The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

24 – Very Suspicious Boss Employee (9)

“If that’s the case, I’d appreciate it.”

Brown breastplate with shoulder pads.

Generally, leather breastplate covers only the chest, but this one was designed to cover the entire waist.

And all parts are made with the precious leather of Ciratus.

Curatus is a lizard-like monster that lives in the sea. Its skin is magic-resistant, so it is traded at an unimaginable amount.

In addition, it is hard enough to be scratched by most cold weapons, but it is also very elastic, so it has an amazing function of contracting or relaxing itself to suit the wearer’s body.

After wearing the armor, it slowly shrunk to fit my size.

It was hard on the outside, but when I moved my body, it reacted surprisingly flexibly as if it were my own skin.

Petrick You mean this man trades these great things?

At first, I thought that even a wizard was mobilized to kill an employee of the boss, but now that I see it, I think it makes a little sense.

“Thank you, I’ll dress you well, Mr. Patrick.”

“You risked your life to escort me here, but I’m insignificant compared to that. Then, you two go in.”

Farewell, Patrick led his horses and walked into town.

“Secretary. I’ve been thinking about it.”

As I watched Patrick walk away, Celestine opened her mouth.

“No matter how much I think about it, I think it would be better to be friendly with him.”

“Do you give me bread?”

“That’s true, but it seems like he’ll do a good job with requests later on, and I think he’ll give me expensive items too.”

“That’s what I think. Since it’s a trading company, there must be a lot of work that requires mercenaries or adventurers. I need to go out often.”

“Please take me with you.”

“Do you give me bread?”

“Yes.”

* * * * *

In front of the guild, I ran into Leana walking from the other side.

“Secretary! Celestine!”

Leanna waved her hand in welcome.

In one hand, she held a straw basket.

“Have you been there? How was the request?”

“I finished safely. I just broke up with my client and I’m on my way.”

Seeing her Ciratus armor, Leana tilted her head.

“This is the first armor I’ve seen? Weren’t you wearing something else when you left?”

“It was broken in a fight with a wizard. The client gave me the one he brought as a sample to wear.”

“A wizard?”

Leanna narrowed her eyes as if she couldn’t understand at all.

“There was a chasing party. Mr. Patrick says it seems to be a competitor, but I don’t know exactly.”

“No matter how true it is, even a wizard was mobilized to kill a person?”

“I didn’t understand at first either, but after receiving this armor, my thoughts changed.”

“What is that armor?”

“Curatus leather.”

“Huh huh?!”

Leanna groped for her leather armor, her eyes wide open as if to jump out.

“Ciratus leather?! I’m selling this right now!”

“hahahaha. No way. I’m going to run into Mr. Patrick often from now on, so would you use it if I sold the gift I received like that? It also has magic resistance, so it can be useful.”

“Resist magic? Wow, this is a really great item.”

Leah I licked her lips and patted her armour.

I’ll put this to good use, then when I get more money later, I’ll have to reinforce it and add some features.

By the way, I don’t know if there are blacksmiths that can be strengthened in the principality.

“That Patrick is not an employee, but at least an executive level. He gave this away casually.”

“They also gave me bread. It was white and soft. I’ve never had bread so delicious.”

Leanna giggled as Celestine intervened.

“Bread? He must have been a baker, not an employee of the boss?”

“I hope so. If Mr. Patrick opened a bakery, he would go and buy it every day.”

“Did you like bread? Sometime I’ll have to take a tour of the city bakeries. There are so many good bakeries here.”

Then Celestine’s face turned bright.

Like the last time you drank wine, you seem to have a bit of an appetite.

How did such a child survive in the celibate sect?

But really, the crazy guy is the crazy guy.

You’re right that Patrick gave you the bread, but he doesn’t know if he baked it himself or where he bought it.

But since Celestine is the bread Patrick gave her, she naturally thinks that Patrick made it.

That’s stupid.

So cute.

“What is that?”

I pointed to the straw bag in Leana’s hand and Leana held it out.

There were about twenty white eggs inside.

“I solved and received a simple request. Tonight’s dinner is an egg dish.”

“It must be delicious.”

Celestine licked her lips.

* * * * *

Leah I hummed in her kitchen and did her cooking while Celestine and I took turns washing up.

Looking at it, it was fried egg, steamed egg, rolled egg, fried egg, and egg toast.

I’m going to eat without eggs today.

It would be perfect if there was only kimchi over there.

“By the way Leana, don’t you add salt?”

“Salt? Why?”

“It tastes better with salt.”

“Really? I don’t put salt on purpose to eat healthy.”

Couldn’t it be that you haven’t used seasonings at all until now?

I think I know why Leana’s food doesn’t taste good.

“Salt has nothing to do with health. It tastes good when sprinkled in moderation.”

“Okay.”

Then, isn’t Leana trying to sprinkle her fistful of salt!?

“No way! That’s too much!”

