This world was an extre one.
I always had this feeling, but now it beca quite apparent.
The building we just entered or the security asures we took earlier, all of them were quite high tech.
Surprising a lot, after all, if the world had such advanced tech, then why is it still in dieval period?
On Earth, this wasn't possible, the world couldn't be too extre.
No matter how backwater a place was, it still stayed in the sa generation, but here such a thing was clearly happening, I wondered why?
But soon, I got an answer.
A simple answer.
Here, not everyone was built the sa.
The difference between the Magic users and normal people was just too great.
So great, that higher ranked Magic users couldn't even be called a human.
A Magus Vs all normal humans.
The outco was so obvious that it was funny.
And this difference, wasn't just in fighting or combat powers, after all fighting was not all that mattered.
Rather, it was in everything.
Any profession, any job, any work, any art you na it, a magic user will always be ways ahead of a normal human.
According to the class system, no normal human has ever crossed the bronze grade of any class ever, and that is counting purely non-combatant classes, classes like a tactician, a rchant or even a gardener.
Even when doing such mundane things, Magic users were on a different league.
As I said, the difference was just too great, be it money, the ability, the standard of living, or even the opportunities.
But this was inevitable, and apparent.
Just like now, in the lobby of this futuristic building, most of the people here were magic users.
The reason for that was simple.
The 'ri~ght' price, wasn't so right for normal people.
The only ones who could afford the services here were either Magic users or so super rich tycoons.
Of course, this didn't matter to us, without sparing a glance to the lobby or anyone else within, we walked past it.
-Step.
-Step.
And directly entered the second floor, these people here, weren't worth my ti.
The second floor had several VIP rooms.
You could access any room you liked, after verifying your identity, using the VIP card that the establishnt issued.
Naturally, we entered the first room we saw after using my card, all the rooms were the sa anyways.
After getting in the VIP room, I simply dropped my disguise.
In split a second golden smoke detached itself from my face and body, before it quickly got absorbed by the robe.
The reason I did this was simple, I needed the power that ca with my identity to make my request a high priority one, and second with using the card, the establishnt knew my identity anyways.
Of course, my maid did the sa as she sat beside on the couch.
The VIP room, as it sounded, was quite luxurious, and similarly high tech.
The room itself had a black and white the, with the main colors of consisting of black, grey, and white.
Most of the furniture was premium stuff, mostly black with white highlights and so gold accents, the walls and carpet were a mixture of grey and silver, while the ceiling was white with a beautiful golden and silver pattern drawn on it.
As a VIP room, it had a cabinet full of good wine, along with so light but expensive snacks, and an enchanted table that could be used to access the free news the establishnt provided, only to VIPs.
Though this news was mostly semi-private, but considering it ca from all around world, it was a surprisingly good way to pass ti.
And that's what I planned to do, but before that, I asked my silent maid sothing that had been bugging , "Say…Amy, aren't you curious about the thing I am looking for?"
Hearing my question, Amy gave a hearty expression as she answered,
"Of course, I am Young Master, but how could I ask sothing which you clearly don't want to?"
Though what she said felt cringey as hell, but I still felt a bit bad after hearing her answer, so I just decided to tell her.
She will be there when I file in my request anyways.
"Well, it's not a secret or sothing, I just want to look for so people."
"People?"
Amy asked as she looked confused, "Umm, couldn't Young Master just ask soone from the estate, to do that?, Why specifically co here?"
"Well, that's the problem I couldn't, the people I want to look for are quite far away, one of them isn't even in the Main World."
I said with a sigh.
Amy's ears perked up at my answer, as her confusion intensified, "Umm, then how does Young Master, know them…?"
Amy asked, but before I could say sothing, she answered herself,
"So that's what you can't tell , correct?"
"Correct." I said as seriously as I could.
I knew this conversation would happen sooner or later, so I had prepared myself to not say anything.
After all I couldn't just bullshit here, so, I'd rather refuse to say anything.
"It's okay, everyone has their own secrets, I won't ask you to share yours when I haven't even shared mine with you."
Amy said as she showed a tender smile, and sneakily took this chance to pat my head.
Of course, I shook off her hand quickly, but she didn't mind that anyways, rather she asked, "That aside Young Master should I call them in?"
"Umm, call them in."
With my reply the maid reached for the table, fiddled with his settings, and just like that the door opened.
Talk about high tech.
