By Thursday, it will already be the 27th day of this month, which means that the most important year-end festival of the year is coming. But the end of the year also means troublesome things such as school exams, settlement before the factory shuts down, and the audit of the joint company. Even Jenkins who stays in Papa's antique shop can feel the tension and excitement in the city. .
The tradition of the end of the year is somewhat similar to an important religious festival in Jenkin's memory. The biggest similarity is that gifts are exchanged with each other. This not only means that Jenkins has to rack his brains to buy, but also means that the business of Papa's Antique Store has finally ushered in a peak after two months of sluggishness.
The guests are all beaming, and it is rare for anyone to cause trouble on the eve of the festival. Even when paying the bills, it was much easier, and the young apprentices in the antique shop even rarely received tips.
Dad wouldn't ask Jenkins to turn in a tip, but told him not to give his friends presents they knitted themselves during the end of the year.
"But, doesn't making it by hand mean it's more expensive?"
And it saves money and trouble, and you don't need to go to the store to hesitate.
"Yes, but as a single male, I don't want your friends to think you have special hobbies."
Maybe the old man's idea is correct. When Jenkins took the time to go to Loen City and ask Miss Stuart what kind of gift he should give, she also thought that that kind of thing can be given to the elders, but not to the peers women.
"What did you send last year?"
Hit the nail on the head.
Jenkins quickly rummaged through those dusty memories, and found something unexpected:
"In the past, I just gave gifts to my family."
"Where are your friends?"
“…I don’t have friends that I can exchange gifts with.”
In the past, Jenkins was particularly indulgent. Most of the so-called friends were friends who met on the street. The original owner didn't think it was meaningful to give them gifts.
Miss Stuart looked at Jenkins with pity, and so did Alexia and Julia.
In the end, he didn't get any valuable advice, so he could only plan to go to the shopping street to look for it during the weekend.
Before returning to Nolan, he entrusted his friends here to help him find the information about the gifted black gun. After the Gate of Vientiane, he did not find any relevant information.
"A gift?"
Miss Stuart is a little envious. As a user of [Frozen Archer Chess], she can fully feel the benefits of this special item.
In the evening of that day, after saying goodbye to Hathaway and Miss Mihail at the gate of the club, Jenkins went to the black market, and under the guidance of the middleman clown, he saw the huntress again.
The last time we met, she jokingly proposed the idea of "attacking the church of the Orthodox Church", which impressed Jenkins deeply, so he decided to entrust her with a very dangerous task.
"What a strange request to find the source of the current flu."
The woman leaned back with her legs crossed, hiding her face in the darkness beyond the candlelight.
"Yes, I will not hide the importance of this matter. Let's put it this way, the source of the flu is a pure-blooded blood-sucking species. Don't ask me why the alien species can also get the flu, you just need to bring me the results, I will give you the proper reward."
Although concealing the truth can reduce the cost of the commission, Jenkins will not increase the risk of this matter for gold pounds. He needs to let the huntress fully understand the danger of this matter.
"The level of the vampire?"
She did not refuse as expected, but asked directly after pondering for a moment.
"If you're referring to the vampire infected with the flu, it should be level 7. I can guarantee the correctness of this level."
he replied.
"Isn't it a demigod? Then I can indeed accept this commission, but you must know that although I don't need to fight those strange creatures head-on, the risk is still quite high."
Jenkins took the initiative to show that she was a regular customer, so she agreed to such a dangerous commission so easily.
"Of course I understand the risks, but I also understand that the famous huntress never misses."
After a little compliment, it's time to talk about the price of the entrustment. Jenkins was not worried about this. In the morning, he received a letter from the lawyer, Mr. Raul Onis. The part of the property donated to Jenkins by Viscount Augustus had been exchanged for gold pounds, and they would go to the municipal government around the festival. Hall to carry out the final steps, then Jenkins will become the newly promoted young rich man with 40,000 gold pounds in Nolan City.
"I don't need gold pounds as a reward for this entrustment."
"Um?"
This is somewhat unexpected.
"Specify materials or items?"
"No, no, I remember that your last entrustment was related to the knights of the Justice Church."
"Yes."
Jenkins nodded.
"I believe you are still paying attention to this matter, so if the distinguished guest can provide the information I want as a reward, then you don't need to pay any price for this entrustment."
"I guess if you can't get that information, neither can I."
"It's okay, you can listen to my question first. If you really don't know, we can discuss other trading methods."
As the woman spoke, she lowered her raised legs and leaned forward to appear in the range covered by the candlelight. Looking at the face, Jenkins confirmed again that he had never seen such an unrecognizable person.
"I don't care about the purpose of the knights staying in Nolan. I just want to know where one of the young women whose surname is Knight has gone now? If you are still investigating things related to them, you should know this."
Jenkins did know that, just as he had guessed in the delusion, Miss Knight's family was indeed related to the legendary Dragon Knight family. After the giant dragon temporarily settled in the Evergreen Forest, the two from the Church of the Sun and Justice also moved there.
But the five churches in Nolan City were very dissatisfied with this. They all believed that the giant dragon was discovered in Nolan and should be properly handled by the local forces of Nolan.
"I have no idea."
Jenkins wasn't about to tell her about it.
"Oh, okay."
The huntress didn't question it, and leaned back again: "If this is the case, I think we can start talking about the price."
What you get for what you pay for is vividly reflected in this woman, and the final investigation fee is determined to be 12,000 pounds. In view of the great danger and uncertainty of this matter, Jenkins must directly pay 10,000 pounds as a deposit.
"But I don't have that much money now..."
He didn't want to delay this matter, but he really... No, he really had a way to make so much money in a short time in Nolan.