A successful bribe

"Minister, she has left."

Talia waved his hand in front of Monica's eyes, bringing Monica out of his trance.

And Monica was still looking at the previous position, with his eyes open and slowly closing them, as if he was experiencing everything just now...

Seeing this scene of her minister, how could Talia not know what was going on now? She didn't even read the contents of the package and just put a tick on Notebook.

Finally, the rustling sound of writing on Notebook's notebook awakened Monica who was intoxicated in fantasy.

She was stunned for a moment and then asked.

"Did that girl come over just now to ask me to do something?"

She really didn't have any memory, and Talia stopped the pen in her hand and answered.

"Same as the Wartime Provision Department addition just mentioned, she is here to give gifts."

"Oh." Monica blinked, feeling that this was really great news.

It seemed that he knew what Monica wanted to say next, so Talia directly answered first.

"I've already put her first, minister, don't worry."

Hearing her assistant say this, Monica felt a little embarrassed in her heart, and she said slowly:

"Is it really okay for us to set the quota at will? What if Command Council asks someone to come and investigate us later? I don't want to get into Light-Effect Stasis Field then. That would be really uncomfortable."

Talia stared at Monica for a while, then answered casually.

"Isn't there no way we can go back?"

This made Monica roll his eyes, and then he remembered that although he was not greedy, he really received all kinds of benefits, and Talia naturally did the same.

"Those who paid less should return their money. If these people fight to die together, it would be bad to report us."

Gifts are either yours or yours if you accept them. If you don't do something, people will definitely be resentful.

This is also the basic rule for accepting gifts. Although it is wrong for others to bribe public officials, the person who bribed him must also be held accountable.

But if it really blows you up, then you won't be able to forgive.

Talia's Notebook's notebook rustled again, and she wrote down all Monica's orders.

At this moment, another voice sounded next to Talia.

"Is this Master Monica, the minister of the Wartime Supply Department?"

This time, a well-dressed young mage came, very formally dressed, without a trace of stain, and he seemed to have prepared a lot for this gift-giving.

"I am."

"Master Monica, I heard that you have been at the Wartime Supply Department for more than ten years. This department makes the fewest mistakes every year. This is your credit."

"To know all the departments of Battle Mage Corps today..."

The young mage didn't say a lot of clichés on this, he just said a few nice words and then directly stated his purpose.

"A nephew of mine wants to seek an opportunity, and I want Master Monica to take more care of him."

The set of procedures was done very well and Monica did not waste a lot of time. In just three minutes, the matter was completed and the gift was delivered directly to Monica instead of to Talia.

After handing over the gift, the young mage left the place without delay.

Monica opened the packaged box, revealing a quarter of a gold brick, showing a rather disgusted expression.

"This is only a few Gold Coin higher than the previous one of 103 Gold Coin. Do these people already know what the people in front of them are giving, so they just don't give too much."

The price of a gold brick is not a stable price in the market. This is caused by various reasons. It is inferred based on the content of Gold Coin recently issued by the Alliance.

The Alliance is about to go to war recently. Logically speaking, the Alliance will soon revamp Gold Coin and launch a version with lower Gold Coin content to collect supplies on the market.

This will increase the price of gold bricks, a pure precious metal. The price of gold bricks on Black Market is now at least 440 Gold Coin.

This has led many mages to temporarily decide to replace their Gold Coin with gold bricks.

The Gold Coin in Fran Spirit Realm are not affected, and the gold content is still the one with more gold content than the previous the Alliance.

"We should go, Minister, otherwise these mages will know that we are here now, and it will be really embarrassing if someone takes pictures of us accepting gifts."

"You're right, we're leaving now."

The two quickly packed up their things, took Fran and the gift left by the young mage just now, and walked slowly outside White Dragon Port.

And Monica still can't forget how Fran looked when she arrived. She had long black hair, a petite body, and a bit of reckless behavior, which added a cuteness to this girl...

She really hasn't met a girl who can make her attracted like this for some time...

"A girl like her actually wants to come to the front line. How can those mages above tolerate it..."

Monica shouted out a bit pretentiously, causing the passers-by to ask questions on their faces. Talia directly pulled Monica to the corner of the street when Monica went crazy, leaving only an unknown sound to the passers-by.

"Minister, you are still outside now, you need to restrain yourself." Talia said helplessly. There was no way, the two of them were already tied together, otherwise Talia would have wanted to leave and find an opportunity to escape from these turmoils related to accepting bribes.

Monica also calmed down. She just calmed down and felt a little blushing about her previous behavior. In fact, she was not at the point where she could ignore other people's gaze.