I thought, as I crossed my legs and looked at the two new entries in the room.
One was a tall and lean guy, blonde hair, blue eyes, soft facial features and pointed ears, clearly he was an elf.
He wore a white shirt underneath a blue vest with so golden work on it, black pants, and leather shoes.
More or less, he looked like an intellectual person.
As for the other guy, he was a human I knew, a pot-bellied middle-aged man with a luxurious purple tail coat on.
With both of his hands clasped together, he walked towards while having the best smile he could.
A smile that showed his fake golden teeth.
With rings on all of his fingers, and about half a dozen chains on his neck, he looked exactly like a walking jewelry store.
And that jewelry store along with the other guy, ca in front of and deeply bowed.
Then he stood straight and said,
"Welco, Young Master Rayne, Lady Alia, to our humble guild.
This Marvin is relieved to see you in good health, Young Master."
Marvin Adyson, Branch Manager of Blackbeard Searchers Ellesre Branch, an F rank magic user who beca a gold graded businessman despite his low talent in magic.
A shrewd rchant, a gold digger, but soone who knows when to give up.
Just him being posted in Ellesre as it's Branch Manager shows how good of a businessman he is.
Following his introduction, he sat down on the couch opposite to and he pointed to the Elf,
"This elf here is Garett Forman, he is the new in-charge of Managing the VIPs.
Of course, I can't let anyone else serve Young Master."
"This is my first ti eting you, Young Master Rayne, Lady Alia, I'm Garett Forman.
I hope that I can serve you well."
The elf Introduced himself as he too, sat beside the fat rchant.
During the whole ti I stayed silent, just nodding in acknowledgent to both of them, while Amy just showed her business smile.
And that wasn't seen as strange.
Marvin clearly knew that Rayne was a man of few words, soone that hated bullshit, so after the elf settled himself, he got straight to the point.
"So, what brings Young Master, in our humble establishnt?"
And for that I was thankful, for I wasn't too keen on spending my afternoon chatting with a gold toothed man.
With a whoosh, so docunts materialized in hands, and after glancing and confirming that they were the correct ones, I handed them to the Manager.
"Here,"
I said slowly in a deep voice, "These three people, I want them here."
Yes, only three people.
When selecting these people, I had a lot to consider.
First, these people needed to be those who will grab any opportunity they were given.
Second, taking them out shouldn't disturb Eva's growth.
And third, they needed to be a blank slate.
Only three people fit such conditions, at current ti and not surprisingly they all were supposed to be villains.
After all, heroes are hard headed, even at their lows.
The Manager took the docunts, his eyes flashing with Mana as he quickly scanned them
Once finished he looked at , with a frown on his face and said,
"Quite the peculiar people you want to look for Young Master, to think you even know soone from Vanzahra."
I raised an eyebrow at him, which quickly made him start laughing as he said, "Of course, that is none of my business, but I will ask Young Master to specify sothing."
"Do we have to bring them peacefully or we have to convince them?"
This fatty was obviously asking if he can simply kidnap them.
"No, they would be willing to co with you, but their circumstances may not allow them to. In such a case, use money."
"I see, I see, thanks for your wisdom Young Master, then let's talk about money."
Marvin said, while rubbing his hands together again.
And though I was the one who gave him such a quirk, it looked quite disgusting.
As for the price negotiations, "I'll leave that to you." I said to my left.
To Amy, who was quietly watching out exchange till now.
'No way, I was gonna get ripped of by this old man here.', I thought.
Amy looked a bit shocked, a bit troubled, and a bit unwilling, but eventually nodded in response.
A beautiful smile blood on her face as she looked at Marvin, asking,
"How about you suggest a starting price Mr. Marvin?"
"Of course, of course, since a wonderful lady such as yourself is negotiating with , I will naturally suggest sothing minimal."
He said before pausing a bit, and then said a 'minimal' price.
Or he was supposed to,
But as soon as he opened his mouth, a constipated look appeared on his face.
His mouth was open but it was as if words refused to co out of it, it was just left hanging.
Seeing him like that I didn't understand what was going on at first, but when the scenario repeated itself a few tis, and more importantly when I saw Amy smiling so sweetly.
I knew or at least I had an inkling of what Amy was doing.
Though I patted myself in my mind for making such a decision, I kept a stoic expression on my face as I glanced at Garett, who also looked a bit unwell before averting my eyes.
