"I must say that the young mister is really incredible, being able to chant a spell so quickly at such a young age leaves this old man impressed."

"It was nothing, with a little practice every day, anyone can do it." Sian said, receiving the contract from the old man.

"The young mister is very modest, even though this old man having been training all his life, has not made so much progress in shortening the chanting, it just shows how talented the young mister is." Badonis said with a sycophant smile.

"When you put it that way, I can only thank the goddess Zenobia for making me so talented and handsome." Sian said.

"Ohh," The old man seemed a little surprised, "Indeed, she is a good goddess to worship, I am also a faithful devotee, although she has countless believers out there, it is difficult to find someone who openly declares faith in her."

"Well," Sian gave a forced smile, "It's a little hard for some people to openly admit, considering the kind of goddess she is..."

At that moment, knocking sounds came from the door.

"Come in." Badonis said.

The maid came in with some clothes in her hands.

"Just in time, take Ophilia to change clothes."

"Yes, master." The maid responded promptly and left the office with Ophilia.

"What does the young mister think about going to the visiting room and having tea while we talk?"

"It's a great idea, I need to know where the inn is."

***

After Sian talked to Badonis for a while, the maid finally arrived with Ophilia.

"Wow!"

Looking from top to bottom, Sian exclaimed in surprise at Ophilia's new look, who wore a long moss green skirt, a white blouse with short sleeves under a black corset with red stripes.

This outfit further accentuated the curves of the hips, waist and especially the breasts, which seemed to be about to tear the corset at any moment.

Looking at her face, he realized that she had some makeup and the hair had been braided, falling over her left shoulder.

"You are very beautiful." Sian said, after a brief moment of admiration.

'And tremendously seductive with these diabolical curves.'

"Thank you, master." Ophilia said, lifting the edge of the long skirt and bowing slightly towards Sian.

"You don't have to be so rigid, just act normally." Sian said smiling.

"As you wish, mister." Ophilia responded promptly.

"It doesn't have to be as formal, address me as you did yesterday."

"I don't think that would be appropriate for someone in my position."

"If I don't care, then I don't think anyone will mind being appropriate or not and it is also more pleasant when you speak normally."

"As you want." Ophilia said smiling.

"Great!" Feeling satisfied, Sian turned to Badonis and held out his hand, "I must thank you for the lovely gift, but I must go now, if you need any help, just look for me at the inn, I will be in the town for a while."

"Of course, of course, if the young mister needs something too, just come here and I will help in whatever way possible, I hope you have a great stay." The old man said with a smile.

'This old man seems quite insightful.'

***

After leaving the brothel, as they walked down the sand street, Sian spoke to Ophilia, who was holding a small cloth bag.

"Let's look for the inn, Badonis said it was on the north side of the city."

"What do you intend to do after you make the reservation?"

"I don't know, I don't have a clear goal, I came here thinking about retiring."

Hearing Sian say he wanted to retire, Ophilia's face was filled with doubts.

"What's the problem?" Sian asked.

"It is very strange to hear someone so young talking about retiring, not to mention that the first thing you did when you arrived was to look for a brothel, it looks more like a young man wandering around enjoying life than a young man wanting to retire."

"Well," Sian pondered a little before replying, "Ignoring the brothel part, it's not really retiring, it's more specifically a life change, I don't want to have to wander around killing monsters for a living anymore."

“So you are a monster hunter. It looks like you had a hard life, don't you? ”

"Hmmm ..." He pondered, "I don't know for sure, it will depend on the point of view, but I came to this kingdom because I heard it was a good place to start a business, since the economy here is growing."

"What kind of business do you want to open?"

"I still don’t know."

"First of all, you will need a good amount," Looking at Sian, she gave an awkward smile, "But with the way you spend it, I don't think it will be a problem."

"*Cof cof *" After being taken by surprise, Sian promptly replied, "I'm not as spendthrift as I look."

"Really?" She asked with a doubtful look.

"But of course."

"So why go to the cheapest brothel in town and pay more for the cheapest?" She said as if she didn't believe him, "With that money you could be a VIP in any of the other 2 broth-"

Ophilia suddenly stopped and bowed.

"Sorry, I let myself get carried away and crossed the line, please punish me as you wish!"

"Don't mind that, I was the one who told you to talk like that." Sian said with a wide smile on his face.

'This way of acting is very beautiful, it even looks like a wife worried about her husband's expenses.'

'Kulhum, calm down, even though their appearance and personality are similar, I can't let myself be carried away for the moment.'

"But ..." Ophilia seemed to want to argue, but when she saw the smile on Sian's face, she gave up and smiled slightly, "Okay, I'll continue as before."

"This is way better, that smile fits perfectly on your face."

“Thank you, but the younger and more beautiful women, wouldn't it be better? Isn't women like this that men prefer? Furthermore, the accommodations of the other 2 brothels are better. ”

“Well… it's not like I'm going to the brothel to look for someone to marry. And I also arrived at Solaris yesterday, my only goal of going to a brothel is to release the accumulated stress, so I don't care much about the accommodations, and all the brothels, no matter how bad and cheap they are, there will always be some amazing women like you."

'This woman's intuition is terrifying, I think it's best not to tell her that I prefer young women.'

'Besides, I only went to that cheap brothel because that middle aged guy recommended me, I'm sure he thought I was screwed poor because of my battered clothes.'

"But when you went, I was the only one who was available, and I wasn't even a prostitute anymore, they had already put me in the kitchen because I'm too old." She said.

"It happened because it was my lucky day, it's not easy to find women like you out there."

'I really need to thank that middle aged guy when I get the chance.'

"Even though I know you're a philanderer and that is pure flirtation, it still makes me happy."

"It's not just flirting, you're really amazing."

"In bed?", Ophilia spoke with a mischievous smile, "Do you think I didn't notice your face of pleasure?"

"Kulhum, let's get back to the subject that matters."

"You really have no idea what kind of business you want to open?"

"Nah, nothing, but I accept recommendations."

“Hummmm…”, she thought a little before continuing, “I heard Mr. Badonis say that after Miss Charlotte, daughter of the marquis of those lands, began to make many changes, mainly in the laws, in agriculture and in the structure of society, the cities of the marquisate went from thinking about self-sufficiency to targeting trade.

And that has been attracting many people for some time now, mainly ordinary people and monster hunters, since thanks to her good management, many traders pass through here frequently. ”

"It is very rare to see a woman in power." Sian said thoughtfully.

“I also never heard of a woman having so much decision-making power before, especially someone so young, but thanks to her, the lives of ordinary people have improved along with their financial condition, attracting mainly many caravans from traders, so I think opening an inn or a store would be a good option. ”

"The let’s go with the inn, if that's how you say it, then it's a great opportunity to invest, we can even open a restaurant together with the inn, to sell drinks and various types of dishes."

"But doesn't every inn have a hall for eating and drinking?" Ophilia looked confused.

“Yes, but usually these halls are not public, since only the customers of the inn can use it, the restaurant is different, but I think that first we need to do something called market research to see if we are going to get enough customers to not go bankrupt right after opening. ”

"It seems like you know a lot about opening a business."

"Hu hu, this is thanks to my great 'Sacred treasure that can change the life of anyone who has it in hands', I bought it for a bargain." Sian says this while showing a very thick book.

Seeing this situation, Ophilia was silent, probably unable to believe what she just heard.