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"Here we are, the Merchant Guild," said Kireina, pointing at a large building, probably with other four floors, a lot of people was walking in and out even at night.

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"This is the place where we sold some monster materials, as we were not registered in the Adventurer Guild for that, but to sell things in the Merchant Guild you don't need any particular registration," said Ditoyle.

"Oh sweet, let's get in then," said Veronica, walking with the rest of the party inside.

The inside of the building seemed incredibly well organized, with red carpet on the floor and several butlers and maids attending the clients, it seemed that this whole place was being run by a single person that put all of his servants working inside.

Veronica led her party as they had to wait a bit in line, but this time there were not weird thugs around, so it was mostly a peaceful wait, and the servants even went to the extent of offering tea and biscuits to those waiting, making the experience completely different to what they experienced outside where they got assaulted by thugs.

"The differences between the outside and this place are enormous…" said Ervas.

"Indeed… It's a bit freaky how there are thugs outside but inside of here it seems like a completely different world…" said Veronica.

"Ah, it seems to be our turn," said Ervas.

The receptionist, a beautiful blonde girl with a short bobby-styled haircut and emerald eyes greeted the party, her ears were longer than any human, she was an elf.

"Hello, have you come to sell something or another type of business?" asked the girl in a rather gentle tone.

"Indeed, we had come to sell some goods that we have gathered through the year… This is Veronica and Ervas, my masters," said Percy.

"Hello," said Ervas rather expressionlessly.

"Here are the things," said Veronica, moving the large sack made of metallic threads and putting it over the large desk.

Clank!

"E-Eeeh?! Is this… ore?! But so much… this is like over a ton! L-Lady, how can you carry so much?!" asked the elf girl.

"Is it much? It didn't felt like much…" said Veronica.

"(Well, I guess there are monsters everywhere… I might as well check if these ores are authentic and not a bunch of shiny rocks…)" thought the girl, glancing inside the sack to find an enormous pile of ores, from Bronze, Copper, Iron, Gold, and Silver, there were also many Magic Ores that she didn't know about, which were extracted directly from Veronica's armor.

She grabbed a gold nugget, and inspected it with her Skills, discovering that it was indeed a giant nugget of gold…

Then, she glanced at all the other gold nuggets, the giant pieces of silver, and so on, all of them perfectly refined.

Usually, in a natural state, ore would be mixed into big chunks, and it would take a lot of time to separate them, which was also a lot of money spent in the process…

But all of this ore was perfectly refined and separated… yet they seemed extracted from caves due to how they looked.

"…Just a Gold Nugget alone is a lot of money, but this whole sack of precious metals… and there are more than a dozen magic ones too! S-Sorry, but could you excuse me for a bit?" asked the elf girl, as she darted away from the desk.

"Eh? She just left…" said Ervas.

"Wait for it," said Percy rather confidently.

"Hm… eh?" asked Veronica, just twenty seconds after the elf girl darted away, she came back with a man in his thirties wearing a classy outfit, and a gray mustache.

"Oh my goodness, they are indeed… a lot of them. Are you the ones selling these ores?" asked the man.

"Indeed, my name is Percy, my lady is Veronica, and my young lord is Ervas," said Percy.

"I see… You are not citizens it seems… Would you be interested in moving negotiations inside? I am sure that what I shall offer to you will be of your interests," said the man while caressing his mustache.

"Sure thing, let's go," said Veronica.

"Very well," said Ervas while nodding.

As Veronica and Ervas walked with Percy and the rest of the party, they were stopped.

"No, no, no, please, only the three of you, your party may stay in the seats, don't worry, as they will be well treated by my servants," said the man.

"What? But they are my friends, what do you mean that they can't come with us?" asked Veronica.

"I-I didn't mean to offend…" said the man, as he felt a strong pressure coming from Veronica.

"My lady, it would be better to simply comply with the man for now," said Percy.

"Yeah calm down," said Ervas.

"Okay… Guys, can you stay a bit in here until we are done?" asked Veronica.

