Forsa's career as a trader has reached unprecedented heights, and he has managed to have his own studio at the trade fair, eliminating the need to process and facilitate transactions in the lobby on the first floor, which is a high recognition and recognition he has received as a trader.

Success is indispensable behind the support of others, and as you succeed in your career, problems will follow.

"Hey, hey, Grand Trader Fosa, I know what you mean, but I don't understand why our auction items are cheaper and cheaper each time, and the number of receipts each time is still a little different from the original estimate you gave us, what is going on?"

"Dear Miss Elijah, please believe that this is not what I expected, my interests with Mr. Merchant are absolutely consistent, the higher the price I can have better returns, but the scarcity is expensive, in the past, Mr. Merchant's auction items were relatively scarce in the market, and those who wanted them would naturally be willing to buy them at a better price, and these few auctions ......"

"Oh, you mean our store manager's stuff isn't as good as it used to be?"

"How can it be, Miss Elijah, I have always held Mr. Merchant in high esteem, and besides, Mr. Merchant can be said to be my great benefactor, how could I have such disrespectful thoughts?"

As autumn progressed, the weather began to cool down, and Ilya began to wear long silk sleeves and a pair of narrow trousers, and her single ponytail jumped and jumped with her speech. It's just that the long clothes and trousers can't stop the momentum she exudes, Ilya is approaching step by step with one hand on the table, she is very dissatisfied with the transaction price of this auction item, only eight hundred gold coins, it is outrageous, and it used to be at least a thousand.

Forsa was throwing up his hands in surrender, and there were days a month when he would be very uncomfortable, both physically and mentally, because of the beautiful girl in front of him.

It all started less than two months ago.

One day, as usual, Xiao Mike came to the fair with the auction items explained by the merchant to ask Forsa to help with the auction, but what was different from usual was that this time Xiao Mike had a stunning girl next to him who was difficult to look at at a glance, with a lively and cheerful personality and a sweet and lovely smile, making it difficult for Fusa to concentrate on work. It's just that I didn't expect that what I thought was a beautiful encounter would create a future suffering.

After returning from that fair, Elijah strongly suggested to the merchant that she and Mike should be responsible for such matters in the future. The reason is that she knows a lot about traders before, and many people who work in this industry like to quote some lower prices for sellers to make a profit from them, and according to Ilya, that guy Fussa has small eyes and a big nose, ears and a thin mouth, like a very sinister villain, and will definitely slip in every transaction, and she feels that as a new employee of the antique store, she has a responsibility to protect the legitimate interests of the antique store. At that time, he spoke impassionedly and righteously, but if Fussa was present, he would definitely kneel on the ground and cry, how can he judge a person by his own appearance, not to mention that Ilya is not himself at all.

Of course, Ilya did not know what had happened between Forsa, the merchant and the master of Devonburg, and the owner of an antique shop who even the noble marquis wanted something to do, he would not dare to make any small moves if he dared to give Fossa the audacity.

It's a pity that Fosa was not voted on by this decision, only the manager and staff of the antique shop, a total of three people.

As Elijah's most loyal supporter, Mike Xiao Mingles with Elijah all day long, so he naturally agrees with his feet, of course, this "loyalty" is likely to be due to Ilya's help, and he will have more time to go shopping and buy delicious food when he goes to Uptown in the future. The merchant didn't pay attention to it at first, in his opinion, Ilya was adding to the chaos, but after Ilya repeatedly asked around the merchant's workbench and even sat cross-legged, and looked at the merchant in a dignified manner for ten minutes, the merchant finally sighed helplessly and agreed. That day, in Mike's admiring eyes, Elijah laughed heartily to show that his negotiation was successful, perhaps Mike's "loyalty" also included admiration for Elijah, because in his acquaintance, Elijah was the first person who dared to face the store manager and finally won the victory.

So since then, the number of people who come to the trade fair to find Fussa has become two, but the number of people to negotiate has not changed, it is still one, but the object has been replaced by the sharp-tongued Ilya.

As for how Fossa managed to have his own personal studio at the trade fair in less than two months, the exact reason for Fosa is not very clear. After Ilya first led the trade and contacted Fosa, Scott, the president of the trade fair, personally found Fossa and had a face-to-face conversation with him, the content was simple but flattered, just because the content was a praise for Fossa, recognition of his work, just a few minutes of conversation, Fosa inexplicably had his own studio, and his status in the trade fair suddenly changed.