It felt like I was cheating but, that didn't stop from praising her ntally, 'Good job, Amy, good job'.
Eventually, after opening and closing his mouth for a sixth ti, Amy took so pity on him as whatever she did, she lowered its effect, making the businessman speak with an extrely aggrieved expression.
He practically croaked, "A million Coles would suffice, as a complete paynt, what do you think?", as he looked at , not daring to look at the beautifully smiling Amy.
Of course, he would still want at least double the profit, I thought.
Thankfully, Amy brought five tis the money, otherwise I would be in a predicant here.
With that thought, I placed 500,000 on the table, and said, "We have a deal then, Marvin."
All while eting his gaze.
"Treat them well, and bring them here within two months. If you do, you may get a million Coles instead of just the remaining 500,000."
Then, I gave Amy a small gesture and that was enough for the maid to stop doing, whatever she was doing.
This gave them a mont of respite, before I asked, "You don't have anymore problems, do you? If you have any we can always negotiate, right Amy?"
Though the duo inwardly scread at the nodding lady.
'That's not how you negotiate!!'
Ultimately, they didn't want to experience that again, so, they remained silent.
"So, how about we finalize the deal?"
I said after a short pause.
The elf was the one who responded this ti, as Marvin still looked a bit under the weather.
"Of course, of course, just a second."
He said, as he took out a piece of blank contract paper from his storage space.
Then he placed it on the table, injected a bit of his Mana and ntal Power in it, and for a mont the paper glowed in a golden light.
A golden beam of light appeared on top of it, and wherever it passed text appeared.
And within a few seconds our contract was ready.
The elf picked it up, and gave it a read before passing it to the now better Manager, who similarly injected his Mana and ntal Power in it.
The contract lit up again, as the na 'Marvin Adyson' appeared on it.
The Manager looked too exhausted to do anything else, so the elf took the initiative, and gave the contract while saying,
"Please read and sign it."
I took the contract, did quick read, and finding nothing funny written there.
But for a just in case scenario, I double checked it with Amy.
After getting her approval, I pumped a bit of my Mana and ntal Power in it, causing my na to similarly appear on it.
With both the nas signed on the contract, it suddenly lit up, before splitting up in two identical contracts.
Knowing this was normal procedure, I gave one of the contracts back to the Garett, before standing up.
"Nice doing business with you, Young Master Rayne."
The Manager who looked a little better now, sohow managed to say that, as he saw leaving and that was honestly unexpected if you asked .
"Good to do business with you too, Marvin. I can see myself contacting you again, if you did your job well, that is."
But I replied as I walked towards the door.
"I hope you keep my visit a secret."
Of course, I didn't forget give him a final reminder, before leaving the guild.
Just like that, one of the three things I wanted to do in the city was done.
***
It was afternoon when we left the establishnt.
The ti for lunch.
The sll of delicious food wafted through the streets as many restaurants and taverns started serving lunch.
With our disguise back on, we road through the busy streets as we talked ntally.
It was mainly praising Amy though,
'That was really good, Amy, I didn't know you had such a trick.'
'That is clearly your fault Young Master, had you inford before I would have properly negotiated with him.'
Apparently, Amy doesn't like using brute force in things like this, so she was sulking a bit.
'Well, sorry for that, I will inform you beforehand next ti, anyways what was that trick you used?'
'Apology accepted!'
And apparently, she was quite forgiving too, at least to she was.
'As for what I used back then, it wasn't a trick, just a simple use of Magical Aura. Every Magic user can do that.'
'Huh, really?, But I couldn't feel it even when I tried to.'
'Well, you will be able to do this when you have a higher mastery of Aura.'
'There are no shortcuts?'
'There are no shortcuts in getting stronger Young Master, even if you have a lot of power you will be nothing but a buffoon if you don't have enough mastery over it, always rember that.'
'Yes, yes I will rember it. Say, aren't you hungry?'
'Ohya, so you are finally asking this fine lady out for lunch~'
As much as I couldn't believe how fast she changed her mood, I still replied,
'Yes, would this 'fine lady' give her admirer a chance?'
'Hehe~, you are getting much better at this Young Master, and yes, as a fine lady I won't mind giving you a chance.'
She said as she offered her hand to , before both of us burst into laughter as I took it.
Hand in hand, I led her sowhere.
Sowhere, where I had to check on a certain soone.
A special certain soone.
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