"Miss Aurelia, let's put aside the grievances between the High Elves and the blasphemers."
Josiah took out a booklet, and Hiri cooperatively took out the latest account book of the Forgotten Land branch.
"Let's settle accounts," said Josiah.
"Settle accounts?" At this moment, Aurelia suddenly remembered some of the horrifying stories that Elder Enya often told her.
"Don't even think of buying me with human money!" Aurelia said righteously. "I'd rather die than be a human slave!"
"Buy you?"
Josiah looked at the girl's determined expression, as if she was a chaste and noble Joan of Arc.
"What she said should be described as' this is like the plot of a book ', right?" whispered Hiri.
Congratulations … Miss Hiri, you've learned a new trope.
Josiah was not in the mood to complain to Hiri. He just wanted to correct the High Elf's chuunibyou syndrome, or princess syndrome?
"I have no intention of buying you. In fact, you already owe me a lot of money," said Josiah as he tapped his pen on the booklet.
"I don't remember owing you anything!"
"Is that so? If I remember correctly, your dinner yesterday was a thick soup made of a hundred and twenty-seven apples and some vegetables. "
Josiah flipped through the account book that Hiri handed over. The money spent in and out of this branch was recorded in the account book.
A large part of the sales in this account book was provided by the High Elves who were temporarily living on the third floor, although they had not paid yet.
"The day before yesterday, your breakfast seemed to be Draconis. That thing is not cheap. It can only be found in the Kingdom of Waterfront. You took a whole box of it in one go."
The more Josiah spoke, the uglier Aurelia's expression became. She had to cover her forehead as she quietly listened to Josiah's "accounting."
"That's just the food for your two meals. If you include all the food you've eaten during this period of time, I'll round it up to about 3,000 gold coins."
Josiah said a number that was very scary for a commoner.
"This money is enough to buy a nice little house on the edge of Noland."
"I didn't eat those things," Aurelia answered Josiah in a tough manner.
"You didn't eat?" Josiah looked at Hiri who was beside him.
Most of the High Elves Josiah caught were female, and they also needed to bathe every day. Under such circumstances, Josiah consciously handed over the surveillance work to Hiri.
"I don't know how she did it, but she really doesn't need to say that she smells really good now." Hiri used another method to confirm that Aurelia was telling the truth.
Josiah also noticed that Aurelia's body was very weak now. She had endured for so many days without relying on food. She had kept her promise.
"Isn't it simple blind arrogance?"
Josiah saw the confident smile on the High Elf's face again, but she did not look good.
"Don't worry. You have to pay for the movie too."
"Movie?"
"The one where you cried and said, 'Why was the demon killed by a group of human villagers!' and 'The bastard's death was not worth it!'"
When Josiah mentioned these two sentences, Aurelia's defeated face finally had some color.
"I … I didn't say that!"
Aurelia said, her long ears trembling. Josiah looked at Quedonian who was beside him with a questioning gaze.
The High Elf Elder glanced at his granddaughter's reaction.
"Her ears will tremble like this when she lies." Quedonian nodded and gave a definite answer to Josiah.
"Grandfather!"
Aurelia finally couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up from her seat, but her weak body made her sit back down.
"It's fine if you want to deny the movie, but you can't deny the card box on you, right?"
Josiah pointed at the waist pouch on Aurelia's waist. There was a black crystal in it.
"Card box?"
"Hearthstone card box."
The moment Josiah said 'Hearthstone', Aurelia's expression changed.
"Wasn't that left behind by the survivors of the past …"
Aurelia didn't expect Hearthstone to be something created by Josiah. But when Hiri and Josiah each put the same black crystal on the table, she immediately swallowed her words.
"I lent you that card box. The total value of all the cards in it is around 1,000 to 1,300 gold coins in the market," Josiah said.
"This card box can be exchanged for gold coins?"
Aurelia's view of human trade was a little confused. Weren't these cards virtual items made of inscriptions?
"Not only can they be sold for money, but they're also very expensive. The Wings of Death that you like the most, if it's gold quality, can be sold for around 300 gold coins in the market," Josiah said.
The price of Hearthstone cards had gradually started to fall along with the price of the card box. Now, it was very stable.
A gold legendary Flame Demon King selling for a few thousand gold coins was rare nowadays, but the price of this card had always been above 1,000 gold coins.
"How can I pay you back?" Aurelia asked subconsciously.
Hearing this question, Josiah understood that the girl wanted to keep the card box.
"If you work as a waitress in the Hearthstone Tavern, I'll give you a monthly salary of 25 gold coins. Occasionally, there will be some bonuses. Your salary should be stable at around 30 gold coins."
If Josiah remembered correctly, working in the Hearthstone Tavern might be even better than working in some alchemy workshops.
"If you want to buy that card box in full, let me see … You'll have to serve the humans that you look down on for at least three years!"
Three years wasn't a long time for high elves, but serving humans for three whole years was a long time for Aurelia!
"Is your face saying that you're unwilling? Then there's nothing I can do about it. Return the card box to me, "Josiah said as he extended his hand to the high elf.
She hesitated for a moment, then took out the black Primordial Crystal and handed it to Josiah.
Josiah extended his hand to hold the black Primordial Crystal, but Aurelia didn't let go. As an archer, her hands would never tremble, but now they were trembling.
This didn't last long. A white cat suddenly appeared behind Aurelia's neck and jumped onto Josiah's body.
But after the white cat left Aurelia, her body became even weaker. At this moment, she couldn't even stand straight. Her eyes were fixed on Josiah, and before she could say anything, she fell to the ground.
"I told you there must be a problem if you haven't eaten for so long!"
Hiri glanced at the white cat on Josiah's shoulder. It was the white cat that had been providing energy to Aurelia.
"Looks like we can only talk next time." Josiah looked at the black Primordial Crystal in his hand, then walked to Aurelia's side and placed the Primordial Crystal back in her hand.
"You gave it to her just like that?"
"This card box is a set of secondary cards that I used a long time ago. It's missing quite a few cards, but now I've collected them all."
The Hearthstone that Josiah gave Aurelia was a single-player version. It only had Adventure Mode, and defeating a certain number of Lords would give her a pack of cards.
Judging from the current situation, it wasn't too much to call her "Liver Empress."
"Josiah Yanorod. Do you think she can bear the same responsibility as Ahr?"
Quaeto 'an asked, glancing at Ahl in the distance.
"I don't know. But first, you have to ask her if she's interested."
As soon as Josiah's voice trailed off, the entire Assequero suddenly shook again. This time, the degree of shaking was different from when it fell due to energy exhaustion.
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