Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 39 I still prefer pure monetary transactions

"Hello!"

Fors stared in disbelief as Hugh and Ember finalized the deal, her pale blue eyes wide with astonishment. "I'm still here! Didn't you even ask my opinion? And this is clearly my house!"

Hugh glared at Fors with dissatisfaction. Who do you think I did this for?

If it weren't for your tendency to lose control every full moon, would she have invited a complete stranger, someone she'd only met a few times and who was an official extraordinary being, to stay here?

"Hmm~"

Fors shrank back under Hugh's sharp gaze, shrinking back and muttering under her breath, "Fine, stay if you want!"

She also knew that given her current situation, letting the other party stay would actually be a bargain for her.

After all, she was the one who needed to be wary of the blood moon appearing and who needed to receive treatment from the embers at that moment.

But this is her house after all!

She just lets a man move in like that, doesn't she care about her reputation?

"no."

Yu Jin suddenly shook his head.

"Can't we live here?"

Xiu hesitated before asking, "Is there some special requirement?"

"It's not that we can't stay, it's that we can't stay for free."

Yu Jin shook his head and explained, "I'll pay the market price for the rent here."

Hugh and Fors exchanged a glance, their expressions somewhat strange.

They wouldn't even agree to get something for free, they insisted on paying...

Are you sure you want to go for the market price?

For thought for a moment and then reminded her, "While Hillston may not be as prestigious as the North End or Queens, it's still among the top three in Backlund. A typical rent is at least £30 a week, and with the deposit and utilities, it'll be at least £100 a year! That's no small sum."

"100 pounds?"

Yu Jin nodded thoughtfully, then said, "Let's calculate it as one hundred pounds per year. You can count it."

Ember took out his money, counted out ten ten-pound notes, and handed them to Fors.

"Also, here's yours back."

After thinking for a moment, Yu Jin casually tossed over a silver bracelet.

Fors took the bracelet, which had three rough, dark blue stones on it.

This originally belonged to her; it's just being returned to its rightful owner.

"this……"

He was holding a sum of money, a full one hundred pounds, equivalent to several hundred grams of gold!

But Fors was completely bewildered.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation. Why was she being forced to give money to someone?

"Oh, right."

Before she could react, Yu Jin continued, "Remember to give me an invoice, the kind that costs 200 pounds."

"Uh-huh?"

Fors's expression was strange. "You're not trying to scam the church's stipend, are you?"

"How can this be considered fraud?"

Ember countered, "If it's a matter of mutual consent, that's called a fair trade."

"But £200 is just too outrageous."

Hugh couldn't hold back any longer and questioned, "Won't the church suspect anything? This amount of money is enough to rent a house in the West End. Where in Hillston can you find houses that expensive?"

"Too."

After a moment's hesitation, Yu Jin decided to back down slightly and casually said, "Then let's write 150 pounds. I'm willing to earn a little less, since I'm kind-hearted."

"Oh, right. Also, according to Backlund's market prices, the average price for an exorcism and purification ritual is about £20 each time. That price should be reasonable, right? After deducting £20, I still need to give you £80 for rent."

"Of course, future treatments will also be calculated according to this standard, at £20 per session."

"Huh?"

Fors was stunned for a moment, then whispered, "But didn't we have an agreement? I would be your informant among the wild Beyonders, and you were supposed to be responsible for curing my curse!"

That's right.

Ember nodded, but quickly calmly continued, "But I regret it now because the rent is too expensive, so I need to earn some extra money. The original deal is off. I will charge you per treatment, and you can also ask me to charge you per intelligence you provide."

"You will pay me £20 for each treatment, and I will also give you a certain amount of compensation depending on the information you provide."

After a pause, Ember continued, "The premise is that I believe the intelligence is valuable."

Originally, the treatment and intelligence costs were supposed to be offset, but this means that Ember himself has to pay the price to obtain the intelligence.

However, Miss Lolota reminded him—

The Church of the Night reimburses its night watchmen for information obtained from wild extraordinary beings.

If that's the case, then why would he want to save money for the Church of the Night?

Of course, everyone should keep their own accounts!

The former falls under the category of "merits and demerits canceling each other out," while the latter falls under the category of "win-win."

If Ember wins twice, he can get money, intelligence, and reimbursement.

As for why we insist on paying rent?

That's because rent can be reimbursed!

Well, it's quite normal for people in special professions to have a few special privileges.

"Are you trying to exploit the Church of the Night?"

Fors was completely stunned.

Even insurance fraud isn't done this badly!

This is blatant robbery!

How could the Church of the Night have someone like you?!

"Miss Fors is a good person."

Yu Jin sighed inwardly.

Although he doesn't care much about money.

But a purely monetary transaction still made him feel that this would save him a lot of trouble—

Thanks to the earnest teachings of El and the others, Ember now knows that the expenses incurred in obtaining information from informants are reimbursable.

Therefore, no matter how much Miss Fors asks for in the information, he can quote double and ask the Church of the Night for reimbursement.

Just like Miss Lolota said, don't miss any opportunity to take advantage of... no, it should be any opportunity to have the Church of the Night as your backer.

"That……"

Hugh took a deep breath, knowing he couldn't count on Fors, that pig, and spoke up, "Since it's a separate transaction, how much will you pay me if I tell you about the gathering of wild extraordinary beings?"

Ember made no attempt to hide his intention to 'scam the allowance' from the Church of the Night.

Since that's the case, Hugh naturally doesn't mind cooperating with the other party.

"I'm not interested in this kind of intelligence."

Yu Jin shook his head and said frankly, "However, I can report it to the church for you. If the church is interested, they may pay you a considerable reward."

"Not interested in wild extraordinary beings?"

Hugh was somewhat surprised.

For official Beyonders, wild Beyonders are all hidden threats.

After all, wild extraordinary beings, if out of control, are very likely to cause chaos and bloodshed.

A gathering of extraordinary individuals often signifies the convergence of multiple wild extraordinary individuals.

If the night watchmen can obtain the relevant intelligence, they can wipe out all these wild extraordinary beings.

For the official extraordinary individuals, this is undoubtedly an extremely worthwhile deal.

But Ember said he wasn't interested. Was he really the Night Watcher?

"So what kind of information are you interested in?"

Xiu wanted to help his friend, but couldn't suppress his own doubts and asked curiously, "I know quite a few people, perhaps I can try to collect them for you."

"Intelligence?"

After a moment's thought, Yu Jin slowly asked, "How much do you know about the 'lawyer' route?"

"lawyer?"

Fors looked blank; she clearly hadn't heard of any of this.

Upon hearing this, Hugh's expression suddenly became complicated.

"If it's intelligence in this area..."

(End of this chapter)