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By the time I finished two plates of steak and drained my second glass of apple juice, Verita and Ramon seemed to have completed several revisions.
Verita presented the contract with a smile. "Here you go! Brother Luan, you can sign."
Her earlier anger had vanished so completely that I wondered whether it had ever been real. Perhaps she had staged the whole display to gain leverage in the negotiations.
"Is it settled already?" I asked.
"That's right. To be honest, you'd receive three times more support from any other clan, but..." Verita gave a small shrug. "I have the feeling you like this place, so there's only so much I can do."
Verita seemed to be saying, "Instead, I squeezed every possible advantage!"
On the other hand, Ramon muttered, his face pale, "I-I never imagined she'd negotiate like this..."
Lanfero laughed and took a sip of apple juice. "Isn't this what I told you? She isn't an ordinary person."
Ramon groaned. "Brother, whose side are you on?"
"I'm not your brother, I am your boss," Lanfero corrected.
"It's the same thing," Ramon shot back. "In any case, I've emptied our savings. I don't know how I am going to cover next month's consumables, equipment repairs, groceries, or even the water bill..."
I tilted my head. "You seem to be very tight when it comes to money. Is there a reason?"
"The reason..." Lanfero stared into the distance, lost in thought.
I turned to Ramon instead.
The goblin released a heavy sigh. "Isn't it obvious why we are broke? We have no work. The clan...
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