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As a renowned merchant in the Kingdom of Fiore, even major guilds like Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord wouldn't dare to treat him with such disrespect.

Not to mention leaving oneself in the reception room for more than an hour, wasting one's precious time like this.

Just as Jude was about to fly into a rage and storm out, Bitz finally appeared at the door, smiling as he pushed it open and walked in.

"I'm so sorry, I was held up by some trivial matters. I hope I didn't keep Mr. Jiude waiting."

Sarah breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the young man enter and quickly bowed respectfully to greet him.

"President."

"Yes, Sarah, thank you for your hard work. You can go now."

Nodding and telling Sarah to go on with her business, Bitts then casually walked over to Judd and plopped down in front of her.

Looking at this handsome and tall young man, and remembering that he had just been left hanging by this kid for more than an hour, Jiude was so angry that he wanted to yell at him.

"you..."

He had barely finished speaking when he was interrupted by Bitz's surprised voice.

"Oh dear, how could Sarah serve Mr. Judd such a paltry tea?"

"I am ignorant of etiquette, and I am truly sorry for making a fool of myself."

As he spoke, without making any significant movements, he simply swept his finger across the glass, sending the teacup and its contents into the trash can.

Immediately, two wine glasses and a bottle of fine red wine flew down from the neatly arranged wine rack behind him, pouring half a glass of wine for each of them.

Beetz picked up his wine glass with one hand, shifted to a more comfortable position, leaned back on the sofa armrest, and crossed his legs.

Looking at the motionless Jiude, he smiled and raised his glass to him.

"Mr. Jiude, let's have a drink before we talk business. Even if we don't reach an agreement in the end, it won't hurt our friendship."

Slightly lost in thought, Jiude looked down at the red wine that had been handed to him and subconsciously frowned.

His momentary daze was not because he was surprised by Bitches's ability to retrieve objects from a distance.

After all, he had his deceased wife and daughter Lucy, both of whom were mages, by his side, and he was familiar with some of the methods mages used.

He was lost in thought simply because he understood another layer of meaning behind Bitz's actions.

This is the Mage Guild. I am a mage. You ordinary person, stop babbling at me. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll just use magic to take you down.

Of course, Bitz is a cultured man, so he wouldn't speak so crudely, but that's roughly the gist of it.

Jiude looked up and gave a deep look at the young man who seemed to be smiling warmly, but whose eyes did not actually take him seriously.

Arrogant! So arrogant! This trash guild, established just over a month ago, has such a terrible attitude. They're completely disregarding Heartfilia!

"Bitz... right?" After holding it in for a long time, De finally spoke.

Bitz slightly raised his chin and responded with a soft hum through his nose.

"Ha, young people get arrogant and conceited after achieving a little success. With a guild leader like you, this guild is destined to not last long."

Jiude spoke in a very impolite and condescending tone.

"Since you're not sincere, I'll get straight to the point."

"How much money do you want to let my daughter go?"

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Haha, that's exactly the tone! It perfectly matches my stereotype.

When he heard Jiude immediately ask for money, Bitz couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.

"You mean Lucy? Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

I didn't kidnap her, so there's no question of whether I'll let her go or not.

Jiude had lost the will to continue the conversation and took his words as mere bargaining.

"Don't waste your time, Hatfilia's wealth is far greater than you imagine."

"Give me a figure. After I get the money, I'll take Lucy away immediately."

"360" "Heh~" With a cold laugh, Bitts put down his wine glass, placed his hands on the armrests of the sofa, glanced around the luxurious decorations of the reception room, and then fixed his gaze on Jiude, saying disdainfully:

"No matter how much business you do, it shouldn't ruin your brain, right?"

Look at the decor of my room, and think about the location of my guild.

Do you think I look like someone who's short of money?

"Kid, you..." For years, no one had dared to mock him so openly. Accustomed to being high and mighty, Jiude was instantly enraged.

But just one cold, murderous glare from Bitz was enough to make Jude swallow all the words he was about to say, and his hands and feet gradually grew cold.

"Watch your mouth. If it weren't for your relationship with Lucy, you would have been crushed to ashes long ago when you started spouting nonsense and looking down on my guild."

You're just an ordinary person, a wealthy businessman from a neutral small country. Do you really think you're some big shot who has the right to put on airs in front of me?

If you know what's good for you, get lost. It's none of your business what kind of life Lucy wants to live.

If you don't even have this much sense, you might as well kill yourself now, so you don't accidentally offend someone you can't afford to mess with and drag Lucy down with you."

That damn guy is just a greenhorn in his early twenties, how dare he! How dare he!!!

Jiude's anger was stronger than ever before. Since he started his business, no one had ever dared to disregard him like this.

He's just a mere mage; with his wealth, he can hire as many of those kinds of people as he wants.

Jiude made a deep grudge against him, and after giving the clueless young man one last, menacing look, he got up from the sofa and left without a word.

He's a businessman, and businessmen need to know how to avoid risks. He was too hasty this time and didn't bring more mages with him.

As an ordinary person, I'm at a huge disadvantage when facing a mage who has mastered magic.

But next time—no, after he goes back today—he will issue a commission to a more powerful mage guild to deal with this little-known guild.