Fossa, who didn't know it, finally gave this credit to the antique store manager, who felt that it was because the reclusive store manager had always appointed him as his royal trader and had produced many high-quality auction items that the fair began to pay attention to little Fosa.

But I have to say that sometimes Fossa still misses the easy days in the hall before, it should be said that little Mike still came to him alone.

Elijah: "If it's not, then why is the price lower?"

Fosa: "Miss Elijah, didn't I explain it just now, because these auctions are available on the market, and they were scarce before, so the prices are relatively low these times." ”

Ilya: "Then you mean that our store manager can't do anything these few times?"

Forsa: "No, no, I said that I paid homage to Mr. Merchant......"

Ilya: "Then why is the price lower?"

Forsa: "That's because it's all on the market, so it's ....."

Ilya: "So you mean our store manager's stuff isn't good?"

Forsa: "......"

With a headache, a real headache, Fossa finds himself stuck in a dead loop, and the antique clerk Ilya is terrified. Fussa covered his forehead, he tried to ask for Mike's help, but little Mike, who was enjoying his meal, noticed the other person's eyes, he stopped eating, stretched out his thumb and smiled, and encouraged Fusa.

Come on, Grand Trader Forsa.

The eyes were still blinking.

Fossa knew that this time he would be on his own, too.

Ilya suddenly clasped his hands around his chest and said in a low voice: "Trader Fusa, you usually don't pay attention when the client talks to you, but look elsewhere?"

Fussa was stunned and speechless.

Kill me, my God, right now.

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One big and one small came out of the fair, and it was Ilya, who had just experienced a heated discussion, and Mike, who was satisfied.

Mike: "Elijah, I think you're too embarrassed for Fosa, but he's actually pretty nice. ”

Ilya: "Of course I know, it's just to tease him, when will I really let him make up the missing amount, I'm bringing a little different fun to his daily life, do you think I'm going to joke with other people like that?"

Mike realized: "It seems true to hear you say that, if you say that, Fossa will have to say thank you if I want to." ”

Ilya said proudly, "That's not it. ”

Mike asked, "Since you know that the people of Fosa are good, why did you belittle him like that when you first discussed it with the store manager?"

Ilya shook his index finger: "You don't understand this, Xiao Mike, I hope I can become an antique store, become the next new employee of your store manager, since you want to become a member of the antique store, you have to prove your own value, to prove your value, you have to do things that are beneficial to the antique store, of course, you must first find things to do, otherwise how can you continue to stay in the store? Little Mike, you don't want to see me in the future, right?"

Mike's head shook like a rattle.

Ilya was greatly satisfied: " In that case, I'm going to take the initiative, and you don't like to go to the fair to find Forsa, then I'll help you, two people go together, in the eyes of the store manager, both of them are working for the antique store, and oh, I belittled Fusa purely to convince the store manager, you also know your store manager's character, if you don't be tough, he won't pay attention to you, then I have to say something against my will, and those words are only known to the three of us, and Fosa himself will not know, and we will not tell him, then it means that Fusa will not actually be harmed, and we all know that Fosa is a good guy, so those words are just words, and they can't be true. Now you see what things have become? The store manager has agreed, and he can continue to work with his head, I'll come to the trade fair with you, and you'll have time to eat lots and lots of delicious food, and I can help the antique shop, and Fosa hasn't been hurt in any way and has been promoted to a higher level, who really got hurt?"

Mike opened his mouth wide and suddenly realized, Ilya's trick is wonderful, this trick, this trick is killing four birds with one stone, wonderful!

Elijah enjoys the pleasure of "everything is under control" in Mike's worship, wonderful, his own trick, this trick is seamless, wonderful!

And the best part is that the merchant never asks about the amount of money he earns. Ilya found that this guy was not short of money at all, so as a member of the antique shop, Ilya felt that it was necessary for Ilya to give back the money earned from the antique store to the antique store, and the money should be spent on the blade. So what's in the antique store now? Is it the weird things in the store? Of course not, it's myself and Mike, the two soul employees, so to sum up, this money should be spent on the two of them, which is not at all wrong.

Of course, the optimistic and naïve little Mac doesn't need to know these "trivia", he just needs to continue to think that his sister Ilya is a rich person who is very good to him and is very willing to spend money on good food for him.

