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Published at 18th of October 2020 04:54:30 PM


Chapter 27: Chapter 27 - I Mean No Harm

Chapter 27: I Mean No Harm

Calian faced the front without a word . Of course, he didn’t take off his hood . Behind Calian stood four large men, each armed with swords . In front of him was an iron desk, and the man sitting behind it was looking down at the pieces of paper that he was holding . They were all of Calian’s receipt that he had used to bet .

“Earning more than 6,000 florens with just three to start… that’s quite a feat . ”

Calian didn’t answer . The man shrugged and put down the receipts . He didn’t seem to have particularly expected a reply .

It wasn’t hard to guess why the man had asked to see Calian . The amount was too large . If he were to hand over that much money, he would have to sit through a ridiculous amount of loss . Calian had willingly followed the messenger knowing that the man would try to either negotiate or threaten him .

“I do operate a gambling ground, but we also have basic trade ethics . I’ll give you the money,” said the man, lightly knocking on the desk with his knuckles .

The bulky man who was standing behind him placed a pouch on the desk . When the man coughed up the money more easily than expected, Calian gazed at the man with doubtful eyes .

Although he could not have seen Calian’s face that was hidden under the hood, the man smiled as Calian’s head turned . “Oh, I asked to see you because—”

The man opened up the pouch towards Calian for him to confirm the gold coins . Calian didn’t turn his head .

“I’m a wee bit worried about letting a child walk out with this much money . ”

The tone of his voice changed . One of them must have heard Calian shouting at Kyrie . What they were trying to say was that sure, they’ll hand over the money, but only if Calian came back as a grown-up .

The bulky man who had just placed down the pouch snickered as if they had scripted the whole exchange . Calian gazed at them for a little while .

“I understand that it’s a large sum of money,” began Calian .

His only feature that could be seen peeking out under the hood were his lips, and those lips were curled up into a smile . Although his voice was certainly useful, there was no sign of surprise or frustration .

Calian tilted his head slightly and said disappointedly, “I expected you to at least try to negotiate . ”

Instead of replying, the man pointed at Calian’s head . “Take that annoying hood off first, little boy . ”

“No,” answered Calian . He lifted his arm and gently held the tip of his hood, pulling it down even further .

“It’s basic manners to look into the speaker’s eyes when talking, don’t you think?”

The man could easily guess that Calian wasn’t just a commoner boy considering the amount of money he had on him . However, there was no way that he would be from a very renowned family as he was here without even a bodyguard . The man could only be so rude to him because of this conviction .

“If I take this off,” One corner of Calian’s lips twisted up . He had learnt this provocative smile from Franz . “You’ll be in big trouble . Really . ”

Franz’s smile was very effective . The man cursed at Calian and gestured the bulky man with his chin . The bulky man walked over to Calian and grabbed for his hood .


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Calian reacted almost at the same time .

—fwoosh!

Calian held down the tip of his hood with his left hand and drew the knife on his left arm with his right hand . He leaped up from his seat and turned around, swinging his knife at the beefy man’s hand .

“Gahhh!”

By the time the man had started screaming while holding onto his hand, Calian had already sat back down .

“W-What the hell?!”

All of this happened instantaneously . Calian was in his best physical condition ever since he woke up was Calian . He could do this much even with his skinny body . Of course, he could probably only do it once or twice for a very short duration, but it didn’t matter .

The four men who were blocking the entrace drew their swords . Just then, a terrifying aura exuded from Calian . A thick miasma of murderous intent filled the office .

The man was speechless . Sweat trickled down his spine . He had been exposed to the murderous auras of knights before, but it was clearly different this time . The men surrounding Calian felt the same fear . The tips of their swords trembled .

Those who make a living wih busineeses like this were quick at reading the atmosphere . They were different from knights who rushed in with their swords without trying to save themselves . Calian knew that they wouldn’t try to snap at him again once they realised who had the upper hand .


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“It’s no fun looking down at me for being young . Don’t ask again about my face . Put your swords away and get rid of that noisy guy over there . Negotiation first, and any threatening can come after that . ” Even while the beefy man screamed his head off while clutching onto his dangling hand, Calian’s voice was frighteningly calm . “If you understand, start again from the beginning .

Calian smiled, and his murderous intent disappeared instantly . Chills crawled up the man’s neck . It was even more frightening because he could only see Calian’s mouth under the hood .

Fuck, he’s a crazy armed piece of shit! The man quickly calculated his chances . Could I win against him if I call in all of my subordinates waiting outside? No, he’s quite fast . There’s no way that those slowpokes could ever catch up to his speed . And just look at his aura . Half of them will fall dead before even drawing their swords .

The math was simple . He concluded that it was a much better deal to just fork over the money than to see blood and lose money . Just as Calian had expected, he avoided the fight without even drawing his sword in fear of losing .

I’ll still be dead meat if I gave him all that money, though . What do I do?

The man also had his own circumstances . Although he had brought the money to save face, he would be in trouble if he lost that much money at once . His business would falter and he wouldn’t be able to pay his usual share to the higher-ups . Since Calian had brought up negotiation, the man decided to trust his words and beg .

The man’s tone of voice became polite . “I-I can’t give you all the money at once . If you tell me where you live, I’ll make sure to send payment every week . ”

—skrrrk!

The tip of Calian’s knife scraped the iron desk . A bloodcurdling noise rang out .

“The swords and the noisy guy,” repeated Calian .


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Only then did the man recall what Calian had demanded . He gestures towards the four men . Their swords returned to their sheaths and two of them fled the room, dragging the screaming man with them .

The man began once again, “Satisfied? Now, if you tell me where you live—”

—skrrrk!

Wrong answer . The man gritted his teeth . “I’ll be honest with you . It’s difficult for us to give you all that money at once . We also have to pay the higher-ups every week—

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