"... Isn't Luna here?"

"Yes. She went to Palais, didn't you hear? ", Luna's father replied.

Not hiding his disappointment at what he had heard, Fersen ran his hands over his face.

I didn't think she would go to Palais. This is probably what should have happened. It was obvious that she had been avoiding me lately. Due to some misunderstanding, she even asked not to meet with her.

All this time I did not understand what the reason was.

"You are ill? Does something hurt you? "

There was no sense in these words.

Plus this is Seira's strange behavior. Last time, according to Luna, she got angry with her, cried and ran away. But Seira said the opposite, that she just wasn't in the mood.

It was clear that Luna was very worried about this whole situation.

"Who the hell threw this idea on innocent Luna?"

Initially, this was not the case, but it was obvious that Luna had changed a lot. My head is cracking because I'm worried about Luna.

"When does she return?"

"Well, I don't know that. She said she would write a letter. Anyway, she didn't take a lot of money for the trip, so she's likely to be back soon. "

"...Clear"

Palais.... There's nothing there, maybe she went to Vincent's estate.

Fersen suddenly began to fuss. He walked with Baron Payles into the dining room, but stopped and said:

"Unfortunately, I won't be able to have breakfast with you today. I remembered an urgent matter. "

"Yes? It's a shame, it looks like I'll have to have breakfast alone. "

"Sorry, bon appetit. I have to go."

Returning to the duke's residence, Fersen converted the carriage for a long journey, took with him light luggage, and accompanied by several knights. The destination was Vincent's estate, where Luna headed.

"Mr. Fersen. If you are going on a long journey, I probably need to say a few words to Lady Seira. "

"Oh......"

The butler's words reminded Fersen of Seir.

"Oh, I completely forgot. What should I do? Write her a letter? I'm going to go to Vincent's estate, so it will take at least seven to ten days. "

"Also, Luna will have to be found, so it will likely take longer."

Hearing Fersen's words, the Butler bowed his head and replied:

"I think the letter will be enough. Will I prepare everything? "

"Good. Please write this: "I need to meet a friend, I will be at Vincent's estate for a while. Oh! And write that I can't wait to buy her a present. Don't worry. "

"Good. I'll deliver the letter with roses. Please return safe and sound. "

"I will try."

The butler bowed deeply and closed the carriage door.

***

As promised, this man has indeed received the Antares Warranty and Imperial Certification.

I looked closely at the documents, suspecting they were fake, but luckily, the seal on the top of the document was perfectly clean. In my position, I would have doubted even in the Imperial Guard, not like in a bunch of mercenaries.

Then three mercenaries hired as laborers, a man calling himself Captain and Luna, set out from Vincent's estate in Palais.

When they arrived at their destination, a stone mountain stood in front of them, crossing his arms and looking around, the man asked:

"What are you going to do here?"

Others were puzzled too.

Luna shrugged her shoulders like some kind of fool and asked them to gouge the rock.

"I will sell what is under this mountain."

"What? We don't have enough strength for this! "

"Today is just the beginning. After that I will officially hire more people, so don't worry too much ... You can start. With a pickaxe in hand. Did you kind of promise to help? That was the deal. "

Hearing this, the mercenaries with uncertain faces began to chisel the rock.

And shortly thereafter ...

"..... What it is?!"

"..... Is this gold!?"

As described in the novel, gold nuggets began to appear beneath the rock. The working mercenaries were shocked to see such a picture as Luna was momentarily speechless.

She forgot about everything, she did not think about herself, or about Fersen and Seira, she thought only about the fact that her father almost sold this land for almost nothing.

"That's why I was so worried."

Luna held the excavated gold in her hands and looked at it intently. Moments later, she was greatly surprised.

"It's perfect. This is the purest gold I have ever seen. It will be difficult to calculate the proceeds from this gold, it will be a huge amount ... "

I was not close to gold either in my previous or in the present life, so I was not completely sure, but this bright golden color cut my eyes, and the gold seemed to say: "I am all yours."

'It will allow me to make a lot of money, in front of Seira and her friends. No, I can buy a big mansion, fill it with money and swim in it ...'

"Have you forgotten about the guarantee and the certificate?" Luna asked.

After Luna's words, the mercenary looked at her in surprise. Fortunately, he seemed true to his word.

"Don't say that, please! We're not that bad guys! "

"I can't be sure of that!"

"We would never do anything wrong! I get a fairly high salary, so I'm not greedy! "

When the mercenaries resented her words, Luna relaxed a bit. All this time she was on the road, without a reliable person, so her nerves were heated to the limit.

They tried their best to help, so she coldly apologized.

"I'm sorry. I'm used to being on my own, so I'm more careful. You can help me here, and take a little for yourself. "

"...Yes!?"

It was a generous offer.

After the words of Luna, the morale of the mercenaries skyrocketed, and after a few hours they were able to extract a fairly large amount of gold. The mercenaries were very excited and began to take an active part in this process.

"Sell it for me."

The man approached the moon and said that he was not interested in the share he had collected.

"What? Are you going to sell your share? "

"No."

"I give you the purest gold ... "

"You need to find out the best price for this gold."

"I'll lend you my people as workers. You will not need to hire other workers, you can trust them. It will be a profitable investment. Everyone will conclude a work contract with you. If you need anything else, just tell me. "

She liked this man, she carefully listened to everything he said. For a second, Luna thought she liked seeing his smile.

In fact, it was enough to simply say that the conditions were already good. There was nothing more to wish for. Moreover, he said that he would take care of all the troubles.

But....

'This main guy is Antares Vincent ...'

'Can I trade gold here without his permission? Shouldn't I warn him? Will I be able to survive here? '

Luna thought about all this until she remembered throwing a check in Seira's face a week ago.

"... No, that was wrong."

She remembered Seira and Fersen and all the previous situations.

Luna thought she shouldn't be afraid of this villain. Better at this time to engage in trade, make money and hire a lot of experienced knights.

"Great, I will need to make sure that all the documents will be drawn up correctly. Fill in the names of those you trust. Also include a clause that if someone steals my gold, the work contract will be immediately terminated and the worker punished. "

Luna wanted to make sure everything went as it should.

The man smiled back at her and nodded his head, it seemed he liked talking with Luna.

"Good."

"Great, now we have the highest level of trust in each other. We can fill in the papers. "

".... Sorry, can I ask for a prepayment first? I need to do something. "

Luna nodded to the man. In the next instant, the contract was concluded, and the documents were completed.