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Ervas and Veronica began to bring each thug inside of the hideout over to Veronica's soul, getting them all locked inside underground cells within the large golem castle.

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Radugro was the last one, and Ervas decided to cover him on strength and magic sealing runes created through Mana Construct and Curse Synthesis, so he could not try to break through whenever he woke up.

"We are done in here," said Ervas.

"Amazing… it took you like one hour and a half?" asked Jose in disbelief, he and the rest of the kids alongside Bartholomew had already moved back to the building that Ervas and Veronica bought.

"We told you that it wouldn't be much of a problem, with this we have taken over one of these organizations… there should be around four more, I think?" said Veronica.

"Will you replace the Dark Tails?" asked Bartholomew.

"More or less, although… all these slaves, we'll bring them inside of our Kingdom," said Ervas.

Ervas and Veronica, after having taken down the members of the Dark Tail Organization, looked around the hideout until they found one of the most precious merchandise of this organization, slaves.

Saving slaves was one of their goals, so finding these innocent and enslaved people made them rather content.

"There were about 60 Slaves… Mostly young children and women, who are often sold better than adult men…" said Ervas.

"How are they?" asked Bartholomew.

"We healed any injuries they had, and we had now been feeding them, letting them wash, and also giving them clothes, their stories are surprisingly simple, they were just people living in the slums that were captured and made into slaves… Well, there were some tribal people captured in the streets that didn't belong to this city, so we'll let them go whenever they fully recover," said Veronica.

"I see… Well, I am glad for them, it is very rare to see people doing the right thing in this place… Such corruption is just a thing of everyday… I am glad that we managed to hide the kids well enough to not be captured as slaves…" said Bartholomew.

"We are grateful for you guys' efforts, especially for kids that weren't even related to you," said Ervas.

"Haha, don't worry… And well, aren't you no one to talk about that? You guys helped dozens of people that do not have anything to do with you! You're truly heroes," said Jose.

"I-Is that so? Hehe, well, we like to help people and stuff! Haha… Keep praising me!" said Veronica, intoxicated with praises.

"Now that we are done in here, what should we do?" asked Ismene.

"Well, we will wait for Radugro and his party of thugs to get up and then make them obey us by force, we'll put Soul Parasites into them and perhaps a few encroachments… And then we'll make them go back to their hideout, by controlling them from the shadows, we can lure more organizations, and we could even sell our own products to them," said Ervas.

"Eh!? That's quite evil-sounding for Heroes…!" said Bartholomew.

"That's how we are, we aren't really heroes, we just do what we believe is right, even if the way we do it seems questionable…" said Jason.

"And what… will you sell?" asked Jose.

"These things," said Ervas, showing some potions and cream inside a bottle.

"Potions? And… what is this? Grease?" asked Bartholomew.

"These are Potions made with my blood and the dust of my bones… they are healing potions, which might make those that drink it more favorable towards us… And the cream is a good way to hydrate your skin, and it also has hair-growing properties, it can also regenerate scars and other things," said Ervas.

"Yeah, some of those potions are also made with the dust of my metal and the phantom flesh I possess… They are good Mana-regeneration potions!" said Veronica.

"Wait, so these are not really drugs? Just potions for adventurers and cream for the skin?" asked Bartholomew.

"We plan to sell more products, we have planned ketchup, barbeque sauce, mayonnaise, and other things," said Ervas.

"Ketchup…? Wait, those delicious sauces you used in the food last night?! Those things… made the food way better! You are selling them?! You will be made a fortune! But wait, wouldn't it make it so all the other restaurants would use them instead?" asked Jose.

"Indeed, that's the plan, that everyone uses them," said Ervas.

"But that will make your restaurant less special… isn't it?" asked Bartholomew.

"Not at all, we still have many of our dishes, and Gaius is an excellent chef. We are also making our own sauces, and the ones we'll sell are the generic type that can be mass-produced," said Veronica.

"I feel quite flattered by how much trust you put into my cooking, I will do my best!" said Gaius, beginning to cook alongside many of Ervas and Veronica clones inside the building's kitchen, the three kids smelled the delicious food and began to drool, even if they had eaten just some time ago.

