Chapter 45

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As the merchant from Yogros heard this, he was stunned, thinking: Who exactly is this Song Gongming? There are so many worlds and planes in the multiverse, and I've never heard of a god or demon with this name.

Just as he was thinking, the protagonist succubus slammed the table again: "Alright, what’s your answer? Do you think I have nothing better to do than hang around in your shabby shop every day?!" He said, about to leave, but the merchant couldn’t let him go and quickly pulled him back, shoving a bag into the protagonist’s hands. The protagonist opened it and saw it was full of golden coins, which calmed him down. He said, "That’s more like it," and sat back down. He then said to the merchant from Yogros:

"Alright, tell me, what’s going on?"

"What’s going on..." The merchant from Yogros had calmed down by now. He hadn’t known the protagonist succubus for long, but because the other party was a rather handsome and clear-headed demon, he understood his ways quite well.

He knew he had to get to the point quickly, or the other party would lose patience again.

However, he also knew that one had to lead into the topic gradually. One couldn’t just blurt out everything. The merchant from Yogros thought for a moment, put aside the small talk, and tried to make his words as concise as possible before speaking:

"Have you ever thought about your future?"

The protagonist succubus was taken aback by this question. If he had been drinking tea, he would have spat it in the merchant’s face. What kind of question was this? Who did he think he was? The protagonist’s expression turned to disdain as he looked at the merchant from Yogros: "You, a merchant from Yogros, and I, a demon. We sit here together, not thinking about how to destroy the multiverse or steal candy from little girls, but about the future? Do you think you’re one of those idle mages in the ivory tower?"

"That’s not what I mean." The merchant from Yogros waved his hand: "Who said that demons and merchants from Yogros must think about destroying the multiverse? I—" He pointed at himself: "You know me better than anyone else. I’m the most law-abiding merchant there is."

"All merchants are the same." The protagonist succubus leaned back in his chair: "If you say so, I’ve been drinking holy water for half a month."

"Speaking of which..." The merchant from Yogros hesitated for a moment but still asked: "Are you really of the good alignment?"

"Of course, genuine and authentic." The protagonist succubus pounded his chest: "There’s no one in the entire multiverse more virtuous than me."

"Oh... then let’s assume that, let’s assume that."

"What do you mean by ‘let’s assume that’? It’s the truth!" The protagonist succubus was upset.

The merchant from Yogros waved his hand: "Let’s get to the point. What I mean is, have you ever thought about what you want to do?"

"What can’t I do?" The protagonist succubus still had a laid-back attitude. Then he leaned forward slightly and continued: "From what you’re saying, you want to give me a job?"

"Indeed, that’s the idea." The merchant from Yogros nodded.

"Oh, you want to hire me as the boss." The protagonist succubus waved his hand: "Then, go get the ledger of our shop, I’ll check the accounts. If you’ve embezzled any money, I won’t let it go. Let’s be clear, if anything happens, don’t blame me for not remembering old times."

"Who said I want to hire you as the boss?!" The merchant from Yogros was flustered: "In the vast multiverse, who has ever heard of a shop hiring a boss?!"

"I will!" The protagonist succubus said: "I’ve never thought about working under someone else. If you want to hire me, I have to be the boss! What’s your hurry? I don’t even want this shabby shop!"

"I—" The merchant from Yogros was so angry at the protagonist’s attitude that he wanted to slam the table and break him into pieces to feed the dogs, to boil his bones for soup.

"It’s not worth it, a businessman like me fighting with a thug. It’s not worth it." The merchant from Yogros consoled himself. After calming down, he waved his hand at the protagonist: "Let’s get to the point. You said you don’t want to work for others. Fine, you can go solo. With your skills, you can do anything, hahaha..."

His laughter made the protagonist succubus feel uneasy. He immediately waved his hand: "Alright, alright, what’s really going on? Hurry up."

"What I mean is, you’re quite capable, and there are plenty of jobs in the Abyss that require your skills. Mercenary, assassin, bodyguard—there are plenty of such jobs. Can you do any of these?"

"What’s the pay like?" The protagonist succubus didn’t answer whether he could do it, but asked directly.

"Doing big jobs pays more, smaller ones pay less." The merchant from Yogros said.

"Then what does this have to do with you? Can’t I do it on my own with my sword and claws?" The protagonist succubus continued.

"Sure, you can do it alone. But the connections, the clients, and the communication—since you’re new here, you can’t just put an ad in the newspaper, can you?"

"That’s true." The protagonist succubus leaned back in his chair and said to the merchant from Yogros: "But how do you know I want to be a mercenary, assassin, or bodyguard? Can’t I do something else?"

"Then what do you want to do?" The merchant from Yogros asked.

"I... hmm, collect protection money on a street? Rob outside the city? Steal from a thousand households at night? Or, I could go to the city hall, kill the current Lord Nalathel, and take over. Then I can start a conquest mode."

Hearing this, the merchant from Yogros just smiled without saying anything. He knew the protagonist was just talking nonsense. With his temper, he could do the first few, but he couldn’t bear the hardship or the shame. The last one he could do, but he couldn’t stand the effort. So, the merchant from Yogros just sat there, smiling at the protagonist, waiting for him to give in.

"So." After a while, the protagonist succubus slapped his thigh. The merchant from Yogros thought: "Good, this is settled." Then he saw the protagonist succubus lean back comfortably in his chair, stretch out his hand, and say: "Indeed, I need to check the accounts. Buddy, get me that ledger quickly!"

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