Chapter 54 - The Deal (1/2)

”As expected,” Hecathe chuckled as he complimented Kelly, ”You are a smart woman.”

”Don't bother with the flattery,” Kelly sent the man a glare as she snapped, ”The two million... I'll give it to you. Not the guild, but me.”

”Huh?”

”Your deal is with me so I hope you can keep it between us. Nobody outside of this room would ever get to find out,” Kelly spoke up coldly with a bit of a threatening tone, ”You can leave the guild if you really think you're not up to it, but you must have a reasonable explanation for wanting to leave. If I don't find your reason satisfactory then you don't get to leave.”

Hecathe nodded his head as he agreed to this demand, ”That sounds reasonable.”

”I'm taking out money from my own pocket so you better live up to my expectations,” Kelly continued and Hecathe felt a little amused as he heard her authoritative way of speaking.

”Kelly, you've gone mad,” Dane clicked his tongue as he commented but Kelly naturally ignored him.

”You'll be under me so that means all the missions you get would be given to you by me. If I want to send you on a mission without your permission, I would have full right to do so.”

”So in short you want to be my boss?” Hecathe cut her words short as he asked.

Kelly nodded her head confidently as she confirmed it, ”That's right. You become my employee and I become your employer.”

Hecathe chuckled as he heard this and Kelly thought the man was mocking him so she frowned as she questioned rather rudely, ”Is there something funny in what I just said?”

Nothing in what she said was funny but Hecathe couldn't help but chuckle as he thought about how ridiculous the situation was. He had always been the boss. He was the Zelium legend who was the founder of Zuex... Or at least, he used to be and now he stood here in another man's body listening to a woman who wanted to boss him around.

Hecathe shook his head as he immediately responded, ”No. You aren't funny at all.”

”Then I don't get why you should be laughing,” Kelly sent him a piercing icy glare as she spoke and Hecathe gulped as he felt the temperature in the room drop.

”I'll agree to your demands since I think it would be interesting to have such a change in my life,” Hecathe coughed as he instantly wiped away that amused expression from his face and spoke with an utmost serious tone.

Yes, it was certainly going to be interesting for Hecathe to follow someone else's orders.

”Then it's a deal,” Kelly sighed, ”Since I don't want any records to be left behind about this deal, let me pay you up in physical monetary cash.”

”That sounds good to me,” Hecathe beamed shamelessly.

At the end of the day, he had come here to join the guild, and not only was he able to easily join the guild but he was also able to earn some good money out of it. This situation was certainly a win-win for him, but he would naturally not tell Kelly or Dane that they had stupidly walked into his trap.

”Then I guess you'll be joining us as well?” Kelly questioned as she turned to face Raven once again.