50 Obreim Family (1/2)

Allen woke up early the next day. As soon as he stood up, he walked towards the balcony, which was now covered in snow.

The winters in the eastern region, specially at the mountains, were always freezing, but for him, it was as if it's just a normal day.

He breathe in the cold air and looked towards the other buildings from his balcony. He could see lights in some buildings' windows, while there were some people who woke up to check the thickness of the snow on their roofs.

He didn't linger any longer and returned back inside.

As soon as he went to the first floor, he heard somebody knocking on the door.

”Coming.”

When Allen opened the door, he immediately recognized that it was James. The kid was wearing thick clothes suitable for winter.

”Hello Mr. Morgan.”, James greeted.

”Mhm... and you're really early today. I'm only opening later in the afternoon, I'm going to the bank first to exchange the bronze coins that I have.”, Allen said.

”Well... I couldn't really sleep in this kind of cold. Plus, it's my payday today.”, James rubbed his glove-covered hands together.

”Oh.”, Allen searched for his pockets something and took out a silver coin. ”Here's your payment.”

Seeing the silver coin, James was stunned and immediately said, ”Wait, wait! Didn't you say that my income would be 100 bronze coins? This is too much, mister.”

”The exchange rate is bound to change soon. One silver coin would be your income by then, now go buy food for your family.”, Allen said.

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”Thank you!”, James thanked the shop owner from the bottom of his heart and rushed towards the marketplace.

A few minutes later, Allen left his shop while carrying pouches inside his winter robes.

Allen reached the bank, and saw that there were a few people already in line outside, even though the bank wasn't open for business yet.

If it didn't start snowing yet, there would've probably be a lot of people on the line by now.

He joined the merchants' line, there weren't many merchants present yet to exchange their bronze coins.

When he joined the line, he was noticed by the other merchants at the front and started gossiping about him.

There were some who gave off curious gaze; some who gave off gazes of contempt, who were most likely the rich merchants in the city; and some who gave off hostile gaze.

For Allen, being a merchant was just like an assassin, you better know when to strike and when to back off. Apparently, the ones who gave him hostile gazes were his enemies in the merchant circle, but he never cared about them.

”Well if it isn't Mr. Morgan.”, a voice said from behind him. Allen turned around and saw that it was an old man.

He recognized this man, he was the leader of the most powerful merchant guild in the city. Currently in the line, Allen was the only one not from the merchant guild.

”Have Mr. Morgan considered my offer of joining my guild?”, the old man asked.

”No, I don't want to join your guild.”, Allen said in a calm tone.

Hearing Allen's sentence, one of the merchants who had a hostile gaze towards him snorted, ”You don't know what kind of a blessing for you to be invited in the guild!”

Another one blew a fuse and added more wood to the fire, ”We have worked hard and almost risked everything just to join the guild. Now you're being invited personally by the guild leader, you don't even know what's good for you.”

The sentences of th two men also triggered some of their fellow merchants who were listening. After all, they were in the same guild.

On the other hand, Allen only ignored them. If one wants to become a merchant, it was really needed to know when to strike and who to strike.

Those two other merchants who started the ruckus wanted Allen's reputation to plummet from the other merchants around, which was a good trick... that would sadly not work to him.

”Quiet!”, the old man reprimanded, which silenced the other merchants.

”You won't really accept the invitation?”, the old man asked again. Allen only shook his head in response.

”Alright then.”, the old man sighed in disappointment.

Several minutes later, the bank opened up for business. The interior and the furniture of the bank looked so furbished that Allen could see his own reflection on the floor.

Allen then went to the Merchant Corner to exchange his bronze coins.

All the other merchants beside him looked over at the pouch that he was carrying, which surprised them greatly.

”Such a small pouch, I wonder how many bronze coins are there inside it?”, a merchant pondered.

”Probably only a few dozens.”, another merchant joked.

”Hahaha...”, most of the merchants laughed after that remark. However, their guild leader shook his head and even faintly smiled at them.

Allen then opened the pouch and turned it upside down.

-whoosh-

Numerous bronze coins flowed out of the pouch as if it's water. The other merchants were astonished by the sight. Even the lady who was across the desk in front of Allen gaped at the sheer volume of bronze coins.

It only stopped when there was already a small mountain of bronze coins in the merchant corner. Everybody in the bank except for the old man dropped their jaws at the sight of that mountain of bronze coins.

”Wait sir, I think I need to call a mage to count the coins.”, the lady immediately went up the second floor of the bank.

Seeing the dropped jaws of his fellow merchants, their guild leader was trying hold back his laughter. He was trying to save the face of his fellow men, because the merchants' contempt on Allen's small pouch was clearly heard by a lot of people inside the bank.

Afterwards, mage went downstairs with the lady and also gaped at the sight of the small mountain. However, he composed himself at once and used his magical sense to instantly count all the coins.

”That's exactly 10,000 bronze coins.”, the mage said.

After which, the lady took out a pouch from under desk, ”Inside this pouch is exactly 1,000 crown bronze coins, sir.”

Allen obtained the pouch, afterwards, the small mountain of bronze coins was kept inside the mage's bag for safekeeping.

As the mage was about to turn around, Allen suddenly said, ”I have a few more pouches.” He then opened his jacket and showed the pouches within it.

The merchants who ridiculed Allen almost fainted by the sight and now realized why their guild leader wanted to invite him inside the guild, it's because he has a lot of spatial storage treasures... and because he was really rich.

The merchants: ”...”

The common people: ”...”

The mage: ”...”

The bank staffs: ”...”

The guild leader: ”Pfft...”

***

Allen returned to the shop earlier than he expected with 10,000 crown bronze coins. Because James didn't return yet, he decided to water the plants.

He took out a watering can from the storage room and started watering the plants.

”Chomp...”, suddenly, the plant that he was watering turned into a large venus flytrap-like swallowed the watering can he was using in a blink of an eye.