Looking at those two very exquisite little chess pieces, Old School Striking King's expression looked terrible. "I even told you to steer clear of divine artifacts, and yet, this thing just delivers itself right to your doorstep?
Are you sure you didn't just pick it up yourself?"
Edna shook her head. "No, I didn't~ I just counted my money right before leaving the small town."
Elvia, trailing at the very back, stretched her neck out to examine the two chess pieces intently while helping Edna explain. "We just finished calculating the latest toll fees, so there's no way we made a mistake~
After all, the money from now on belongs to Arauthator, and if even a single coin is missing, he won't let it slide and give it back to us."
Leonard, smiling nearby, was instantly horrified. "Toll fees?"
"Since when are there cities that don't charge waterway fees?" Elvia was extremely displeased with his astonishment. "If it weren't for Hill forcing us to set a maximum standard, I wouldn't have charged such a paltry amount!
Sigh! There's no helping it. Who made him the one who paid to build that water route, and since I can't beat him, I can only listen to him.
Tsk tsk, it's even lower than what Silver Moon City charges, and theirs are natural river channels to begin with!"
Josani flew up from Leonard's shoulder. "Don't pay any attention to Leo, Nature Mages are just a bunch of foul habits.
They never understand the preciousness of gold!"
She fluttered in circles around Elvia like a dancing butterfly before finally landing beside the White Dragon Queen's ear, whispering softly, "What are the rates like? Tell me all about it, won't you?"
Old School Striking King frowned as she asked Leonard, "Why do you care about