With an additional Sunflame Charm in hand, Klein felt a little more secure.
Although Xu Yue had said he could sell him three at a discount, apart from the one he had gotten for free as an emergency item, he ultimately did not take out any gold pounds to buy the other two.
They were only for emergencies anyway. If one could not solve the problem, two more might not make much difference. Besides, the Sunflame Charm caused far too much of a commotion; it was too conspicuous in Backlund.
If he really ran into some mission that required them, he could always buy them then.
All right, to put it more practically, Klein was short on money!
Desperately short on money!
Between the cost of the main ingredient for Sequence 6 and Crawling Hunger, Klein, who wished he could split every gold coin in two, could only leave Xu Yue's residence with tears in his eyes.
The next day at the club, he ran into Mike, the reporter who had hired him last time, and received another commission offer.
"Detective Charlotte, we've worked together once before, and I recognize your skills. This task is even less dangerous than the last one. Mainly, I need you to investigate the East District Dockworkers' Union..."
Mike got straight to the point.
It made Klein's heart skip a beat.
He clearly remembered Xu Yue mentioning at The Tarot Club that the union in the East District had been set up by Xu Yue after he had duped those not-so-bright fellows from the Aurora Society into doing it.
"Has something happened?"
Though startled inwardly, Klein asked with a calm expression.
"Nothing in particular. I was just reflecting on how the organization behind this union has accomplished something neither Parliament nor the nobles could. I