Chapter 94: Hello, Development (3) (2/2)
“Yes? Did you call forat hi That man was Robin, the one with the unusual stats
‘He definitely quick on his feet’
Milton spoke to hi you myself Follow me”
“Yes, sir”
Soon, Milton was alone with him in his room on the deck
“Your name?”
“I’m… called Squid”
“Squid?”
“Yes That’s… because I have soht you were called that because you’re ugly’
“So that’s your nickname Then what’s your real naht, Robin So ere you away fro to escape?”
Al, Squid, no Robin, fell to the floor and prostrated himself and desperately spoke to Milton
“Please, please forgive me this once, Marquis Hans, ah! Hans is that bastard Red Beard”
“Continue”
“Yes, Sir When that bastard Hans started to oppose you, the Marquis by taking hostages, I realized that I couldn’t be with theer”
Is this the loyalty between pirates? Yesterday’s Captain becautsy, how could we, ainst the noble, clever and courageous Marquis?”
The flattery was so extre to listen to, but for now, Milton was patient
“So, after thinking it through, I gathered up the courage to try to escape and tell all this to you, Marquis But just as I was about to escape, you appeared and saved me I don’t kno I’ll ever be able to pay you back for this”
Milton was dumbfounded by Robin’s flattery filled explanation
‘Huh, look at this guy He’s switching the story around and saying I saved hi at the status , but he was also shae that had been left to one side
“What is that?”
“Yes, that’s… ue that had been confiscated fro to run aas full of treasures that the pirates had hoarded
“I asked what it was”
“Yes, Sir That’s the wealth that bastard Hans accu the poor people”
“And you tried to escape with it?”
“No Sir I was just… trying to help the poor people…and of course I needed travel expenses to get to you…”
Like he had oiled his mouth, lies poured san to twist theht by surprise when the topic of ive up
‘Is this the side effect of the Materialistic trait?’
To say that for the sake ofany hardshi+ps or adversitiesexcept for his life Even nohen his life was at risk, Milton saw Robin trying his best to do anything not to lose his money
‘H to decide how to best use this dom, nobles have absolute authority over captured thieves and criminals’ lives”
“P— please, save me”
Robin wailed desperately
He still wanted to live He wanted to live and earnelse mattered Money was still the best He wanted to old
“I’ll do anything if you save , so please, save me”
Well then, Milton had to save higed Milton Seeing Robin’s desperation reached its limits, Milton softly hinted at him
“Why should I save you?”
“That… that’s…”
“What’s in it for me if I saved you?”
Robin iret it I’ll do whatever the Marquis asks me to do”
“For exa the finances of the Red Pirates, sir”
“The pirates’ finances?”
“Yes, sir I h price And I know the sea routes very well, so if the Marquis has any intentions in sea trade, I can be of use”
“Hhtful
‘He’s very sharp-witted’
Milton softly smiled as Robin said exactly what he wanted to hear Milton pretended to think about it for a while
“Fine Then, I’ll give you a chance”
“R— really, sir?”
Robin looked up at Milton But Milton looked towards the treasure sack of full of gold and jewels that Robin had been trying to steal before speaking
“How much is this sack worth?”
“It… it’s not old? It looks like it’s worth at least 10,000 gold?”
“N— no, sir The geold isn’t pure and of low quality”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, without a doubt, sir”
“I see Then I guess it can’t be helped”
Robin was relieved to see Milton gently nod his head, but that was only because Milton hadn’t finished speaking
“Then I’ll buy this treasure”
“Sir?”
“You said it was 5,000 gold? You’ll be paid in cash as soon as we arrive at the estate”
“Th— that’s…”
“What’s wrong? Isn’t that what you said yourself? 5,000 gold?”
“Yes… that’s what I said B— but…”
Seeing hiin to sweat, Milton spoke with a severe expression
“Did you lie to old”
No matter how precious money was, it wasn’t worth more than his life Robin looked like he was about to cry, but he agreed to 5,000 gold Truthfully, that sack of treasure was easily worth over 20,000 gold And if he bargained right, Robin could have gotten 25,000 gold But, to think he had to hand it over for only 5,000 gold…
‘Ugh… it’s still better than hiht Milton would just take it, so he had purposefully lowered the value to the treasure However, now that he thought about it, he was very thankful that he was even getting 5,000 gold
‘Knowing the ruold and use it for so to take it and run away’
Robin began to think about how he’d take the money and run away to a distant country and set up a real store using the 5,000 gold as capital
But Milton wasn’t that easy to trick