Ezra, Frederick and Jas were in a moving carriage going towards the part of the city where the miser was said to be staying.
*Click*
A door was unlocked as they left the carriage and entered a wooden building.
It was a restaurant on the outer ring. An establishnt not too shabby but nothing special either.
They took a seat and ordered a plate, camly observing the situation as Ezra waited for the hidden gem to show himself.
A tall but lanky boy with brown hair ca out the backdoor with wooden plates in his hands as he went to deliver it.
Ezra signaled Frederick to do as they had planned.
The boy in question was about to serve the plates when Fredrick ca near him and whispered in his ear, before moving out with Ezra and Jas in tow.
The boy stood still for a few minutes as he hesitated, not knowing what it was that they wanted from him.
The man, Fredrick, only whispered into his ear "We would like to talk to you outside" before leaving.
He thought about anything bad he had done for soone to co looking for him, but nothing ca to mind.
Then he wondered if it was a matter of years ago, but still nothing, because as far as he rembered, he was working in this restaurant for almost four years now.
So why did soone suddenly pop up and look for him?
Did they mistake him for soone else? Or soone incriminated him in sothing he knew nothing of?
Yet…there was no one to give him answers, and…
'If I don't go, I'll never know and it might make things worse…sigh…why is my life this way?' he thought as he left the plates on a table and went after those guys.
*Click*
He opened the door, only to co face to face with the sa big old man who whispered in his ears.
His head churned with all the bad things that could happen as he gulped, but contrary to his expectations, the man simply turned around and said…
"Follow " and walked on without even glancing back once.
I quickly followed after him because I knew he could have taken by force and I wouldn't have been able to do a thing about it.
The man led to a nearby tavern, before going to a table as a brown haired boy beckoned from the mont I entered.
The big man sat along with one other boy whose clothes seed far more decent than what I wore.
I looked at both boys, burning their faces in my mind as I tried to think where I may have t them before…but nothing ca to mind.
I was rather inconspicuous as the tavern had enough people to make the place rowdy but not stuffy.
"Sit" the brown haired boy said and I did.
"H-Hello" I was stuttering because of the oppressive atmosphere, when the brown haired flashed a smile before saying…
"You don't have to be afraid, you haven't done anything wrong"
My heart cald down a little as I asked the question bogging …
"Then why am I here?"
"Because I heard about you and wish to give you an opportunity, and no, it's not sothing illegal"
"O-okay" I said before asking…
"Hmm, what do I call you?"
"Ah, sorry about that. I'm Kevin, the big man's John and the other boy is Jas. Alright we told you our nas, what's yours?"
"It's Williams, Williams Hull, Sir Kevin" I said as he nodded before speaking…
"So Williams, let's just say I ca to give you an offer to work for , with sufficient pay of course"
"Hmm, what kind of work?" Williams asked, without stuttering this ti.
"It's simple actually. I give you an assignnt to carry out and you do so. Assignnts like finding out how much mijnip bread is being sold in this city and what's the average price"
"That's it?" Williams asked bewildered, that wasn't too hard, especially for soone like him.
"It's far more than that, but you'll have to start from there first. You'll be given one silver once you're done"
At the ntion of one silver coin, William's head abruptly jerked up as he asked…
"What if I already know the answer? I worked in that restaurant for years now, so it's fairly easy to find when I checked"
Kevin/Ezra's mouth revealed a grin before he answered the question.
"Naturally, you'll get the money. So tell , what's the answer?"
"Only twenty-two bakeries make mijnip bread due to its cheap nature and easy processing. A few others substituted it with kavicot bread, which Is also cheap in nature but the processing is more stressful than mijnip. The five best restaurants in the outer ring also stopped selling it after Istrucan bread ca into the market two years ago, which then allowed other cheap restaurants to start making mijnip bread, which increased the production and availability but reduced the market price by a substantial amount. It costs an average of twenty-two to twenty-five copper depending on the season and the yearly yield" Williams answered in one breath.
Jas and Fredrick only looked towards Williams with weird gazes, before turning even weirder gazes towards Ezra, who sighed in relief.
Truthfully, he was afraid that even if he found the young 'Miser', he wouldn't have developed an interest in money at this point in ti, but…
'It's beyond my expectations'
That was the truth.
Ezra expected at most for the young 'Miser' to be soone who just loved money, as Ezra planned to groom him into sothing better than the 'Miser' of the future.