When she thought of what she had just said, she wanted to clasp her toes on the ground, and even her thoughts became a little depressed, and she began to deny herself.

"Talia, I have such a hobby, am I a failure?"

"Other mages love to study and cast spells. These mages despise those mages who love pleasure."

"Among those mages who enjoy themselves, those who collect fine wine, famous horses, and raise Magic Creature are all the best. Those who love the company of their companions are the lowest among the lowest."

"And a mage like me who likes something different should be even lower class..."

Talia actually thinks so, but she knows Monica's temper. She is only good to those girls. For an old woman like her who has lost interest, she won't listen to any sarcastic words.

And she couldn't say some sarcastic words to irritate Monica. After all, for a mage like Monica who might be under moral pressure at any time outside, he couldn't bear his subordinates talking back.

Although this is irrational, it is very emotional and fits her impression of Monica.

But what's more important now is to say something quickly, otherwise Monica will embarrass himself next.

"Minister, you don't have to feel inferior like this..." Her words were stuck, causing Monica to cast her eyes over, with a bad look.

But this was her purpose to attract Monica's attention, and she had already prepared what she wanted to say.

"After all, the winner of Gold Alchemy Award also has such a hobby. There are even such people, so you don't have to be so inferior."

Monica stared at Talia for a while, and then a smile appeared on her face. She really liked this kind of compliment.

"This is indeed the case. Even the winner of Gold Alchemy Award is like this. This must be human nature."

In terms of reputation among mages, a special hobby like hers is definitely a big detractor.

But no matter how you reduce the points, even if you get the highest honor of School, you cannot lose one-third.

Even in the world of mages, obtaining this kind of award is even more prestigious than becoming a Alliance Council councillor, even though the latter is actually much more difficult than the former.

But there is no way, most mages are out of reach of those Council Member, and receiving such a supreme award means that you must have made outstanding contributions to research, and it may even benefit low-level mages.

Therefore, in the social circle of mages, the first level is indeed those mages who have won the highest awards in School. As long as the hobbies of these mages are not anti-social, then basically few people will criticize them.

There may even be people competing to imitate it, but when it comes to Monica, even if a big shot does it, and she does it, then she also has the honor of being a big shot.

Although such thoughts are very foolish and hysterical, they make Monica feel much better.

She walked to the front, and she and Talia were almost separated when she saw Monica suddenly stopped.

"By the way, I haven't had time to see what kind of gift that girl gave me."

Talia was just about to put the package wrapped in green silk under the table, but when she was discovered, her hands were shaking a little.

Monica blinked, his eyes showing no good intentions, and said slowly:

"Bring it up and open it."

Talia was very nervous, because even though it was tightly wrapped inside, she could actually tell what was inside based on the weight and the position of the center of gravity.

Now she really hates why she doesn't have a spell that can enchant her sight, but even if she did, it probably wouldn't be able to enchant a Third Order Mage.

With trembling hands, she moved very slowly and slowly pushed the silk cloth away. First, the two of them saw the familiar golden shimmer.

"Gold bricks." Monica's brows raised, looking at the size of the package, her hands trembled.

Talia pushed the green cloth away, and the continuous golden color was reflected in their pupils.

This is about ten gold bricks, but there are four thousand Gold Coin. The combined legal income of the two of them is enough to work for at least ten years.

Especially in this position where they also need to use Gold Coin to manage their superiors and subordinates. When Wartime Provision Department does not increase the number of employees, their illegal income will be just that, not much at all.

The two swallowed subconsciously, and neither of them moved first, but Talia had already looked at Monica very sensibly.

Judging from the positions of the two subordinates, it seems that Monica has to take the lion's share. However, for such a large amount, if Monica is more accommodating, he will not monopolize it.

But if Monica hadn't discovered that she hid the package and didn't open it, then she could have just given Monica a gold brick.

This is enough to be the highest among all the mages who paid money, enough for Monica to use the maximum preferential treatment, and she can naturally swallow nine gold bricks.

Just...

"Originally I wanted to be on the same level with you, Talia, but since you didn't remind me just now..."

Monica also seized this opportunity and continued:

"Then I can only give you a piece. Sorry, thank you for your kindness to your boss."

She blinked, as if this was a deliberate excuse by Talia to give Monica a chance to get a gold brick to show goodwill to her boss.

"Yes, this is my mistake. I will leave this part to you, Minister."

And Monica would not push Talia too hard, because Talia is his assistant, so the two were tied too tightly.