When Lulunaka returned to the shop, she coincidentally saw Balik.
Balik was sitting opposite the counter, drinking tea with Pasta who was sitting inside. Both of their cups were steaming.
Seeing that Lulunaka had returned, Balik greeted her, "How was the tea party with that princess?"
"Interesting little girl, very imposing."
Lulunaka directly climbed up the counter and sat down, shaking her legs, "But a little too sharp. She's someone who will make others uncomfortable when she's unhappy. For a princess, it's not a problem."
"Did she find trouble with you?" Balik asked.
Lulunaka made a surprised expression, "How is that possible? She's an interesting person, of course she wouldn't find trouble with me. Only bored people would use their status to flaunt themselves. Miss Sophia doesn't seem to have such a vulgar taste."
"It's the princess." Balik corrected her.
"No, it's better to call her Miss. I'm worried that one day I'll accidentally call her princess. If that's the case, the distance between us will increase."
Lulunaka laughed, "Since she doesn't intend to tell me her true identity, then let's keep it a secret for now."
"Princess Sophia isn't an easy person to get along with."
Pasta also opened his mouth, "When I first came to the King's Castle and showed off my martial arts to gain some fame, I also had close contact with her.
She asked me, a wandering knight, why would I come to a place like the King's Castle other than for fame and fortune? "
Hearing this, Lulunaka laughed out loud, "Such harsh words. Even if it's not wrong, how can such words be said directly?"
"Such words, only young people can say it." Balik stroked his beard and laughed.
Pasta's expression didn't change, as if he was talking about someone else, "After that, I didn't come into contact with the princess. To her, I'm probably a boring person."
"A woman's intuition tells me that you're an unreliable man. That's the reason." Lulunaka said, then she looked around the shop, "Oh right, where are the two little guys?" She was referring to Julius and Rei.
"They left during the day, saying that they're going back to the Rat Division to pack up their things."
Pasta replied, "Although I don't think that a lonely child of mine would have anything valuable in the Rat Division."
"Who knows, they might have to go back there to sell their stolen goods. After all, they got quite a lot of things from the underground."
Her words caught Balik's attention, "My Lady, don't tell me you did something bad?"
"If the dead are bad, then I did.
It happened very deep underground, so I don't think anyone would come here to seek revenge. "Lulunaka replied Balik with a smile.
Balik thought for a while and decided not to pursue this matter any further.
There were still traces of blue in the starry sky outside. Although it had become very faint, it was still very conspicuous.
This incident didn't cause too much of an impact. His chamber of commerce and fleet returned to normal in a short period of time. For a dwarf, he didn't have that many religious beliefs. Even if he did, it was just to make his business easier.
"Then, Master Balik, what do you think of that little girl?" Lulunaka asked.
Balik didn't answer immediately. Instead, he was silent for a while, "She's a clever child."
"If you're satisfied, then take her away. How about it?" Lulunaka smiled at him.
Pasta's eyebrows moved when he heard Lulunaka's words.
In fact, he had already noticed that Lulunaka had such an intention, but he didn't expect her to implement it so quickly and find a dwarf like Balik.
If it were someone else, they would abruptly say to Balik, "You should adopt a child."
Then Balik would definitely treat this person as a busybody or a person with a problem in his brain. Of course, if the other party was a person with a little identity and status, Balik's words couldn't be too excessive. As for whether to tactfully refuse or change the topic, it depended on the situation.
But for Lulunaka, Balik didn't think that his method would work very well.
When Lulunaka looked at him, there was a smile in her eyes, but her eyes were very serious.
So Balik also took this matter very seriously and didn't take it lightly.
"Clever isn't enough.
If you're not satisfied, then forget it. If I force you to adopt a child you don't want, I'll just be looking for trouble. "
"It's not a big problem for me. I'll just treat it as having a child to eat. Anyway, my Chamber of Commerce is there. It's easy to let her live a better life than before." Balik said, "The only thing I'm worried about is whether the child will be happy."
"Why wouldn't she be happy?
Just tell her that you're hiring a child to work for you. She'll probably be happy to help you count the money. "
Lulunaka's words made Balik cough a few times, because she said that he was like an immoral businessman who exploited child labor.
Pasta showed an expression of sudden realization, "I see … You're really good at fooling children."
Pasta figured out how Lulunaka would persuade Rei. Adoption was easy to make people suspicious, especially a sensitive child like Rei, who wouldn't agree so easily.
But what if it was hiring?
Hiring child labor was not a strange thing, and no one would blame Balik, even if he "hired" an orphan.
In this case, the reason was very suitable, and Rei, who was still wary, could accept it.
"Just let her do whatever she can do. She's very clever. If it's not heavy work, just let her do it."
Lulunaka laughed, "If she doesn't do well, she can survive without money or food … There's no employee more convenient than this."
Balik couldn't figure out whether he was the businessman or Lulunaka. She seemed more suitable to be a businessman than him, and a very immoral one at that.
But the ironic thing was that she didn't look like a businessman when she opened the shop, and the goods were sold at a loss.
However, it was very difficult and meaningless to guess what Lulunaka was thinking, so Balik stopped thinking about it.
"Madam, I think it's great that you didn't become a businessman."
"Because I'm not cut out for it?"
Balik shook his head, "Because you're too willful … You're wandering between the two extremes of squandering and ruthless exploitation. You can't be a businessman, it's just making trouble."
Lulunaka laughed, "I think so too." She said to Balik.