Soup Forest: The Story of the Woman Who Speaks with Animals and the Former Mercenary Vol.1 by Syuu

Author:Syuu [Syuu]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Published: 2024-06-30T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21: Arthur’s Resignation

“I’M sorry, miss, what did you just say?”

“I said, I want to hire Arthur as my bodyguard.”

“May I ask why?”

“Mr. Freddy, do you know what he is?”

“I’ve heard he used to be a mercenary.”

“Do you know what kind of mercenary?”

“What kind? Can’t say I know.”

Karen uncrossed her legs and crossed them the other way, a look of exasperation on her face. She stared at her immaculately cared for nails, then looked back at Freddy and said, “I was curious about him, so I did some investigating. He was apparently quite famous as a mercenary. On contract, he earned seven small gold pieces a month. Mercenaries generally work for cheap, but that’s top class. Don’t you think it’s a waste to use such superb talent for picking plants and watching your shop? How much are you even paying him? I doubt it’d be any more than two small golds a month.”

Freddy watched Karen as she talked. It was obvious she was trying to use her father’s money to get her way. When she was done talking, though, he let out a bark of laughter. “The fact that you came all the way here to my humble pharmacy means Arthur already turned you down. Miss, there are some people in this world who won’t lick your boots, no matter how much you pay them. And those people are free to make that decision. Arthur came to me looking for work, and he’s an incredible employee. I’m not about to fire him.”

“You’ll find yourself out of customers if you go against me,” said Karen.

“Oh? Is that a threat? Someone from the villas is threatening one of the townsfolk?”

“I can use my money to do whatever I want with the people of this tiny, backwater town. Everyone loves money.”

The door burst open. Arthur was back from his errands. He took in everything between Freddy and Karen in one look and growled, “What are you doing here?”

“Oh, hello there,” said Karen. “I was just asking your employer if I could hire you off of him.”

“I already told you no,” said Arthur. “Stop causing trouble for Freddy.”

“Just think about it. You can make five times what you do here as my bodyguard. Even a child can see that would be better. Why are you refusing?”

“Because that five-times-as-much pay includes the hassle of dealing with you. Looks like you don’t actually know anything about me.” He strode over to Karen’s chair and looked down at her, emanating hostility from every fiber of his being.

Karen was overwhelmed by this but kept a straight face as she looked up at him.

“You all think the same,” he said. “You’re planning on bullying Freddy’s shop as long as I’m still working here, aren’t you? You’ll just wait until I feel so bad about what’s happening to him that I’ll listen to whatever you say. You don’t care if what’s pocket change to you ends up making him suffer. Well, too bad, ’cause as of right now, I quit.”

“Arthur, you don’t have to do that,” said Freddy.

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