"Sure thing, I will take care of them," said Kireina.

"Don't let them scam you though," said Ismene.

"I-I would never scam my clients!" said the man.

"Yeah, you better not," said Anna with a sharp glare.

"H-Hmph," said the man, leading the way.

"S-Sorry for their rudeness, they are a bit… wild," said Percy.

"Sigh… It is fine, come in," said the man, walking inside a room within the facility and sitting on his chair, Ervas, Veronica, and Percy sat down in front of him, with the sack of ores laying on the ground.

"Ahem, well, I guess I should give a brief introduction of who I am. My name is Willian Bertrand, and I am a respected Merchant of the Seashore Town, I own part of this district and well, the Merchant Guild was passed by my father when he perished years ago. I brought you here to talk… about this. The amount of ores is outstanding, and they… are amazingly refined, without any impurities… Each one of them would certainly cost a lot of money, I wondered if you… were willing to let me register you as citizens and then a member of our Guild, so we can store the amount of money you will be earning through selling all of this… I am being as honest and as transparent as I can… S-So please…" muttered the man, as he was being slowly overwhelmed by Veronica's presence.

"You forgot to turn off your Aura," said Ervas.

"Oh! Right… Sorry," said Veronica, as her pressure suddenly disappeared.

"W-Was that a Skill?" asked the man.

"Indeed, my lady is rather good at the use of the Fear Aura Skill to intimidate monsters, sometimes… it goes on without her realizing," said Percy.

"I-I see… (Fear Aura?! Isn't that a Skill that only monsters have?!)" said Willian while thinking about what even was Veronica.

"Sorry about that~," said Veronica.

"Anyways, we would gladly register as citizens, however, we would also like to register our entire party as citizens," said Ervas.

"Eeh? Well, that will be… a bit more complicated than I thought…" said the man.

"I see… Perhaps my lords should sell these materials in the Blacksmith Guild, sorry for the inconvenience…" said Percy, as Ervas and Veronica nodded and were about to leave!

"W-Wait! I will give them citizenship too! I can… manage!" said Willian.

"Hey, now you're talking," said Veronica with a grin.

"Excellent, then, I also have several requests by my lords, I am sure that the money will be more than enough…" said Percy.

"More… requests?" asked Willian, as he was bombarded with requests and conditions.

First of all, they wanted to immediately buy a nearby Manor that could at least harbor over twenty people, they did not particularly mind the condition of it.

Second, they wanted to not only register their current party but also any other people they could bring without any issues through Willian.

Third, they wanted to be given information about the several aristocrats of this city, alongside most of the Slave-Trading Merchants.

And fourth, they also wanted special documents to facilize the registration in other Guilds, such as the Tamer Guild, the Adventurer Guild, and so on.

"I… I… I don't know I could… do everything…" said Willian.

"Is that so? What a pity…" said Veronica, as she was about to walk away.

"I mean… not everything, right now! But I can do it! R-Really! I have a high position in this town, I own this Guild after all!" said the man, who couldn't possibly lose the opportunity to make a fortune by buying all these ores, which included incredibly rare and never seen before magic ores too!

"I see, what can you do now then?" asked Veronica.

"I should be able to register you three as citizens, for now, your party will have to be registered in the next couple of days.. and so it will be for any of your other friends that may… come in the city. It is not a thing that I am not willing, but I need to request the documents to the Citizenship Registration Headquarters…" said Willian.

"I see, what more?" asked Ervas.

"It should be also possible to get you a Manor… but… well…" muttered Willian.

"Please speak," said Percy.

"The thing is, this Manor is the only one available at this very moment, perhaps I could order the Architect Guild to construct one in three months if you prefer this over that manor…" said Willian.

"What's wrong with it? Is it falling apart or something?" asked Veronica.

"Something… like that… Well, not exactly… the thing is… it is a Haunted Manor…" said Willian.

"Haunted Manor? Oh! That just makes it better!" said Veronica.

"Indeed, that's better than we expected," said Ervas.

"Eh? …Are you really okay with that?!" asked Willian.

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