Xu Yi and Great Mage Camilla both froze.
Great Mage Camilla gave Great Mage Truchi a strange look and could not help chuckling. "Hey, Truchi, I always thought you cared the least about money out of us old folk. I never imagined you'd change so much and become even greedier than me! Ten thousand gold coins a year still isn't enough for you? How much do you want, then?"
Seeing Great Mage Truchi's embarrassment and shame, Xu Yi shook his head slightly at Great Mage Camilla, then turned to Great Mage Truchi and spoke very calmly. "I'm afraid I can only apologize. Our guild's salaries are determined by strict rules and regulations, and we can't raise them arbitrarily. Besides, you've only just joined us. It would hardly be reasonable to give you a higher salary than Great Mage Camilla."
Great Mage Truchi sighed and nodded. "I understand. I was being greedy."
Great Mage Camilla frowned. "Truchi, what sort of trouble have you run into? Are you really that short of money?"
"It's a long story." Great Mage Truchi shook his head and stood up. "In any case, I'm afraid ten thousand gold coins a year is nowhere near enough. Since you can't agree to pay me a higher salary, Xu Yi, I'll have to find another way."
Seeing Great Mage Truchi about to leave, Xu Yi quickly stood up and stopped him.
"Your Excellency, if the difficulty you're facing requires a large sum of money to resolve, I believe I have the means to help you. Why don't you tell me what the problem is and let me consider how I could help?" Xu Yi said earnestly.
"It's no use." Great Mage Truchi let out a long sigh. "That place is practically a bottomless pit. I can't keep borrowing money