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Chapter 38: Peerless Dancer: Greta Syke

Seeing Rein’s shocked expression, Olli smiled, raised his teacup, and sipped delicately.

“You’re still the same, Rein, always so impatient, of course we can haggle if I quoted a high price.”

“You could name a price too, and we would negotiate it slowly.”

Hearing Olli’s words, Rein crossed his arms and said, “Oh.”

“100,000 gold coins,” Rein said without hesitation.

Pfft.

Olli immediately spat out his black tea.

“Are you paying beggars now, Rein? You really dare to say that, huh?”

Olli widened his eyes as he stared at Rein’s pout.

“So what? You said we could negotiate slowly.”

Imitating Olli’s manner, Rein raised his teacup and took a small sip.

Olli shook his head in an exasperated laugh.

“Ugh.”

Olli first called to Bertrand behind him to clean up the spilled tea from the floor, and then he asked Rein a question.

“Rein, you should still have the qualification to enter the Secret Realm, right?”

Hearing Olli’s question, Rein paused for a moment and nodded.

“Yes, I do. What about it?”

When Olli heard that Rein really had the Secret Realm qualification, he was clearly stunned.

He had only asked casually just now and had not expected Rein to actually have it.

Olli then suppressed the surprise in his eyes and calmly continued drinking his tea.

“Oh? How many do you have?”

Although Rein saw the surprise in Olli’s eyes, he remained silent.

“Not many. Why? You want some? I can’t give them to you.”

Olli suddenly coughed twice.

It was unclear whether he was choked by the tea or by surprise.

Immediately showing renewed courtesy, Olli stood up, came to Rein’s side, and refilled his teacup.

“Oh dear, Rein, you know the Morris Family motto, don’t you?”

“Everything has its price.”

“Name your price, and as long as it’s not too outrageous, I won’t argue.”

Seeing Olli, who was ten years older than him, acting so solicitous, Rein shifted to sit beside him.

“Your family has no slots? That can’t be; the Morris Family is a marquis house.”

Hearing this, Olli nodded helplessly.

“We do have them, but only three. Too many people, too few slots… it’s barely a drop in the bucket.”

Three?

Hearing there were only three slots, Rein was momentarily stunned.

“Only three? Oh, that makes sense; Royal City divides a hundred slots among so many nobles.”

Olli nodded and said, “Yes, Rein, how many do you have?”

Seeing Rein still considering, Olli thought for a moment, clenched his teeth, and proposed another condition.

“Rein, everyone knows you like beauties. Here’s the deal: no matter how many slots you have, as long as you agree to trade… ”

“I’ll tell you a secret.”

“A secret about a peerless beauty.”

Olli’s words instantly piqued Rein’s interest.

A beauty? A peerless beauty?

This stirred something in Rein, who had a habit of collecting beauties.

“I don’t have many slots either, only five.”

Rein did not reveal all ten slots he truly possessed.

Hearing there were five, Olli couldn’t help but marvel that Rein’s personal slots outnumbered the Morris Family’s.

Rein had no idea of Olli’s thoughts… that he actually had over two hundred slots of his own.

That revelation might have made Olli literally drop his jaw in surprise.

“Five? In that case, if you agree, four slots for the Moulin Rouge; how does that sound?”

Listening to Olli, Rein was secretly pleased but still wore a slightly embarrassed expression.

“Big Brother Olli, you know these five slots are meant for my father’s trusted disciples.”

“If I give you four now, I’ll be left with only one, and if my father finds out, he’ll kill me.”

Olli nodded knowingly.

“Then… three slots, plus 500,000 gold coins, and the Moulin Rouge is yours.”

Rein’s eyes revealed his interest as he nodded.

“All right… then it’s settled, Big Brother Olli. Now, where is this peerless beauty you mentioned?”

Olli couldn’t help but laugh hoarsely and nodded, “Rest assured, I, Olli, have never gone back on my word.”

“Rein, do you know… Greta Syke?”

At the name, Rein’s expression turned to shock.

“Greta!? That peerless dancer!? Didn’t she die?”

Olli shook his head, “No, it’s complicated, but she isn’t dead.”

“Furthermore, she’s well hidden on the Morris Family’s territory.”

“Had she not come to me with a request, I wouldn’t have even known she was still alive.”

Seeing that Olli had no more to say, Rein understood just from that look.

He immediately took out three special coins and a gold card from his Aetheric Device and placed them on the table.

When Olli saw the coins, he immediately picked them up to examine them.

Watching Olli inspect them so carefully, Rein smirked, “Did you think I’d give you fakes? You don’t trust me at all.”

Olli glanced at Rein, “You never know with your record.”

After checking, the coins were indeed genuine, and only then did Olli place them into his Aetheric Device.

He then pocketed the gold card from the table and nodded to Bertrand behind him.

Soon, Bertrand returned carrying a box.

Olli took the box, then pulled out a stack of documents from his Aetheric Device and handed them to Rein along with the box.

“Inside are the deeds to the Moulin Rouge and the contracts of the related staff.”

“Also, this contains all the information on Greta that I know.”

“As for how you handle her, that’s your business and has nothing to do with me, Olli.”

“But if you give me one more coin, I, Olli, will definitely be your most reliable aide!”

Immediately, a coin flew toward Olli.

Olli hurriedly caught it, looking at the coin in shock.

“Holy crap, no way, he really gave it!?”

Then he looked up at Rein with a determined gaze.

“Rein, if there’s any news about Greta, I’ll inform you immediately.”

“Moreover, I, Olli, will be your most steadfast aide; if you don’t capture Greta, I’d feel ashamed of myself.”

Rein pocketed the documents and patted Olli on the shoulder.

“Good. Big Brother Olli, when I go to Whartney Province, you have to plan everything for me.”

“Don’t worry, Little Brother Rein, with your brother here, Greta will definitely be yours.”

Seeing Olli ready to swear brotherhood, Rein had no doubts about his words.

After all, the Morris Family always valued their promises.

“All right, brother, you don’t need to see me off; I know the way.”

“Okay, little brother, take care.”

Olli watched as Rein and his party’s figures slowly disappeared.

He took out the four coins and, under the crystal chandelier’s glow, they emitted a special aura.

These four coins were not only extremely valuable but also crucial for helping him win over important family members.

It was not long after Rein left.

A servant knocked on the door, entered, reported to Bertrand, and then left the room.

Then Bertrand interrupted Olli’s coin admiration, “Young Master, the Second Young Master has something going on again.”

Bertrand let out a heavy sigh when he heard that Olli had put the coins away.

“Sigh, compared to other nobles, I still prefer dealing with Rein.”

Bertrand looked puzzled, “Young Master Olli, why is that?”

“At least it isn’t so exhausting.”

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