"Now that we are done with the thugs, let's go register some of you as citizens," said Ervas.

"Indeed, let's leave Gaius preparing everything with our clones, whenever we get back, we can open the restaurant, most of the things are already done, the ghosts have cleaned most things," said Veronica.

"All the dust is out! Woosh! Woosh! Just a bit of wind and it is all out of the window!" said Feroya, flying around with Sevapheso and cleaning every bit of the building, both of them had changed their phantom forms, seemingly as if they were wearing maid and butler outfits.

"I never expected that we would be working in such a place, but it is a bit relaxing," said Sevapheso, working alongside his lover.

"There are enough tables and chairs for around 20 people, perhaps a bit more… But the first day will not be as crowded… Well, Gaius, make sure to release the scent of the food to the outside so people get enticed," said Ervas.

"Sure thing boss," said Gaius.

"A-And what do we do?" asked Lilith alongside her sisters.

"You should go look over your children for now, whenever we come back we'll ask you things," said Ervas.

"Oh right, I kind of miss them…" said Lilith, as the four girls entered inside of Veronica's soul to go met their children, which were being taken care of by Veronica's clone and the Rabbit-kin family.

Reaching to Willian, Ervas and Veronica made their way upstairs without even asking anyone, even the attendants let them be, as they had special VIP Cards given to them by Willian, the literal owner of the Merchant Guild.

"Hm, my negotiations with the man that handles me these citizenship registration documents had increased, and he's now working harder for the profits generated by your sales, so I've managed to get four documents this time, please decide whom you want to register," said Willian.

"Rock, paper, and scissors again?" asked Ervas.

"Wait, damn it, we should have asked Gaius to come too! Well, anyway, we can do it with those on here," said Veronica.

Jason, Kireina, Azra, Alesia, Leonidas, Desephise, and Lilith, who had just emerged out of Veronica's soul right before entering the building began to play rock paper and scissors, until the winners were decided.

"So it's dad, Kireina, Alesia, and Desephise," said Ervas, as the four sat down in front of Willian and began to process the documents, answering his questions.

"Jason, you're a human, right?" asked Willian.

"Eh? Isn't it obvious?" asked Jason.

"A-Ah! Yes… of course… I was just asking… You never know. (He's really a human?! He talks and interacts with all these people with monstrous strength like nothing! I really thought he had some kind of hidden race or something… so he's really just… a human, and the father of the Dhampir kid no less!)" said Willian, thinking about Jason more highly now, discovering that he was a mere human amongst a group of monstrously strong beings.

"Oh, don't worry, we all commit mistakes or get confused sometimes, was it my accent? Oh, maybe my eye colors?" asked Jason rather innocently.

"A-Ah… Yeaah…" said Willian.

Afterward, came Kireina.

"Kireina… is your name? How odd… I've never heard such a strange name, does it means anything?" asked Willian, trying to be friendly.

"It… means beautiful," said Kireina rather shyly, as if she was not as proud of her name as it seemed.

"O-Oh, alright… Well, it fits, with lady Kireina's beauty. It is very rare to see Fairies, especially ones with horns and crimson eyes and purple and red wings… Your caste must be a very refined one, perhaps mixed with demons?" asked Willian.

"Well, I am actually part Vampire too, so I would be more of a Dhampir, but just register me as a Fairy," said Kireina.

"V-Very well… (S-So those crimson eyes that stared to my soul were truly from a half-Vampire! Just how many bloodsuckers are here?! And they can all live in the outside world while ignoring the sun… How terrifying… Well, as long as they drink animal or monster blood it is fine…)" said Willian.

"Alesia… Ghoul, right? It is very rare to see a Ghoul in here, you must have come from very far away," said Willian.

"Oh yeah, it literally took us like six months to get here," said Alesia.

"I-Is that so? (Did they come from the other side of the continent or something?!)" said Willian.

"And lastly… Lady Desephise… Harpy... right?" asked Willian.

"Mountain Harpy, with mixed blood of land harpy," said Desephise with an intimidating and stoic voice.

"Y-Yes, that's right… (Why did she get so serious all out of a sudden?!)" sighed Willian.

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