The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

After using spiritual language to notify the other party to come to his house for discussion, Aarons soon met the mercenary leader at his home.

Although he did not want to cause any incident in his own home, Aarons still underestimated the man named Kuran - he actually brought a lot of gifts to the children in the Marquis's Mansion, and even brought some daily necessities to the supervisor.

This man is really too sensible!

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I came in a hurry and didn't bring anything. Please forgive me."

"...You call that not bringing anything?"

The children received unexpected toys and gifts, and the activity room downstairs was now in an uproar. Aarons had nothing to say about such a perfect gift.

However, he now had a more intuitive understanding of the man's intelligence-gathering abilities.

"It's just a small gift, not a token of respect."

"Since you have investigated this far, I don't need to put on airs. As you can see, I am the only one left in the Marquis's family, and this territory may need a new owner in half a month."

"What do you mean by saying these words, sir?"

Since there was really nothing worth being remembered, Aarons was too lazy to continue pretending. He directly told the problem he encountered and planned to see how the other party would react.

"I just want to make some money before I get kicked out, so I don't end up in a place where there's nothing to do and I don't even have the money to live happily."

However, Aarons did not intend to tell the whole truth. He made up a half-true and half-false reason and pretended to be smart but not very capable.

"Sir, you are a man of character. I heard that a guild spent a lot of money to buy a few sets of old armor left by the Marquis from you. You should not be short of money now, right?"

How far has this guy investigated?

Aarons thought about it for a moment and decided to try to find some breakthroughs elsewhere.

"I'm not as capable of making a living as you are, so I have to at least save some money to raise these kids, and then let them make money for me."

"Oh? That's your plan... Those kids are quite talented. If they can find a better teacher, they might be able to reach level 4 in the future."

After hearing his future plans, the man named Kuran frowned visibly.

Aarons was able to find out some of the other party's background through this - this man should only know what he had done, but not his motives.

——So this information gap should be my advantage.

"Training those little brats? That will cost a lot of money. I'm not a philanthropist. I've already done my best by agreeing to raise them."

"That's true, but since you are openly recruiting mercenaries, you should have found a way to make money, right?"

"Of course the target is the mine I asked you to investigate. I want to take away all the income and spiritual gold from that mine. I will definitely make a lot of money."

"Well... according to our investigation, the magic source stones currently stored there plus the spiritual gold that has not been sold are worth at most thirty gold coins. This amount of money is indeed very high for ordinary people, but you..."

This amount is indeed too little for a noble. Even if Aarons is just an heir without real power, he should not set his sights on such a small amount of money.

"Why, are you questioning my judgement?"

After realizing that the other party was not aware of his motives, Aarons immediately disguised himself as a dandy boy with only a little cleverness.

The mine, a target of low value, did indeed confuse the other party's judgment of him.

"No, no. If you have made up your mind, then tell us what to do."

"What needs to be done is very simple. First, send someone to inform them that the mine will belong to me from now on. If anyone dares to object or resist, arrest them all immediately."

"So... do you want to go with us?"

After discovering that the other party was obviously confused, Aarons took the opportunity to propose a crude plan that had hardly been thought through.

Although doing so could indeed temporarily seize control of the mine, as soon as the mercenaries left, the people there would immediately be out of control.

"Of course I'm going to go. I also want to see with my own eyes how many idiots there are who are planning to resist."

"I understand. I will go back and gather the members now. We can officially set off tomorrow morning."

"Very good, then I'll wait for you outside the east gate."

After the negotiation was formally concluded, Kulan immediately left the Marquis's Mansion. Aarons immediately called Karin and Xia Ye to the study and repeated their conversation to them.

"…Although this guy has investigated my affairs, he still doesn't know what I am going to do specifically. So I will follow him tomorrow to see the situation and test their background."

"Master, I want to go with you."

"Why? You can't fight properly right now?"

Somewhat unexpectedly, Karin took the initiative to ask to go along.

Although Aarons did not think that he was worthless and needed to be protected, Karin's attitude was quite firm.

"I want to test the extent to which my skills have recovered. In addition, I can help you confirm the strength of those mercenaries."

"I agree that Miss Karin should exercise her body. I have been adjusting her prosthetic limbs for the past few days, and I hope she can test its performance in actual combat."

The two women held the same attitude on the matter, and Aarons couldn't think of any good rebuttal.

"Okay, I agree. Also, Xia Ye, after we leave tomorrow, you take the investigation report to the city office to find Director Chen and tell him to send some people to take over the mine as soon as possible."

"What are you planning?"

"I can't run that place for a long time, so I might as well do a favor to the people in the city office. Even if I lose the territory in the future, they can still get some extra income."

——Although things haven't started yet, Aarons has already figured out how to end it.

"I understand. I will inform them in time."

"Also, don't forget to prepare a few pieces of clothing as payment. Since that guy said that clothes are all he needs as payment, just give him a few pieces."

After a brief arrangement, Aarons spread out the map of the Marquisate on the table again. He waved his hand at the same time, signaling the two beauties to go back to their work.

Xia Ye, who was still working, left the room immediately, but Karin was left alone again.

"Master, I want to ask you a question."

"Go ahead, I'll try to answer as much as I can."

"If I can't fight anymore...will you still let me stay with you?"

After realizing that he seemed to have never seriously thought about the answer to this question, Aarons slowly raised his head and looked at the uneasy face of the wolf beauty.

"If you can't fight, then you can't. I never intended to ask you to do anything from the beginning."

——Although this seemed to be just a comforting remark, for some reason a trace of gloom flashed across Karin’s face.