Act 5: Chapter 17: Visiting the Fairy''s Wings
Two men were visiting a general store magic tool, the 《Fairy''s Wings》.
「Yoo~… My apologies dear guess. The store is already closed today. Pleasee a—」
Mel who acts as a shopkeeper, is about to go out to tell the guest and pauses when seeing the identity of the guest.
「W—Wontz-san.」
「It''s been a few days right, Mel-san? Your store seems to be flourishing.」
The one who came to the store was the duo of Wontz and his bodyguard, Jude.
Though Wontz''s demeanor was as gentle as before, after a previous visit to Mel''s store, he didn''t bother to hide his malicious intent from Mel anymore.
Mel chewed her lip as she looked up to Wontz''s face.
「Don''t re at me like that. You''ve been quite emotional since the first time I met you. I underestimated you and yet, I had never expected that you can reach this far. Though I did my fair share of provocation, I take back those words. You win this round.」Wontz heaved an exhausted sigh.
For Wontz, he had to prioritize Greed''s order to crush the 《Fairy''s Wings》.
But, even if he tried to crush the store by limiting their privilege, the store had already be too famous since the rumors such as 『The 《Fairy''s Wings》 made a novel item based on the idea of the otherworlder』.
He couldn''t do anything with his authority when there was such a gathering right in the center of the city.
In the first ce, the current 《Fairy''s Wings》 had the huge prospect of profit, throwing around his weight by threatening thepany like what he did before would only meet with a counterattack.
And since he had already used that method before, Mel learned from her mistake and the document that she submitted this time left no opening to be exploited, meaning that crushing her shop with a barely legal method was impossible.
Currently, Wontz only has limited methods to dabble with the 《Fairy''s Wings》.
Though he had a long-term n to crush her, Greed had imposed a time limit on him.
In the first ce, at this rate, the 《Fairy''s Wings》 might gain investors or supporters from Polorock.
Thus, Wontz was pretty much aware that he couldn''t move to carelessly in this situation if he didn''t want this case to be his stumbling blockter.
「M-My victory… Does that mean you won''t dabble with 《Fairy''s Wings》 again?」
「Jude, the document.」
Wontz called out to his escort without even bothering to answering to Mel''s question.
Jude nodded, taking out a bundle of documents from the bag that Wontz entrusted to him and handed it over to its'' owner.
Wontz looked at Mel after ncing at the document.
「Is… that…?」
「A lot of money. Now get out of this city of Polorock… Don''te to this city again, ever. This Poloroc is amercial city built based on the most efficient economy-based calction. We cannot allow impurity that be the center of one of themercial zones.」
Mel received the document timidly and scanned its'' content.
「in short… You picked a fight while pretending it isn''t about money in order for me to not be your stumbling block, is it?」
Mel''s remark hit the bull''s eyes.
She was fed up with Wontz''s egoism s, she felt scared of what he might do if she refused this offer.
「Yes. Since the game didn''t turn up as I expected, I decided to flip the board with money. If you refuse this… You might be swallowed by the darkness of Polorock.」
From Wontz''s perspective, he didn''t want to continue his conflict with Mel the moment Greed took an interest in this regard.
As a citizen of this city, he knew that Greed''s word was the absolutew in this city.
So he decided to kick her out of this city with money and told Greed that he had threatened her.
Mel didn''t say anything, she just staring at the document in her hand.
The matter about Wontz.
She had to make sure that there was no trap in this document before she made the decision.
Wontz frowned upon looking at Mel''s attitude.
「It seems you have no idea about your current situation. I''m telling you that if you decide to reject this offer, it means that we''ll be at each other throats. You''ll give me no choice if you refuse this offe—!」
The door of the store suddenly opened up and Rosemonde''s face peeked out from inside.
「Here I am wondering what takes her so long, so it''s you again huh?」
Rosemonde walked up to Mel, took the documents from thetter''s hands, and tore them to pieces without a shred of hesitation.
Wontz''s eyebrows puckered upon seeing that.
「Y-You… Do you understand your current situation!? Opposing me is the same as trying to oppose Greed-sama himself!」
「Who cares, not that I read the content either. Not that we will trust a swindler like you in the first ce.」
「EVERYTHING WENT DOWN TO DRAIN COZ OF AN IDIOT LIKE YOU! I''M EVEN WILLING TO PAY TWICE OR THRICE OF THE SUM OF THE MONEY! YET YOU TORE IT UP WITHOUT EVEN AS MUCH AS TALKING ABOUT IT! I''M TELLING YOU, IT''LL ONLY RESULT IN MUTUAL DESTRUCTION!」
「Coz I don''t think that listening to a swindler like you is worth my time. I''ve learned a bit but, if you swindled us again, we have no way to judge you. That''s why you shouldn''t be trusted to begin with. The idiot one here is YOU.」
Then, Rosemonde looked at Mel.