Let this arrogant young man understand that his meager abilities are utterly useless in the face of truly wealthy people!

Jude stormed off, and Sarah returned shortly after he left.

After disposing of the untouched glass, she stood beside Bitts with a hint of worry in her heart and spoke softly:

"President, Judeheartfilia is, after all, one of the wealthiest merchants in the Kingdom of Fiore. Is it really a good idea to provoke her like this?"

Beetz beckoned for another wine glass, poured some wine, and presented it to Sarah.

After Sarah took the glass, he smiled calmly, even in a lighthearted tone:

"Ha, a fool who doesn't even know his own name when he has a little money, really thinks he can solve everything with his measly money?"

Having wealth without the power to protect it and inspire fear is destined to make him nothing more than a fat pig raised by a stronger power, ready to be slaughtered at any time.

Sarah looked down at the crimson liquid in her glass. Having previously worked in the government affairs office, she understood perfectly what the chairman meant.

In this world that seems to have perfect laws and where everyone is equal, in reality everyone is divided into several categories.

Among them, powerful mages who possess absolute strength and can rival an entire nation are undoubtedly in the top tier.

Those nobles and royalty who wielded immense wealth and secular power belonged to the second tier.

An ordinary person like Jiude, who possesses wealth but lacks real strength, can only be ranked in the third tier alongside mages who are affiliated with guilds of all sizes, wield magic but have only average strength.

Those at the very bottom of the list are undoubtedly the truly ordinary people who have neither money nor power, nor any magic to rely on.

After spending several months together and the Iron Forest incident, Sarah was able to roughly confirm that her guild leader had the strength to be ranked in the top tier.

A powerful figure like the chairman, who grasps the truth, naturally wouldn't bother with ordinary people like Jiude.

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In Bitz's mind, he understood that he was beyond this level and belonged to a class of his own.

So he's just a big businessman; if it weren't for Lucy, he wouldn't have bothered with him at all.

This time, Phantom's target should be us.

If we can completely eradicate this guild that rivals Fairy Tail, and then deal with Joseph, one of the Ten Saints...

The guild and my reputation will likely resound throughout the entire continent of Ishgar in no time.

Bitz thought to himself with glee that if Jude knew that not only did he not take his methods seriously, but he also wanted to use this opportunity to become famous across the continent by stepping on his helpers, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.

While secretly hoping for an early war between the two guilds, Bits suddenly thought of Fairy Tail being attacked by Phantom Lord in the anime.

He didn't need to worry about the strength of Yan, Leng, and Lu29xi in his guild.

Eve is just a clueless idiot with average skills, and she still lives alone outside.

It seems I should tell Eve and have her move to the manor.

besides...

Glancing at Sarah beside him out of the corner of his eye, Bitts spoke up to remind her:

"You peripheral members of the guild should also be careful during this period."

Although I am not afraid, the enemy is very likely to attack you.

If it's not necessary, you can stay with them at the guild for a while.

Anyway, the guild has enough rooms; there's plenty of room for you all.

Sarah, who was carefully savoring the taste of the fine red wine, paused for a moment upon hearing this, then looked up in surprise and asked:

"You mean, we might also be targeted for attacks?"

This... that can't be right. Although we work for the guild, we're just peripheral members who receive a fixed salary.

Attacking us is no different from attacking ordinary people; if the council finds out, it's a serious crime enough to lead to the guild's expulsion.

That's true, but it's just in case.

Bitz looked at the empty glass in her hand and used the bottle to pour her a full glass.

"Okay, okay, if you fill it up, you won't be able to taste its aroma."

Carefully holding the full glass of wine, Sarah gave a helpless smile and sighed:

"Understood, Chairman. I will inform everyone later."

However, you don't need to worry too much. Although the people I recruited are not true mages, they are not ordinary people without any magic power either.

With the magical artifacts provided by the guild, ordinary mages might not be a match for us.

As she spoke, Sarah pulled out one hand and patted the holster on her waist.

Seeing her actions, Bitz couldn't help but laugh.

Because her name and natural red hair were very similar to a character in his previous life's game, Beetz, with a wicked sense of humor, equipped her with two pistols.

Of course, Beetz wasn't naive enough to think that having two guns made her truly Miss Unlucky.

"Don't be careless. The magical artifacts issued by the guild are only useful for dealing with weak mages. Those well-known guys can't be dealt with by these little things alone."

"I understand, President. I will keep everyone in line and try not to go out at night."

"Yes, when Yan and Leng return, I will have them try to make a batch of more powerful magical artifacts."

Perhaps in the future, when you have more time, you can do some tasks that aren't too difficult.

shuh~ Sarah's eyes lit up instantly. Like the other peripheral members of the guild, she couldn't become a true mage because her body couldn't store enough magic power.

If Beetz grants their wishes and lets them experience the work of a mage, they will serve the guild wholeheartedly for the rest of their lives to repay the guild master's kindness!

Bits: "Huh? Why did the room suddenly light up?"

Sarah: "o/ o/ o/" As the new sun rises over Rostock, Yan, who has received a special mission, is en route to Galna Island.

During her journey, Yan had already gathered information about the specific objectives of this mission.