"Hey, you're really … Can't you at least give me some time to wash up and change my clothes? To be honest, I'm still the president of a guild, so my image is still very important to our branch, right? If others see me like this, it will bring about an irreversible negative impact. Those who don't know us might even think that mages are a bunch of people who don't care about their appearance. Well, I don't really care about it, but I'm more worried about you guys," the man said patiently.
"Think about it, President Lilith. A beautiful person like you has to be labeled as a slob in the future because of me. How heartbreaking would that be? Oh, right. President Lilith, you'll be 25 years old after the New Year, right? Your family must be busy looking for a partner for you. If something like this happens at this critical juncture, I'm sure your mother will be very troubled …"
The man named D 'Addarion kept talking. However, no matter how emotional and tearful he was, Lilith still remained expressionless. After waiting for a while, the female magician finally said, "You have wasted more than half an hour of my time, so I'll give you three more minutes at most. After three minutes, I hope you can handle all your personal affairs and sit quietly in that chair." Lilith pointed to the high chair behind the desk that symbolized the identity of the president.
D 'Addarion was overjoyed when he heard that. "Okay, okay, okay. You go out first. I'll wash up right away."
However, Lilith did not move at all. "It doesn't matter. It won't be long anyway. I'll just stand here and wait," she said faintly.
"Hey, how can I do that? Besides, I may have to change my clothes in a while. President Lilith, you should go out first. Don't worry, I promise you that you will see a brand new me from body to soul in three minutes!" The man vowed.
This time, Lilith did not even bother to speak. She directly expressed her attitude with practical actions. She just stood there and stared at the man in front of her.
D 'Addarion scratched his head. "Huh? Are you really not afraid? I'm going to change my clothes right now, okay? "
"If you still have the slightest sense of responsibility and pride as a senior-rank mage, please stop the childish idea of sending me away and escaping through the window. If you don't have anything urgent to deal with, let's get to work."
The female magician said as she placed the thick stack of documents on the luxurious desk.
D 'Addarion knew that his little thoughts had been completely seen through by the woman opposite him. He sighed and reluctantly moved his butt from the sofa to the chair.
When Lilith was about to speak, the man on the opposite side gestured to her to wait a moment. He picked up a pen and quickly wrote a string of words on a piece of white paper. Then, he folded the paper in half before the female magician could see it clearly. He then called a cleaning little golem over. "Go, give this piece of paper to Crawford in the Equipment Department. Remember, this is confidential. Don't let others see it."
The little golem nodded and ran downstairs with its two short legs.
"What's that?" Lilith frowned.
"Oh, don't worry about it. It's nothing important." D 'Addarion waved his hand. "Come on, as you wish. Let's start today's work."
When the female magician heard the word 'work', she did not ask any more questions. She first pulled out a piece of kraft paper from the pile of documents and handed it to the guy opposite. "This is our guild's budget for next month. If there's no problem, please sign your name on it. I'll have someone send it to the headquarters in the afternoon."
"Okay." The man took the budget and glanced at it casually. After that, a look of surprise appeared on his face. "Hey, why is the magical animal research fund last month gone?"
Lilith patiently explained, "Because after my investigation, I found that no one in our branch is doing research in this area."
"How can there be no one?! I, I've been doing research in this area. " D 'Addarion looked agitated. He slammed the desk loudly as if he had just been treated unfairly.
"Oh, is that so?" The female mage's reaction was very calm. She calmly took out a quill from her pocket and opened her notebook. "Since that's the case, tell me about the results of your research."
"Huh?"
"Last month, you applied for a research fund of 6,000 gold coins. You have to come up with something, right? Or, your research topic is really complicated, and there hasn't been much progress so far. Tell me about your preparatory work. In short, as long as you let me know where you spent the money, I can add it back to the budget."
"Is … is it really necessary?" Beads of sweat began to form on the man's forehead. "That so-called magical little animal is … that kind of magical … little animal."
Oh no, it would be better if she didn't explain. If she forced it, it would seem more suspicious!
"Lilith, we have been working together for more than two years. I know you are always unhappy with me, but you don't have to target me like this. How about this? I can give you one-fifth of the money. Oh, no, one-third. Half is also negotiable … Anyway, as long as you and I don't talk about it, no one will know about it." "That's right, Lilith," said D 'Dardarion with an apologetic smile. "Lilith, we have been working together for more than two years.
The female magician looked at the man opposite her as if she was looking at an idiot. "Every six months, the headquarters will send a team of experts to assess the use of research funds by each branch. Thanks to you, our association has been given two serious warnings in a row. So, in the first half of last year, our research funds were not allocated even a penny. Many people's research was forced to suspend. In the second half of the year, I communicated with the headquarters and requested to re-allocate research funds to us. After some research, the headquarters agreed to my request, but at the same time, they put forward a condition that I must supervise the use of funds throughout the whole process. If we are warned again this year, we will be deprived of research funds for at least three years."
Lilith closed the notebook and said sternly, "I'm not targeting anyone. I'm just doing my duty. President, if you really care about the branch, please stop these behaviors that hurt the branch."
D 'Addarion looked embarrassed, and at this moment, there was another hurried knock on his office door.
The man quickly said, "Come in." D 'Addarion secretly rejoiced that the knock came at the right time. It could ease the tense atmosphere.
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