Yet, he had his mind blown knowing that even the young 'Miser' had a penchant for money and the market.
'It makes my job a whole lot easier' this is the first reason why he was happy.
The second was…
'If I get Sebastian at my side, the information that guy finds will allow this guy to shine like no other'
As Ezra thought of this, he was subconsciously rubbing his hands together in expectation. Because if he was right…
'The two might bring about sothing unique that didn't exist in my past life' Ezra thought, with his grin becoming ever wider.
A minute passed before Ezra pulled himself together and cald his excited heart down.
The two might work well together, but there was more work needed to be done before such a thing could co into fruition.
Concluding his thoughts, he changed his thoughtful expression, as the first thing he saw was the weird gazes Frederick and Jas were giving him.
He was montarily puzzled but quickly shook it off, before talking to Williams.
"Williams, do you know how to read and write?"
"Hmm, I know how to read a little but I can't right, because I can't see too well, my vision is sort of blurry"
Ezra facepald himself as he rembered…
'The miser used to wear a pair of glasses back then. I thought it was just typical fashion for him' he thought before saying…
"John, give him one silver"
To which John/Frederick flipped a silver coin into William's hand.
Walliams hastily caught it while Jas let out a small laugh, rembering himself just days ago.
"So what will it be, Williams? I have to tell you that you'll be taken sowhere else where you'll be given adequate resources to carry out your assignnts".
Ezra said before pausing, allowing William's mind to reel in the aning of those words.
"Where do you live?" Ezra asked.
"I live in a cottage with seven others"
"Is there anyone you want to bring along or say goodbye to?"
"Hmm, well, I'll have to say goodbye to the old chaps who allowed to work in their restaurant and I'll pack so things from where I live"
"Hmm, okay. Jas, follow him and bring him back to the base once he's done" Ezra said, before getting to leave with Frederick in tow.
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Ezra and Fredrick arrived at the bar two hour later as they found that the repairs were almost done.
They went in and found the place stuffed.
It seed Cabrera had returned, because the gang mbers were back, while the kids were also there after finishing their assignnt.
Then you had the eighteen slaves Ezra had brought earlier today.
Ezra hastily went to et Cabrera while Frederick waited outside.
*Click*
"Ah, you're here" Cabrera said.
"How did you know I was the one?" Ezra asked.
"I doubt there's any other kid that'll barge in without knocking" Cabrera said, giving Ezra 'the eye'.
Ezra only nodded at the accurate deduction and sat down, before going into business.
"Well…how was it?"
"Well, I have both good news and bad news"
"Bad new first"
"The gangs and guilds are starting to move"
"So soon?" Ezra found it suspicious, although he had expected it, this was definitely too soon!
'They couldn't have known about beforehand, then…!' Ezra suddenly ca to a realization as his eyes widened.
"So, that ans we have rats in here" Ezra said as Cabrera nodded, before taking over.
"Exactly, I suspect we have a rat in the gang, maybe even multiple" Cabrera said as he had already co to the sa conclusion.
"And the worst part is that they were spies from years ago, because we haven't really taken any new mbers in a long ti" Cabrera said.
"Hmm, maybe this might actually be a good thing" Ezra said as plans were drafted in his mind.
"Ehh?" Cabrera couldn't understand his point.
"Listen carefully, the rats are their sources of information, so what happens when the rats have wrong information?" Ezra said as Cabrera nodded for him to continue.
"What I'm saying is, we just do things on a bigger scale. Which ans that you'll have to give fragnted pieces of misleading information"
Cabrera: (☉｡☉)!
Cabrera's mouth ford a big 'O' at this mont.
"So you're saying…since we don't know who the rat is…we'll deceive everyone?"
"Exactly" Ezra answered.
"Hmm, I see" Cabrera said as they concluded that subject.
"Well, what's the good news?"
"Black Jaws has been registered as a G-rank guild"
"Hmm, that is good news. What about the new base? Have you found a suitable one?" Ezra asked.
"Yes…but they're all too expensive, we don't have such money" Cabrera answered.
"How much is the cheapest one?" Ezra asked.
"Eighty gold" Cabrera answered.
"How much remains on hand?" Ezra asked.
"Forty gold" Cabrera answered.
"Then it's ti for you to visit the missionary"
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