly relieved, and he turned his gaze back to Sean, waiting for his decision.

"Okay, I probably understand your business, but there are some questions I still have to ask."

"What is the specific situation of the other party? Is it a nobleman or a merchant? How many apprentice-level professionals are there? ”

"How many people are on our side? Can you resist their attacks? Are they united? ”

After pondering for a moment, Sean threw out a bunch of questions in succession.