Tut-tut, Elijah, Elijah, sometimes you're so smart that people are scared!

Ilya, who came out of the fair, was still in a good mood today: "Little Mike, where do you want to go next?" The work is done, the store manager is concentrating on work, we can't disturb him, where should we go shopping?"

Mike: "Okay, okay, I want to go...... Wait, I think it's better next time, I'll have to go to the Marquis de Vale's mansion to find Mr. Alfred, and I'll see if I've found what the store manager said I wanted. ”

The smile on Ilya's face weakened a little, to be honest, she didn't like the marquis, although this nobleman was often smiling and kind, but in Ilya's eyes, this man named Bass Weir had a kind of arrogance that came out of his bones, so arrogant that he didn't take other people in his eyes, and naturally disdained to show anything to these people, so he would take the easiest way to deal with it, and the smile was naturally the simplest, direct and most perfunctory.

Mike: "Elijah, you can go back to the store first, I'll just go alone, it won't take much time, and the store manager will need some help." ”

Little Michael knew that Elijah was not very happy to reach out to the Marquis of Ville, just like his previous self, so he offered to make this kind proposal. Different from the past, the way the store manager dealt with the Marquis of Veil turned a hundred and eighty degrees after returning from Haikou City, and now not only did he not need to avoid the people and things related to the Marquis of Veil, but occasionally the store manager would let himself go to contact with Alfred, the butler of the Marquis of Veil, and there seemed to be something unknown going on between the two sides.

But that's not something Mike needs to think about, he just needs to trust his store manager.

In the face of Michael's proposal, Ilya did not fully agree: "No, I'll just wait for you around here, it just so happens that I also want to buy some new clothes, and the store manager doesn't like others to interfere in his work, you have to go to the housekeeper, go and go back, I'll wait for you around here." ”

Mike smiled, "Okay, I'll go and get back quickly." ”

Seeing Mike leave, Elijah stood still and muttered something, then turned away and walked into a clothing store.

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The Marquis de Vale's mansion is easy to find, you just need to find the tallest, largest and most luxurious mansion in Devonburg.

The guard at the gate was very familiar with the young man who came to the butler Alfred alone, this was a little guest that Mr. Butler or even the Marquis would hospitably entertain, so the guard naturally did not make any inquiries, and directly opened the door to greet him with a smile.

Before Mike could take a few steps, the door to the inner room opened, and Alfred, who came out, greeted Mike with his usual standard smile. Every time, without waiting for himself to knock on the door and without anyone passing through, Alfred always appeared in front of Mike first.

Alfred didn't lead Mike into the house, but led him around the house to the gazebo in the back garden of the mansion, where some drinks and snacks were already on the table and a maid was waiting.

As soon as Mike sat down, he was caught by the snacks on the table, and although he had eaten a lot at the fair just now, he definitely had enough energy to wipe out the snacks on the table. Mike is thirteen years old this year, although he is not tall, but he can eat amazingly, at first Mike also intended to control his mouth, and then Elijah said, it is the time to grow his body, he can eat as much as he can, no one will say about you, and then Mike did not deliberately control it, of course, he will still ask politely before eating.

The butler Alfred signaled that Mike was not polite and asked, "Little Mike, do you have anything to tell the Marquis that you have come here today?"

Mike hurriedly swallowed what was in his mouth: "Mr. Butler, our store manager didn't say anything, this time I came by myself." ”

The butler Alfred understood and said with a smile: "I see, it is an enviable thing for Mr. Merchant to have a clerk like you. ”

Mike twisted his head a little embarrassed, and the praise after turning enemies into friends always made people feel very sincere.

Butler Alfred: "But I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, little Mike, the Red Fang that Mr. Merchant was looking for didn't find, at least not yet." Of course, the Marquis has sent everyone to find this tricolor treasure, but unfortunately, there is no good news so far. ”

Mike, who heard the answer, felt that the taste of the snack in his mouth had lightened a lot, but he quickly changed to a smile and said: "It's okay, although I don't know what this tooth is for, but I think this must be a very rare and difficult thing to find, it's normal not to find it, but I shouldn't bother you so often, and it's our store manager Tuo Marquis looking for something, so it's too rude, I'm really sorry." ”

Butler Alfred: "No, no, no, don't think so, my dear little Mike, Lord Marquis is happy to help Mr. Merchant, you, as a clerk who thinks about your own store manager everywhere, let me see my former self in you, and I know myself, so you don't need to apologize, you should be proud of it." ”

The words made Mike more and more shy and happy. After talking about some inconsequential things for a while, Mike took his leave, after all, Elijah was still waiting for him.

