Rebuild World: Volume 5 Part 1 by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Sheryl saw that Akira had hung up and walked back over to him. He was in a good mood, which put her in high spirits as well. “Did something happen?” she asked.

“Yeah. You know that pay from the job in Mihazono I was telling you about? I thought it’d be some time before I got that money, but it looks like I’ll be receiving it now.”

“That’s wonderful! How much was it, if you don’t mind me asking?” Sheryl planned to praise him for a job well done regardless of the amount—she’d only asked so as to get a chance to flatter him. But when she heard his answer, she was so surprised that it took everything she had not to choke.

“Hm? Oh, around six hundred million aurum.”

Sheryl nearly shrieked, “S-Six hundred million?!” Remembering in the nick of time that she was supposed to be a prim and proper lady, she stopped herself. She couldn’t conceal her surprise completely, however—her smile went stiff. Aloud, she asked, “Around six hundred million, you say? Does that mean the final amount might be less than that?” Inwardly, she hoped this was so.

But Akira’s reply dashed her hopes. “Nah, adding everything up, I bet it’ll be more.” The figure he’d quoted was only Monica’s bounty—he was also waiting on Carol’s compensation for his damaged relic, the reward from the insurance company’s rescue job with Elena and Sara, and the pay from the city for investigating the factory district. Before subtracting ammo costs and replacing his damaged equipment, Akira expected his total yield from Mihazono would exceed well over seven hundred million.

From his nonchalant response, Sheryl could tell he wasn’t exaggerating. She could barely speak in surprise. “I-I see. That is a lot of money.”

“Yeah. But that’s just how tough I had it.”

Sheryl could sense from his tone just how difficult his ordeal had been, but this didn’t make her feel any better—after all, he’d amassed over six hundred million aurum in only a week’s time.

Akira had valued the relics in his garage at around fifty million aurum. Sheryl, however, had been thinking she could get around a hundred million if the relic business was a success. Once she’d deducted the shares for the merchants and her gang, she’d expected to deliver around sixty million to Akira in all.

It was the sandwich shop all over again. She’d planned on giving the proceeds from that endeavor—around a million and a half—to Akira. But after seeing him shell out ten million aurum for medicine like it was no big deal, she’d reconsidered. Sheryl had to make sure she and her gang stayed useful to Akira, and offering him mere pocket change would be meaningless.

So she’d told herself she had to make the relic business succeed at all costs. Sixty million aurum, she’d believed, would surely win Akira’s favor. But now that she’d heard how much Akira had netted in a single week, she was nervous. The degree to which someone valued money depended on the size of their income—would Akira consider sixty million aurum a lot of money or a pittance?

She wasn’t sure.

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