Compared to the two fairies, Natsu is truly slaying a dragon!

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Black Natsu smacked his lips, then pointed to all the buns in the steamer.

The vendor was stunned into silence upon hearing this.

"Huh? You mean all of them?"

"Of course, don't worry, I can afford it."

As he spoke, Hazen pulled out the bag of gold coins Anna had given him earlier from his pocket.

[Honatsu had already returned the unused portion to Anna at the end of his last trip.]

However, Anna still refused to accept it upon parting.

According to her, since she gave it to Henna, she didn't intend to ask for it back, and who knows when she might need it later?

[And, at that time, Anna proudly patted her chest and told Hazen.]

"Just take it and use it! Your teacher Anna has so many things like this at home... I bet she could use them all in several lifetimes."

[Henazu also knew this; Anna wasn't lying.]

During his travels, although he remained in the Kingdom of Doragunov, he still heard rumors about the Hatfilia family, the wealthiest family of that era.

That person was truly incredibly wealthy, possessing wealth comparable to a nation. This bag of unused gold beans was nothing to them.

[Returning to his senses, Black Natsu immediately took a gold bean from his bag and handed it to the vendor.]

Although they are called golden beans, they actually vary in size.

The smaller ones were almost used up earlier; what's left in the bag are gold beads about the size of marbles.

The vendor's eyes widened as he looked at the gleaming gold object in his hand.

Although four hundred years have passed, gold, as a common form of currency, remains an extremely valuable commodity.

He's just a steamed bun seller; when has he ever seen anything like this?

Even the hand holding the gold beans was trembling.

"W-wh-this customer, are you planning to buy my entire stall?"

"No, this is enough to buy several stalls; I simply can't keep up with the demand."

Hennat raised an eyebrow slightly.

"No need to replenish them, just keep them. The value of money is determined by demand. Right now, I desperately need these buns, and these are the only ones I can trade with you."

"But... I can't live with myself doing that."

The vendor still looked conflicted.

But Henna couldn't wait any longer.

"That's enough, I'm starving, let's start eating."

Immediately afterwards, Hennaz picked up the bun and devoured it in a flash.

The speed and the amount of food they ate almost stunned the stall owner in front of him.

Before long, all the food on the stall was gone. Slightly wanting more, he rubbed his stomach and waved to the stall owner.

"What are you standing there for?"

"Um... I'm just a little surprised because I haven't seen someone with such a big appetite in a long time."

The vendor wiped the sweat from his brow.

He then said, "No matter what, keep this money. You can pay for it when you have some change. I really can't accept this money."

As he spoke, the vendor pointed in a direction.

"Young man, that's the City Lord's Mansion over there. There's a foreign exchange window there; you can exchange these gold beans for the corresponding paper currency."

"You can't expect to throw a golden tear out every time you eat, can you? That would inevitably attract the attention of some malicious people, and it's very dangerous at your age."

Following the vendor's finger, Henaz could see a tall building standing in the distance.

He then nodded slightly.

He didn't have any intention of suddenly producing a golden bead of tears after not having eaten a single meal; that would be utterly foolish. He was simply too hungry.

"Thanks, boss. As for this, you don't need to return it to me. Consider it payment for giving me directions."

Pushing aside the shopkeeper's hand offering him gold beans, Black Natsu strode towards the lord's mansion.

Soon, Henaz arrived near the tall building.

Even though it's very early, the various operations of the City Lord's Mansion have already begun.

What attracted Henna the most were the various receipts posted inside one of the buildings.

[I exchanged two gold beans for one million J. If I use them sparingly, it will last me a long time.]

Afterwards, Henaz entered the building where all sorts of notices and forms were posted.

[Mission: Help catch the perverted lecher who frequents West Street. Reward: 50,000 J.]

"Mission: Help me gather a medicinal herb called Fulu Grass in the deep mountains. Reward: 20 J."

["Mission: Suppress the mountain bandits who frequently raid the only route outside the city. Reward: 500,000 J..."]

Henatsu looked up; clearly, the area was covered with various mission request forms.

After asking around, I finally understood that this was the task hall specifically for posting and accepting tasks.

[Since there is no mage guild in this town, but there are many needs in the magical world that require mages.]

Therefore, the town set up a hall for issuing quests within the city lord's mansion.

[At the same time, these tasks are used to attract wandering wild mages to complete 0...]

[One party made money, and the other solved their problem—a win-win situation.]

[Henatsu stared at the mission above, lost in thought.]

He touched his cloth bag; inside were about twenty gold coins.

However, if it doesn't make money, it's obvious that sooner or later these twenty-odd gold beans will be used up.

Living off one's savings is not in Black Natsu's nature.

"We have to make money, so..."

Soon, Hanaz's gaze settled on a quest list at the top of the quest log.

The task assignment list here is also arranged in a very particular way. The simplest tasks are placed at the bottom, and then the list increases in difficulty, with the most difficult tasks obviously at the top.

However, difficulty also means high rewards.

[For example, what Henna is seeing right now.]

[Quest: Slay the wyvern that inhabits the northern mountains.]

[Reward: Two million J!]

"Four golden beans?"

Henna chuckled, then ripped off the top mission request sheet.

Outside the sky.

Seeing this scene, Goldman, Bob, and even Makarov, Gerald, and others all held their breath.

"Oh no, could it be that Honatsu really won't join any guilds and will choose to go it alone?"

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Makarov also arrived at the site where the comet fell last night.

But upon arriving here, what unfolded before his eyes left Makarovche speechless.