At Ellie's cautious probing, Hill did not hesitate. He directly made his unwillingness clear: "There's no need to spend money on something we don't need.
Mithril can be replaced by other materials. It isn't worth paying such a high 'price' to stockpile it."
Hill could never accept a gift from a family of the Ster Family's standing... Although he wanted to find a suitable reason to naturally take on the job of teaching Ellie, he only wanted to be a temporary worker who could walk away at any time, not a contract worker bound by an agreement.
Especially... this salary... instantly reminded him of the currency of a certain country that was worth even less than hell money.
It looked like a lot, but was actually useless.
Hill's firm refusal made Ellie sigh silently... Honestly, if so many Mid-Rank and High-Rank alchemists hadn't come today, she would have thought this piece of mithril really was worthless!
Mr. Belfran's will was truly unshakable.
The longer she interacted with him, the more clearly Ellie understood that Mr. Belfran really was an upright man.
Even though that idiot Lucimar from the Ismail Family was always trying to ruin the relationship between Mr. Belfran and the Ster Family, badmouthing her every day, Mr. Belfran had no intention of believing him.
No, it would be more accurate to say that even if Mr. Belfran had given the Ismail Family a little ground, he still would not change his way of doing things because of pressure from Grand Sage Ismael.
And Mr. Belfran's knowledge was truly vast... Ellie had originally thought her understanding of various materials was already quite detailed, but after Mr. Belfran questioned her, he would occasionally mention what he presumably considered basic knowledge she had overlooked. Each time, it made her deeply aware