Second Market Opening

Kerry hadn't figured out how to get along with the Archmage yet, but he knew that since the other party was willing to be a Griffon keeper, they must have wanted to hide their identity. Now that their identity was exposed, the time to find him again would likely be the time for them to leave.

So, he kept having Carson provide him with good food and drink, while he desperately tried to find a way to keep the other party here. Finally, he thought of a possibility: perhaps the Dimensional Exchange would have something that could make Gandalf stay on South Australia Island.

As for Carson, he focused on taking care of Emma, always saying that Kerry had specifically arranged it to try and set them up.

The current situation, where Gandalf came to find Kerry, also had Carson's behavior contributing to the misunderstanding.

"Archmage Gandalf, I didn't deliberately avoid you."

"Kerry, did you have a fight with Emma?"

The two men said at the same time. Kerry wanted to first explain that he had been avoiding Gandalf because he had urgent matters to attend to and had no intention of delaying him from leaving.

Gandalf, on the other hand, saw Butler Carson constantly sending things to Emma, while Kerry himself didn't come. He knew that when it came to couples, it was best for things to be delivered personally. This situation likely meant that Kerry had upset Emma.

Kerry, not daring to admit his mistake face-to-face, was clumsily trying to win Emma's favor, and having the Butler send things was a clear indication of this.

Neither of them expected the other to speak at the same time, but Gandalf had clearly misunderstood the reason for Kerry's avoidance.

"I know you didn't deliberately avoid me, it's okay, I don't mind. But you haven't seen Emma for many days, and that's not good." Gandalf mistakenly believed that Kerry was avoiding her because he was too embarrassed to admit they had argued.

Kerry, however, was dumbfounded. What did that mean? What did Miss Emma have to do with this? Was it about their previous bet? But the deadline was still far away, so why would he argue with her? What was the problem with not seeing each other for a few days?

Wait, I've got it. We have a bet, and the results won't be known for half a year. You guys have to stay to watch me train these City Guard teams.

So Kerry said, "Miss Emma and I do have a slight misunderstanding, but our differences will be clear in half a year. I'll trouble Archmage Gandalf and Miss Emma to wait patiently. I will make Miss Emma truly convinced."

Kerry actually meant that he wanted Emma to be convinced that she had lost the bet. But now that Emma was the Archmage's granddaughter, it was difficult to make her fulfill her promise of being a maid for a month. However, if he proposed that she stay here for a while longer instead of being a maid, he thought she would agree.

Kerry believed that the days he needed the Archmage's protection wouldn't last long, and he would soon become powerful. Therefore, he just wanted to buy more time.

"What differences will take half a year to resolve? But this is a matter for you young people. Having half a year to resolve differences is also good. I was too young and impulsive back then; some things are best when given time to settle."

Gandalf was going further and further down the path of misunderstanding. However, upon hearing about resolving differences in half a year, he suddenly thought that Emma's birthday was the day after tomorrow, and she would only be 14. In another half year, she would be almost 15. Kerry would also be almost 18 by then. Such ages were more suitable for marriage.

Currently, both of them were indeed a bit young, especially Emma.

Although early marriage was common among commoners on the continent, with many girls marrying at twelve or thirteen, Gandalf had even heard of cases in some central and eastern regions where girls as young as nine were forced into marriage.

However, Gandalf himself preferred girls to marry after they were fifteen or sixteen.

Kerry didn't dare to ask him how impulsive he was when he was young. In any case, he felt that their conversation seemed to be on different wavelengths. However, Kerry understood that Gandalf agreed to spend half a year with Miss Emma to resolve the bet, which put Kerry at ease.

So he said, "Just you wait and see, old man. You'll be satisfied with what happens between Miss Emma and me then." Kerry was still thinking that he could be magnanimous and not make Emma a maid, and he wondered if the Archmage would be very pleased with that.

"Well, that's all for now. Oh, by the way, Emma's birthday is the day after tomorrow. Don't forget?" Gandalf said this and then left.

Little brother, this old man can only help you this much. He turned around潇洒ly, and the sunlight shone through the castle's glass onto his snow-white long hair, giving him an indescribably sacred and majestic appearance, full of the demeanor of an elder.

Gandalf felt like a kind elder now, helping a lost young man save his love.

"What do you mean? You want me to try and win over Miss Emma?" So Gandalf was the type of person who didn't care about being flattered himself, as long as his relatives were well taken care of, he was willing to help. As expected, the many senior transmigrators were right; the personalities of masters were indeed strange.

Soon, it was getting dark. Kerry asked his capture team to work overtime today, striving to catch more jellyfish before the market opened tomorrow. The Dimensional Exchange was the only drawback; its opening hours were limited. It would be great if it could be open all the time.

At 12 PM the next day, the jellyfish capture team, who had worked through the night, did not bring Kerry much surprise. Instead, this month, due to the large-scale attack at the dock last time, many jellyfish were lost during the "Universe Throwing Jellyfish Kill."

The estimated income was around 10,000 Points per day. When Old Baxia's shop calculated it, they only made 280,000 Points in 30 days, which was 20,000 less than expected.

"Old Baxia, you're here again? It's not our first transaction, give me an honest price." Kerry naturally suspected that Old Baxia was playing tricks on him in private, after all, Baxia's integrity was not guaranteed.

"Kerry, we're old acquaintances, how could I cheat you? With your large volume, I can't afford to offend you. If I drive you away, I'll suffer a huge loss. This time, I've given you the full price for some that weren't very fresh. This is already the most honest price."

Old Baxia already knew that this difficult customer was named Kerry Raynor; they had introduced themselves. And since Baxia's name, Ao Nao Rao, was too difficult to pronounce, Kerry had always called him Old Baxia.

Kerry did not trust Old Baxia's character, and their relationship as old customers had only started last month. He immediately connected to the Tortoise Shell shop.

The Tortoise Shell shop only offered a 5% discount. After receiving the quote, he found that it was even worse than Old Baxia's quote. Kerry felt a bit embarrassed and reconnected with Old Baxia.

"Sorry about that, the trading machine had a problem and got disconnected. Let's continue now. 280,000 it is. Can you give me some freebies as well?" Kerry shamelessly asked for freebies after getting a price reduction.

"Kerry, you need to know when to stop. I'm the only one in the entire Dimensional Exchange who gives you the most favorable price. Don't think I really dare to lose a customer like you." Old Baxia was angered again, and a layer of frost suddenly appeared on the things around him.

"No freebies, fine. Why are you getting angry? Hurry up and complete the transaction. I'm in a hurry to buy cultivation technique Secret Manuals." Kerry knew he had reached the other party's limit this time and quickly changed the subject.