「Mel, forget about everything that he said to you before, it''s not worth your time. This ba*stard seems to have been probing around your store for thest few days using his subordinate. He might be concocting some kind of n to crush you.」
「THINGS WON''T END WITH JUST A "SORRY" IF YOU MAKE ME GO ALL OUT! THIS IS WHY AMATEUR OF TRADE IS SO IRKSOME! IF YOU''RE UNWILLING TO STEP DOWN, BOTH PARTIES ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYEd!」
「Oh shut up. The one who makes a mistake here is you, you shouldn''t make a mistake with someone''s real value to begin with and negotiate fairly instead of selling the trust ced on you at a bargain price.」
「Gah…」
Wontz''s face flushed red as he waspletely beaten ck and blue in the arguments against Rosemonde.
This time, Wontz had no intention of ensnaring Mel into another one of his traps.
Ending this incident as soon as possible while the damage was still minimal was far more important than money for the current him.
s, that was even more reason to trust Wontz, who was in a far more advantageous position toe up with a fair negotiation.
「Enough of your nonsense, brute woman… He''s not talking to you!」
Judo moved forward to grab Rosemonde.
He had no intention to use this method but, now he had no choice but to use threat against Rosemonde.
As long as Rosemonde was here, even the most coherent conversation would be incoherent.
Rosemonde readily dodged the approaching hand and pushed Judo''s sr plexus.
「Urgh…」
Judo staggered back due to that push, crashing onto Wontz behind him and rolling on the ground along with thetter.
Wontz himself ended up being squashed under Judo.
「GAH! GET UP JUDO! YOU''RE HEAVY!」
「M-My apologies Judo-sama!」
Judo stood up in a hurry while propping Wontz with his shoulder.
「Don''t try to mess with me, I''m an A-Rank adventurer. Do you think a bodyguard of swindlers like you can do a shi*t against me?」
said Rosemonde with a scornful look toward Wontz.
Wontz red at Rosemonde for a while, s, he then heaved a sigh, and his furrowed eyebrows were also loosened.
「Negotiation breakdown I guess. Meaning that I don''t have to worry about proper methods anymore… It''s toote for you to regret it now.」
Wontz walks away from the 《Fairy''s Wings》 while being propper by Judo''s shoulder after saying those words.
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After they put some distance from the 《Fairy''s Wings》, Wontz and Judo were having a conversation about what they were going to doter.
「What shall we do after this… Wontz-sama? We have no way le—」
「Since it can''t be helped, I''ll do as I say… Screw the rule, I''m going to crush them with everything I got. I didn''t want to do this but… Maybe I should ask for Isabe''s help.」
「I-Sabe-sama…」
Isabe was a big shot of Greedpany just like Wontz.
Their rtionship was that of a rival.
She excelled in reading the flow of the business and manipting the market.
She was also known as 《Script Writer》 due to the fact that she could lead the conversation in the direction that she wanted to.
「Though I don''t want to rely on her, I''ve no choice either. Now I''m going to mobilize the crime organization in the Dark Ward, the 《Bloody Gold Coin》.」
Just like Greed who had a connection with the Dark Ward, Wontz was also a frequent customer of the Dark Ward''s organization whenever he needed them to do his dirty job.
「Things will go bad if we use them in this situation right? I mean, if something happened to that store at this kind of time, everyone would be suspicious of us right?」
「We''re not going to attack them in broad daylight of course. I''ve already found the weak point of the 《Fairy''s Wings》. I''ve already considered the option of when they refused my proposal.」
Wontz''s face revealed a sinister smile.
「… So?」
「We''ll crush the otherworlder who cooperates with that woman. We will kidnap that little girl called Philia. We will mobilize the 《Bloody Gold Coin》 to kidnap the kid and use her to threaten them. This kind of job is their forte and it won''t be revealed to the public either.」
「I see, as expected of Wontz-sama!」
「Since ites to this… I won''t back down either. I''ll show those idiots that I will have thestugh. They''ll be punished in full for underestimating me. I''ll let them to rot and regret in hell for rejecting myst good faith.」
Wontzughed loudly.
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