Goddess Kaleidoscope

In comparison, who would pay attention to a border village with only three thousand people?

Great news! Absolutely fantastic news!

Thus, the business negotiations between Lud and Ural went very smoothly, and the two sides signed a sales agreement. The Cult of Medicine God would provide at least two hundred bottles of "Evelina's Tears" every year, a number equivalent to more than half of Lud's publicly disclosed annual production, while Ural would pay Lud two thousand five hundred gold coins.

The average unit price was more than double that of the previous merchants, but it was Ural who took the initiative to raise the price, and he had two conditions.

The first condition is explicit and directly stated in the contract: Ural demands priority in supply, given that he offers higher prices and that the newly produced medicines each year must first be allocated to his share before being given to others.

The second condition was agreed upon in secret, verbally between the two, that no third party should know about it.

Ural wanted the figure on the contract to be three thousand.

Lude was immediately shocked when the other party made this request!

"Big brother! You're really something!"

After the contract was signed, Ural put away the documents with satisfaction, then looked up at the ceiling of the temple and said.

"Priest Lud, this temple must be quite old, right?"

"It's been quite a few years."

“Then let’s do this: since our sect has decided not to establish a temple there, the building materials we brought over are now useless. How about we give them to you as a deposit for the contract? I’ve inquired about those materials; they’re worth about a thousand gold coins, not including shipping costs. Let’s just say it’s a thousand!”

Ural smiled broadly, speaking as if he were very generous, but in reality, the materials were not paid for with his own money. Instead, they were funds allocated by the former Archbishop Gerallis to his disciple Nalad for his activities, and even Duke Gammelin provided some subsidies. The actual value was probably over 1,500 gold coins.

But Ural didn't care; it wasn't his money, so he was exceptionally generous in giving it away. He could even try to smear Gerallis and Narad about the source of the funds.

After all, it's very difficult for a dead person to get up and refute him.

That's really difficult!

End of this chapter

As night fell that day, the temple of Rud's welcomed its third group of guests. Just as they had deliberately chosen this time of day, it was indeed not a good time to be exposed to the light.

Good evening, Your Excellency.

"Good evening, Mr. Erwin."

Inside the study, Lude sized up the notoriously scoffed second-generation official adventurer before him. Erwin and his Hydrangea Blade squad had played a significant role in the battle against the lizardmen. While the entire team was practically scum, these scoundrels were undeniably quite skilled.

During the Valiant Army's campaign, Lud secretly reached some agreements with Erwin, who then revealed some very interesting information.

Erwin's father was the Kingdom's Minister of Finance, but his position in the Masdak family was awkward. He was the second of four brothers, with an older brother who was in line to inherit the throne, and two younger brothers who were more talented than him. One became a magician, and the other was preparing to become a priest.

So Erwin became the most useless child in the family, and his own father sent him to do some "dirty work" as if he were "making use of waste"!

To be fair, Erwin did enjoy being the bad guy, because he wasn't exactly a saint himself. But he was unwilling to play such a terrible role for the rest of his life, so he secretly sided with Duke Gamelin.

Lude didn't like Erwin's character, but he had to admit that the scumbag wasn't entirely useless to him, and it was said that he had a wide network of connections among the noble children and knew a lot of rich bastards.

In his own words, since he was going to be someone's dog anyway, why not choose the best master for him?

Emerging from the woods, Erwin himself remained in the village, but Lud noticed that two members of his squad had disappeared, presumably leaving the village to deliver a message to Duke Gamelin.

The fact that the other party suddenly visited so late at night suggests that the Duke had given him some instructions to deliver a message.

So Luther went straight to the point and asked.

"Did the Duke ask you to pass on a message to me?"

"Yes, you guessed correctly."

"What did the Duke say?"

"It's nothing, just one sentence... He offered double!"

"..."

Lud was taken aback for a moment, then realized that this was Duke Gamelin's offer. These people, one by one, were all after his medicine!

In contrast, people weren't very interested in the escaped lizardmen.

After some thought, Lud showed Erwin the agreement signed with Ural during the day. The Duke was indeed generous, but unfortunately, he was a step too late. Moreover, if strength truly reigned supreme, the Duke's family might not actually be as powerful as the War God Cult.

Erwin naturally understood this principle, so when he saw the written agreement that Lud had produced, he immediately scratched his head in embarrassment.

"This is a bit troublesome."

"Actually... you could ask the Duke if he's interested in other types of potions. I happen to have some new ones here."

"Ok?"

As Lude spoke, he took out a small, flat medicine bottle from his pocket and handed it to Erwin.

"What is this? Is it something you smear?"

Upon opening the small vial, Erwin discovered it contained a light-smelling, egg-yolk-colored ointment, somewhat similar to the antifreeze ointment used by adventurers.

Lude, however, pointed to the ointment with a serious expression and said...

"I call this ointment... Mystery Oil, it's for application."

"What is its function?"

"Oral administration can enhance the user's strength and endurance, and bring them into a state of high excitement in a short time. External application can make the application area larger and harder."

After Lude finished speaking, the room fell into a mysterious silence. Erwin's expression was initially indifferent, then gradually turned to confusion, and finally he slowly understood, a lewd smile appearing on his lips.

"Your Highness, I really couldn't tell!"

"The research was originally intended to create a potent stimulant with no side effects, but we unexpectedly discovered other benefits."

Lude explained with a straight face and a serious expression, but at this moment a light snort with obvious disdain suddenly came from the doorway, obviously from Hume who was guarding outside.