After seeing Mike off in person, Alfred returned to the inner room, went up to the door of a room on the second floor, and after tidying up his appearance from head to toe, he knocked lightly on the door, and waited for a while to hear a response from inside.

"Come in. ”

Alfred opened and closed the door softly, then landed silently on the floor and waited quietly at his desk.

On the desk, Marquis Veil was looking down on some big and small matters about Devonburg, some things that he needed to make decisions as a lord, he lost the smile on his face, his brows furrowed, and he pursed his lips in thought.

After processing the documents in his hand, Marquis Veil looked at his butler: "What did you talk about?"

Butler Alfred: "The matter about the Red Fang, but it's not the merchant's intention, it's Mike himself who wants to find out how things are going. ”

Marquis Veil: "Hmm. ”

He pondered to himself, and it was also not the other party's active contact. Less than two months earlier, on the night of the merchant's return from Haikou City to Devonburg, the Marquis de Ville had come to his study and saw an unexpected figure—the manager of an antique shop.

At night, the merchant bypassed the defense of the entire lord's mansion alone, and appeared safely in his study, for which the Marquis of Ville was not vigilant and did not have the fear of defensive defects, because this was the first time in such a long time that the merchant showed his strength in front of him, which was equivalent to a disguised indication that the two sides had officially begun to establish a relationship, which was a crucial step.

Thinking of Haikou City, Marquis Veil's face was obviously angry, this time the Holy See's actions caused irreparable losses to the entire empire, the trade city was destroyed, and it would take at least a year to rebuild, or in the case of full urgency, the blow to the empire was huge, and it also left a huge hidden danger to the outside world, an empire of internal strife would give the other two empires of the human continent a chance.

The royal family is furious, there is no doubt that this time the Holy See needs to pay a heavy price, even if more than a month has passed, the Holy See still has not given a reasonable explanation and attitude. However, the attitude of the royal family this time is extremely tough, starting from the archbishop to point directly at the Pope and even the existence of the Holy See as a whole, and I heard that one of the three marshals of the empire, the "giant snake" Dukun, has been sent to prepare to go directly to the Holy See headquarters, so it seems that this time the royal family is determined to train and train the disobedient "dog" around him.

So sometimes Marquis Vell inevitably wondered if the royal family hadn't thought of making a move against the Holy See in Haikou City this time, but he didn't dare to think deeply, it was like a treasure chest in the abyss, which was both tempting and intimidating.

That night, the Marquis of Ville and the merchant talked for a long time, the topics were more and more terrifying, and the jumpiness of the topics was also bigger and bigger, and the conversation that night would leave a deep mark on the Marquis of Ville's life that could never be erased.

Although the outcome of the conversation was somewhat different from the plan in his mind, the overall direction was the same, after all, both sides wanted to deal with the same enemy, so the two sides reached a cooperative relationship for the first time since then, and the first step of the cooperation was to find one of the three treasures, the Flame Fang. Not just because the merchant needed it, but the Marquis of Veil himself needed it very much, and it was what was needed to solve the curse on himself. At the beginning, Marquis Veil still underestimated this sorcerer too much, and the curse he placed on himself actually needed to use a three-color treasure to lift, but there was also a question in this, since this sorcerer was so powerful, why didn't he fall a curse that could be triggered briefly or even instantaneously, but a curse with a period of more than two years. Maybe there is some secret in this, after all, Marquis Veil is just a mortal, and he doesn't understand what these people who can manipulate magic will think in their hearts.

Perhaps the curse takes a certain amount of time to take a person's life.

Seeing that the Marquis was silent for a long time, Alfred asked, "Does the Marquis need to change his plans?"

Marquis Veer: "No, you don't need to, just go as planned, keep it the same, find the Red Fang and hand it over to the merchant, you don't need to deliberately speed up, the other party is not in a hurry." ”

Butler Alfred: "But... With all due respect, Lord Marquis, if you don't find it within the time limit, you'll die. ”

Marquis Vell chuckled as before: "Don't worry, Alfred, he won't let me die." ”