Cheat Awakening

"I see you haven't changed much. So, are you not going to answer my question?"

"Hehehe, you don't have to be so angry. You know, isn't it great to be transferred and all? It's not like you're fired or anything? Or maybe? Do you want us to hire you or something? Well, you don't even have the talent for taming or affinity with monsters, so all you can do is make tea for us or something. Uhyahyahya, cough, cough. I really have to practice this."

In the middle of his villainous laugh, Merlin couldn't help but cough a few times; obviously, he wasn't very proficient in this kind of thing.

"Coming over to someone else's Clan and saying whatever you want? I haven't seen you for a while, and you've gotten yourself into a fairly high position, Merlin. What are you here for? If you're looking for your death, then why waste time beating around the bush? Just be straightforward, and I will happily fulfil your wish," Sylphy cut off Merlin, who was about to continue spitting venom. She didn't hold back and released her killing intent while taking out her sword from her storage pouch.

"Wow, wow, wow, wow! Your Highness, please calm down. It looks like your habit of taking out your sword at every word hasn't decreased at all. I've heard that you have been married..."

"While I'm still here, how could you possibly marry someone else?! No, wait, I understand! Yes, I completely understand!! That bastard must have grabbed hold of your weakness and forced you to marry, right?! It's alright now! I'm here for you!"

The more everyone heard Merlin's words, the more they felt he was mentally retarded and needed a doctor to examine his brain. Not only was he unable to read others' expressions, but once he started speaking, he showed no sign of stopping.

"Even if you don't answer my question, don't you need to answer Her Highness Syphid's question? If your attitude remains as such any further, do not blame me for breaking your ass and throwing you into prison," Gale spoke coldly while pulling out his sword as well and also nodding at Melissa, ready to take down Merlin.

However, despite seeing things getting out of hand, Merlin wasn't worried in the slightest. He took the wine glass from his pet Cyunsuke, a small, colourful feathered bird with a rare bloodline but an absolute bootlicker of her master, and smiled even more crookedly as if he were the owner of the clan and nothing could possibly happen to him.

"Chill, Captain, chill! How can you pull a sword in public? Doesn't your clan care about its image? What would people think if they found out that on the day of the ceremony, just because of a small argument, you couldn't control your emotions, pulled out a sword, and beat someone down?"

"Will those commoners still have the guts to come to you for business? You know, most commoners' requests are very pathetic and stupid, and most of them always try to find a way to cheat the clan so they don't have to pay a penny, and we can clean their mess. They might look stupid and weak, but deep down, they are all human, and we all know how greedy a human can be."

Merlin continued, just then, thanks to his pet, who whispered something to him, he found Waffle, Ocea, Ted, and his parents, who were avoiding his sight so as not to attract unwanted attention.

"Oh, I see that your Clan has some rather rare tamed monsters, huh? We, The Circle of the Devil, will buy them at a high price. Rejoice now."

"They are not for sale. You better find something else and don't put your wretched eyes on my pets," Myne, who was watching the drama from beginning to end because of Fenrir's advice of not messing with the chosen one, otherwise "The World Will" would bring him continuous trouble, finally couldn't take it anymore and spoke coldly.

If not for the fact that the other party's backer was a bit too much of a big deal, he would have long ago thrown this little piece of shit into the mouth of a volcano.

"Huh?… Oh? So you're that bastard Myne that's running the show, huh? You know, everything has a price. Your pets are unique and definitely one in a million, and I want them. I don't believe you can stay indifferent in front of the power of wealth."

"Just name the price, and I will make you the richest man in this shity town. I have taken a liking to your pets; I want them, and I will have them, so instead of fighting uselessly, why don't you settle this matter calmly?"

Merlin, although he had a disgusted expression and didn't look like someone who is extremely rich, and even calling him rich would be too much, but no matter what to say, at least he knew how to talk nonsense with confidence, and for a second, even Myne wondered if the other party was a super-rich dude who was pretending to be a poor adventurer.

"Oh, if that's the case, then 100 trillion platinum coins for each. Hand over the money now, and they will be yours."

Seeing a beggar pretending to be rich before the real world's richest man alive, who had a machine that could create millions of platinum coins, Myne raised his eyebrow in surprise and honestly fulfilled Merlin's wish with a smile.

Hearing the earth-shattering numbers, let's not talk about Merlin, whose brain had short-circuited just thinking about how many zeros there were in trillions; even his family members, especially his pets, were dumbfounded. For a second, they couldn't accept the fact that they were so goddamn valuable.

"Are we so expensive?" Waffle sputtered with a confused look on his face, earning an eye roll from Ocea, who wondered if he was pretending to be stupid or truly was.

"Bastard, you..."

"I'm so sorry, but since you don't have money, I have nothing else to discuss with you. So please leave right this instant. If you still do not wish to leave, then I don't give a f*ck what other people will think, but you definitely won't be able to return to your home for a long time."

The smile on Myne's face had disappeared, and his eye colour started turning red. After gaining the Nightwalker's bloodline, whenever he was angry, his pupils would turn red and start glowing, giving people a lot of pressure just by seeing them.

"Tsk, do you not understand? If you harm me in any way, it'll be a problem between Clans, though? And what's with you? A grown-up brat trying to act all bossy around me to be tough before your wives? Just silently hand your pets to us, and everything will be fine," Merlin stood in front of Myne, staring at his dim, red eyes with a frown, and spoke solemnly.

"Whether I am a brat or not, and showing off before my wives, has nothing to do with you. The only thing you need to know is that I am getting pissed off seeing your disgusting face, and my patience is running low. So just get the f*ck out of my clan, and never, ever come back here again."

"You and your clan are banned here... Aisha, every single person from The Circle of the Devil is blacklisted in our clan. If anyone dares to enter our property, use all force to beat them down and cripple them. Also, if they are core members of the clan, then put a bounty of 10,000 gold coins on them. Let's show them the consequences of looking down on us."

Saying that, Myne patted Merlin's shoulder, whose body was shaking in anger, and returned to his seat, no longer wanting to waste time with him.

And Merlin, hearing Myne's dominating words and his blatant show of wealth, was left dumbfounded. He hadn't expected things to take this kind of turn, and most importantly, he had also dug a hole for his clan as well.

Today, he hadn't just come here to make trouble, but also as a representative of his clan. As a gold-rank member, he was fully qualified for that, and he had heard from people that this Myne have a flying wolf, so come here to make a deal, but who would have thought that not only he, but even his entire clan was directly blacklisted by the other party, and he even threatened him to put a bounty on their head.

10,000 gold coins are enough to make all the killers of the black market crazily excited. He had no doubt that if someone really put such a huge bounty on his head, he would definitely die a few times for sure.

"Myne, did you see that? Near that idiot, there is a huge mass of magic, floating around strangely."

Just as Myne returned to his seat, Ocea floated beside him and spoke slowly, making him raise an eyebrow because he hadn't noticed that. Although he couldn't say he had become sensitive to mana, if there really was as much mana surrounding Merlin as Ocea was telling, then he should have noticed when he stood facing him.

However, although Ocea spoke in a low voice, almost everyone heard her words since there was pin-drop silence in the hall and everyone was busy watching their drama, no longer in the mood to share their boring topic with each other.

For most commoners and even for nobles, the way of entertainment is very limited, and almost everyone has developed the habit of taking pleasure in other people's misfortune. And since the matter between Myne and Merlin had already reached its peak, only lacking a small spark to ignite an explosion, they obviously didn't want to miss anything.