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Are we just leaving like this?

Frilian looked at Shi Yichen and asked.

"Isn't that right? You've noticed too, haven't you? That guy named Norm must have something to discuss with you."

Shi Yichen shrugged and said to Frilian, "She just doesn't like that guy named Norm. He actually used money to insult Frilian, acting like everyone else is poor. She has enough money to buy several hundred Norm Merchant Guilds."

"Indeed, he wanted to keep me here by using the debt issue, but he didn't expect my Yichen to be so rich."

Frilian smiled and said to Shi Yichen, she hadn't expected Shi Yichen to be so rich, five hundred Larthy gold coins, he just took them out like that, it was simply outrageously extravagant.

(It's like an ordinary-looking person suddenly pulling out over a hundred million in cash and placing it in front of you.)

"Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."

Shi Yichen held Frilian's hand and spoke to Philon and the others.

"Yoshi!"

. . . . . .

President Norm's office.

"Really? He really took out five hundred Larthy gold coins."

Norm still looked at the five hundred Larthy gold coins in his hand with disbelief. They were all genuine Larthy gold coins. He had thought he could use the excuse of owing money to keep Frilian and then help him find a silver mine. He didn't expect Frilian to actually take out so much money.

"What should we do now?"

Norm began to hesitate. He had initially intended to use the IOU as leverage, but now that the money had been repaid, he had no choice but to humbly beg Frilian for help, which was a difficult question to ask.

"I have no choice but to beg Frilian, otherwise the entire guild will be ruined in my hands."

Norm hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to ask Frilian for help, because only in this way could the entire merchant guild be saved.

. . . . . .

Shi Yichen's side.

"Delicious!"

Frillie ate the food that Shi Yichen fed her with a smile. It really did taste better when Shi Yichen was around.

"As expected, Lady Frillian is much more energetic now that Lord Shi Yichen has returned."

Philon watched this scene with a smile and said that now that Shi Yichen was back, she no longer worried about Frilian.

"Is that the guild leader named Norm we met this morning walking towards us?"

Shutark pointed in the direction of the Norm Merchant Guild headquarters. The person walking over was the Norm Merchant Guild president they had met that morning, but his expression was not good.

"Lord Frilian."

Norm walked up to Frilian.

"I've already paid off all the money I owed before."

As Frilian ate the food that Shi Yichen fed her, she said that she no longer owed the Norm Merchant Guild anything, so what happened next had nothing to do with her.

Norm said nothing, but took out two bags filled with Larthy gold coins and handed them to Frilian.

"What does it mean?"

Frilian looked at the two bags of Larthy gold coins in front of her. One bag contained the five hundred Larthy gold coins that Shi Yichen had taken out earlier, and the other bag contained three hundred Larthy gold coins.

"Lady Frilian, please help save the people living on this northern plateau."

President Norm bowed deeply to Frilian, pleading with her to save the people living on this northern plateau.

(As mentioned before, Shi Yichen stopped in the Land of Swords, and he had nothing to do with the events that followed, so it's normal that Norm doesn't recognize him.)

"If I remember correctly, you threatened me with debts not long ago, didn't you?"

Frilian looked at Norm calmly. If the previous events hadn't happened, she might have stepped in to help, after all, the old guild master had been kind to Simmel and the others. But now... well, let's just say she didn't care.

"This was not my intention. I only resorted to this tactic because I wanted Lady Frilian to stay and help. You must have seen the terrible state of the northern plateau."

President Norm continued to bow as he spoke to Frilian.

"Yes! My companion was just saying that he had never eaten such hard bread before."

Frilian looked at Norm and said.

“The old chairman provided funds to us when we were still nobodys, without specifying a repayment date. I never imagined that his grandson would use such methods against me.”

Frillie was grateful to the old chairman for providing funds during their difficult time, but she didn't expect the old chairman's grandson to use this to blackmail her. Just like that, she became less willing to help.

After all, she wasn't exactly a saint. How could she possibly help someone who was being targeted? If she hadn't been holding back her meal, she would have turned around and left immediately.

"I'm very sorry, but given the current dismal state of logistics in the northern highlands, I have no choice but to do this."

Since the situation on the northern plateau deteriorated, we have lost 30% of our army and caravans in the battle against the demons, and the trade network has also suffered a fatal blow. If Norm were a country, it would probably be destroyed by now.

But we are a chamber of commerce. As long as we have funds, no matter how many times we fail, we can always regroup. I truly believe that your visit is a guidance from the goddess. That IOU for the heroes, which was once considered worthless, now possesses immense value.

Norm told Frilian about the difficulties of the Norm Merchant Guild. It wasn't that he wanted to blackmail Frilian with the IOU, but that this was the only way he could get Frilian to stay and help him.

But he never expected that such a large fortune could be taken out so easily by Shi Yichen, who was by Frilian's side. This caused his plan to fail, and he had no choice but to beg Frilian to help the Norm Merchant Guild.

"so what?"

Frilian looked calmly at Guild Master Norm.

"I would like to ask Lady Frilian to help save the people living on the northern plateau. The completely collapsed trade network will cause many people to starve to death. If we can overcome this crisis, I promise that even at the ends of the northern plateau, we will be able to eat soft bread."

President Norm spoke very sincerely to Frilian, saying that the Norm Merchant Guild carries the lives of the entire Northern Plateau population on its shoulders, and if the Norm Merchant Guild were to perish, countless people would die throughout the Northern Plateau.

He brought it up so that Frilian would save the Norm Merchant Guild for the sake of the people of the entire Northern Plateau, because only in this way could the people of the Northern Plateau survive.

"Since that's the case, it's settled then. But let me make this clear first: this is to repay the old chairman's kindness and the people of the northern plateau, not because of you. And I will not forget that you once blackmailed me."

Frilian nodded and told Norm that she had intervened to repay the old guild master's kindness and to save the people of the northern plateau.

“Take the money back. After all, it’s something we owed you, and you need it more now.”