177 New Mission (2/2)
”I have Storage Bag with 5 cubic meter space. But I can't part with it. I can't lend it away as it's bounded to me so we can discuss this if your client wanted to.”
Sylvia was surprised and felt a relief after hearing Wallace's voice.
Their shop had an agreement that if the client found a customer in this branch, they will be paid with 10 Malphite Stones as processing fee but if no transaction was made, they will only get a service fee worth 800,000 credits.
Sylvia quickly coordinated with their client and luckily, the latter was willing to discuss with room 27.
The auction was successfully ended and some were returning with a smile on their faces but most of them had a disappointed look.
***
”Vanessa, can you tell me who was in the room 27?”
Lacus asked her friend. There is no hint of hate or gratitude on her voice so Vanessa was sure that the lady was just curious of their identity.
'It seems that she didn't mind losing the trade, huh.'
Of course, it's not allowed to tell the name of the customers within the rooms.
But she doesn't care a bit about the rules made by her family's business. The lady in front of her was the first apprentice of Slaine Allusia and brought them unimaginable wealth in the few years of their cooperation.
”They're Tracy Guilford, Ross Schien, and Wallace Ravencroft.”
”Wallace?”
”Yes, it's him. Your Junior Apprentice.”
”Mhm... I wonder who among them has the Storage Bag...”
”Now that you said it, I think it should be Ross. His Schien Clan must've given him some treasures. But it's also possible for Tracy, with the wide network of their business, they can probably acquire that artifact if they were into it.”
”Mhmm...” Lacus only nodded as she left the building after being escorted by Vanessa. She had a bountiful harvest today especially the land that she had won.
***
Wallace was now seating on a sofa. He didn't drink or eat the snacks placed on the table.
He's currently in a luxurious living room within the New Era's Magic Shop at the 9th floor and waiting for the client selling the Celestial Fragment.
Ross and Tracy had already left with their purchased items leaving him alone in the room.
It didn't take long for a group of individuals to enter. There's a total of five of them now within the room.
The four newly arrived were Sylvia, two middle-aged men representatives of the Magic Shop based on their clothes and another young man who seems to be the client as he held the treasure chest containing the fragment.
The man has a strong build and seems to be 25-28 years old. His skin was dark due to long exposure to sun and had a messy black hair. There were even some dirt on his mercenary clothes.
That's right, the client seems to be a mercenary magician exploring the hidden dangers of the Cursed Forest, Wailing Gorge, and Thunder Plateau. Wallace can only imagine based on what he read about these mercenaries.
After all, not all magicians learning the Combat Path were turning to be a soldier or law enforcers. Some of them takes on the mission to hunt beasts for a living, some turns to be criminals, some became pirates on the seas, and some of them just wanted to better their strength by staying in the fighting arena.
”Wallace, this is Drake. The client owning the fragment. You two, take your time.”
After Sylvia introduced each other, the three left them to let them talk in peace.
”Do you really have the Storage Bag?”
”Mhm.. 5 cubic meter. But I can't leave it to someone else due to it being bounded to me.”
”We've been looking for a long time for one. I guess, we'll just have to comprise. Listen, our small mercenary squad acquired this fragment in the ruins we've discovered. The ruins is a private property of one of our members. We needed the Storage Bag due to retrieve something in the same place but somewhere dangerous deep in the ruins. I can't tell you more details unless you agree to cooperate with us instead.”
”Cooperate? That's good to hear. It's seems that we reached an agreement. Since you needed something to retrieve from that place and I can't give the storage bag to you, I will be the one retrieving it for you...”
The two discussed their cooperation in detail and shook their hands after reaching an agreement.