“Then how much should I spray?”

She tried to explain, but she just took a pinch of salt herself and sprinkled it gently.

Leana, who saw that, asked with a sincere curiosity.

“Does it taste good with just a little bit like that?”

“This is enough. From now on, always spray just this amount, okay?”

“I will. Do you cook? Where did you learn professionally?”

This is the basic of the basics….

She just smiled instead of saying that.

We sat around a round table on the first floor and started eating while talking.

Leah I took her ledger and reported the requests that came in while we were away.

Most of them were trivial things, some of which were solved by Leana leaving her guild for a while.

It mainly focuses on tax calculations and other brain-rolling tasks of unlearned commoners.

Because Leana is very smart unlike Celestine.

“I don’t see any big requests coming in yet.”

“That’s right. Apparently, the other two guilds are holding out. We became famous for demon hunting, but becoming famous and entrusting us with commissions are two different things.”

“Isn’t there anything in City Hall?”

“No. Entrusting a request to a guild at City Hall is a concept like a real last resort. Oh, that’s right.”

Leana grinned as if she had remembered something.

“Mr. Clemence told me yesterday that he gave us the head of a seahorse. It’s so big that it’s difficult to take care of, so the mayor allowed it.”

“This is good news. Where should I put it?”

“It’s too big to hang indoors, so why don’t we just hang it on the outer wall? Like a signboard. I’ll ask the city hall once. If it’s okay to do that.”

“Good idea.”

“By the way Mr. Patrick. Huh? Where are you going?”

Suddenly, Celestine jumped up and walked to the kitchen.

“Bring me some more fried rice.”

I now see that Celestine’s plate is empty.

That really eats a lot.

“Isn’t it too much to follow your own desires just because you’re out of sect?”

Leanna smiled and Celestine shook her head.

“It’s not a need, it’s a necessity for survival. Until now, it’s always been difficult because I’ve been starving.”

“Hmm, considering the starvation…”

Leanna stared at Celestine’s chest, narrowing her eyes.

“Chief Secretary. Doesn’t his heart burst from eating like that?”

“I don’t think so.”

“I think so. Anyway, Mr. Patrick is here.”

Leanna ran her hair through her hair, she said.

“I don’t think he’s an ordinary boss employee when I’ve only heard about the secretary. I’ve been asking around about Mr. Dremont while he’s gone, but nothing comes out.”

“Well, it was the first company I’d ever heard of. I don’t even remember where the aristocratic family came from.”

“Isn’t it? If you’re willing to give a gift of Ciratus armor, it’s impossible without a decent amount of capital on your back, but at that level you need at least one person who knows. In addition, you sent dozens of swordsmen and wizards to catch a boss’s employee? If you don’t know anything else, how many competing companies can privately operate a wizard? Isn’t it a bit strange?”

“I think the same as you think, but honestly, there’s no way for us to find out. They told us to visit the branch later, so let’s go together then.”

In the meantime, Celestine brought all the leftover fried rice and started eating it with a spoon.

Seeing that, Leana and I laughed at the same time.

As expected, the seasoning was a problem.

* * * * *

That night.

After helping the guild leader wash the dishes and clean up, Celestine hurriedly went upstairs to her room.

Before that, she didn’t forget to say hello to the superiors.

“Good night, chief.”

“Good work today.”

“Good night, guild leader.”

“Good night, Celestine.”

Lying on the bed in her light pajamas, Celestine seemed to be falling asleep, but she closed her eyes and laughed like an idiot.

It was because he remembered what the secretary praised him during the day.

The secretary told me that I was good, that I was great.

Celestine manifested her divine powers when she was very young and she was taken to the Order.

When she was growing up, she was trained rigorously by cool-headed high-ranking saints.

She’s been surrounded by priests who, since she became an adult, have held themselves up to ignorance.

Because of that kind of environment she grew up in, Celestine has no memory of ever receiving a sincere compliment in her life.

Everyone was praising Celestine, but it was all directed not at Celestine, but at the halo floating above her head.

Celestine often thought that Halo was the real body and that she was only a shadow.

But the manager is different.

The secretary didn’t look at Halo, he looked at me.

She acknowledged me as the full Celestine, not the Halo saint.

She’s lived in the shadow of Halo all this time.

For the first time, I got someone who looked at me, not Halo.

hehehe, I feel really good….

You said joining me in the guild was the best thing you ever did, right?

I will work harder so that you don’t regret that decision!

“Kyaaa!!”

“Celestine! Be quiet at night!”

“I’m sorry, guild leader…!”

Actually, Leonard said it was the best thing he did ‘this year’, but to Celestine, it was a trivial thing that had nothing to do with it.

Celestine rummaged through her bag tucked under her bed and pulled out her cloth pouch.

Inside it were several condoms made from processed slime.

It was prepared by Leana in case of an emergency.

You should always carry this with you just in case.

For some reason, I think the time will come when I will need it.