In fact, the initial creation of this ointment was indeed an accident, but what was presented to Erwin at this time was already a "mature product" after many improvements and adjustments.

Out of a wicked sense of humor, Lude initially planned to name the ointment something like "One Touch More" or "Touch More Big," but later found that such puns based on Chinese characters didn't work here, and no one could understand his point, so he finally named it "Mysterious Oil."

Because this kind of oil that you touch and feel is indeed very mysterious!

Originally, Lud didn't want to get involved with Erwin and the Duke of Gamelin behind him, but he didn't want to directly antagonize him either, at least not yet he had the capital to confront such a powerful nobleman.

So Ludwig decided to cater to the Duke's tastes and give him some "good things" that he might desperately need.

Based on the intelligence Lud currently possesses, Duke Gammelin is a very lecherous man with many wives and concubines at home, and he often goes out to seek pleasure. However, he is already fifty-five years old this year, and it is likely that he is already somewhat "imperfect" in that aspect. It would be a good idea to simply give him this ointment that Lud has "unintentionally" developed to do him a favor.

Erwin wasn't stupid; he naturally thought of this. He was now quite certain that if he took this thing to the Duke, the Duke would be much happier than if he had returned with a recovery potion.

"How much of this stuff do you have now? What's the production volume?"

"It's not too expensive right now, so I can give you some for free so you can share them with people who need and can afford them. How about it? Would you be willing to help me promote it among your friends? I can give you a commission!"

With the "sample" given to him by Lud, Erwin left the temple satisfied.

Watching the other person's figure disappear into the night, Lu De suddenly felt that he now had connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds.

"Subtle, there's a bit of annoyance."

"Taking benefits from three companies, isn't that being pretentious?"

In the darkness, Hume emerged from the shadows and stood beside Ludd.

In this incident, Lu De's series of methods and handling demonstrated abilities that were enough to impress even the God of Thieves. According to Hume's initial prediction, they would definitely have to offend some people in the end in order to preserve the Medicine God Cult's victory in Pine Village.

But the result was that Ludwig managed to strike at his opponents while also managing to please everyone, ultimately offending no one – a truly remarkable feat.

But Ludwig sighed and said earnestly.

"It's precisely because I can't afford to offend anyone right now that I feel so uncomfortable!"

End of this chapter

Before we knew it, June had arrived. As the outside temperature continued to rise, summer quietly crept in without anyone noticing.

Despite numerous setbacks and challenges that occurred from last winter to this spring, the people of Pine Tree Village ultimately managed to weather those difficult times.

Everything will continue to develop in a positive direction, and the vast majority of villagers firmly believe this, because their village is blessed by the gods!

As usual, when the first rays of sunlight shone through the cracks in the wooden window onto the bedside, the chirping of birds outside the window, like an alarm clock, woke up the sleeping goddess on time.

Aina, who had just woken up, rubbed her sleepy eyes and felt something move in her blanket. Then she saw a fluffy little head with a cloth bag on its head pop out of the blanket.

Good morning, Connor.

"Quack!"

Reaching out to stroke the baby dragon's head, Aina casually removed the cloth bag from the halo around the baby dragon's head, and the soft white light instantly illuminated the room.

Aina sat up, yawning and stretching out in a big yawn, revealing her beautiful figure. Kanna, who was lying on Aina's lap like a cat with her front paws tucked in, looked up and could just see two round, white "southern hemispheres." Then she looked down at her chest in confusion and patted it with her little paws.

After getting up, Aina went out to wash up, greeted Shanis and Romian in the next room, and then went back to her room to her wardrobe.

Aina's wardrobe didn't actually contain many clothes. Apart from ordinary underwear and socks, her outerwear mainly consisted of several sets of nun's habit that she rotated through, and a goddess dress that she couldn't wear out on a daily basis, which Lude jokingly called her "beginner's outfit."

This gorgeous white dress was worn by Aina when she was born, and it is the same style as the statue currently enshrined in the main hall of the temple.

In Hume's words, this is true "divine armor," not ordinary clothing from the mortal realm. Although it doesn't look particularly special now, as Aina grows, it will surely evolve some extraordinary abilities.

Aina herself also really liked this evening gown, not only because it looked beautiful on her, but also because there was a kind of blood-related bond between the dress and her. Every time she wore it, she would feel a sense of comfort that she couldn't quite explain. Therefore, Aina would occasionally hide in her room and secretly wear it for a while.

Looking at the beautiful white evening gown, Aina couldn't help but let out a long sigh. At that moment, Kanna flew over and landed in the closet, curiously pawing at the dress that emitted a "food-like" smell with her little paws.

"Hey! Don't bite me! This is my favorite outfit!"

Seeing the little dragon looking eager to take a bite, Aina quickly took it out of the cabinet, but the little guy's claws snagged some very thin white cloth.

Aina looked closely and realized it was the lingerie part of the evening gown.

Driven by his sexual interests, Lu was a complete "detail maniac" when he sculpted the statue. He even put a lot of effort into perfecting the underwear part, which would not be exposed after firing.

As Aina picked up the underwear, she suddenly had what she considered a very bold idea.

Soon, Aina changed her clothes and went out. Her nun's habit looked no different from usual, but she walked much slower than usual.

Carrying Kanna to the kitchen/dining area, Ludwig was preparing breakfast, with Romian diligently assisting him. Meanwhile, at the dining table, Shanes and Hume were idly waiting for their food. Seeing Kanna arrive, Hume smiled and waved to her.

"Hey! You're awake!"