Chapter 169: Upcoming Troubles

Chapter 169: Upcoming Troubles

"Mr. Pratt it seems that you have forgotten about the first thing that we agreed on." She wanted to maintain her privacy.

"I did not," Pratt responded, confidence laced his voice. "These are mere thoughts of a small businessman who wants to earn some profits. After all, profits are everywhere as long as you know where to look. Don't you agree with me? Miss Lin?"

Her lips were thin. For a moment, she deliberated if she had been too hasty. However, she really could not remove it from her mind. Something else was going on in the North and the families of the Empires something that she did not know. And she needed to find out what it was because not knowing could get her into more trouble.

As someone who received the Blessing of the Goddess, she was bound to be in trouble. She was going to prevent this from happening as much as she could, but her rebirth caused a lot of changes in this timeline. She could no longer predict a lot of important events that might or might not happen in this lifetime.

Right now, she should prepare herself for the future. She thought about it long and hard and she realized that not only did she need gold, she also needed connections and... knowledge!

Someone like her, who grew up sheltered in her past life, would never survive without knowledge!

"You are right. It is indeed suspicious for someone like me to ask for that information. However, I can only tell you one thing and one thing alone." She took a deep breath as she composed herself. Talking to businessmen can be very troublesome. "Gold."

"Gold?"

"Whatever it was that I am going to do, I can assure you that you will earn from it."

"I don't need gold," Mr. Pratt stated.

She tucked it safely into her spatial bag before she bid the businessman goodbye.

"She really did it," Mathies muttered. Despite how much he tried to keep a serious look on his face, his eyes were unable to deny the excitement that he felt inside.

Someone healed their staff. Someone healed the curse.

Those two sentences could easily create more trouble than good, especially when uttered outside of these walls. Because of this, Pratt had to maintain a calm look and was forced to pretend. He could not show anyone how happy he was. After all, many people are watching the black market.

"You and I will forget about everything the moment we leave that door" Pratt stated. Luckily, those that Miss Lin healed were unconscious at the time and had no way of knowing who healed them. Right now, the only ones who knew about this were Pratt and Mathies. The two of them looked at each other before they nodded without saying a word.

The situation outside of this merchant house was not that good. Many houses already chose to close their business and move to smaller kingdoms. They knew that trouble is brewing.

The fact that someone like Miss Lin would start asking about the Empires was enough to prove his suspicions.

"I have read books about"

"Mathies, you may leave now," Pratt said.

"But I was just about to tell you about "

"The walls have ears Mathies, they have ears," he warned as he closed his eyes and thought about the next coming months. The creases in between his brows deepened. Ah, it was going to become more troublesome from now on, he thought inwardly.