Claire slid his hand around the mouth of the cup a few times and decided to cut in from another place, lest the other party knew his intention at once, which would make it difficult to talk later.
"Madam, how about the Archmage I introduced to you a few days ago?"
Sophia picked up the goblet and sipped the red wine inside, and said lightly, "Kill."
Claire had a wave of red wine in his hand. He was a little shocked, but he didn't show it. He took a sip of the red wine and then asked, "Why did you kill him?"
"Isn't this what you meant?" Sophia said innocently, "If there were no special circumstances, would you suddenly introduce me to Archmage?"
Sophia's body leaned forward slightly, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin. He got close to Claire's face again, and continued, "So I suspect that maybe you encountered some danger, so you took this step and introduced him to me. Naturally, I want to solve your troubles."
Speaking of this, Sophia smiled playfully and said, "How about it, I did pretty well."
Claire: "..."
He really didn't mean this, otherwise Mental Connection would have been noticed by Xiu Shi. Although he thought about it later, it is better to do less than to do more. The letter of introduction written by Claire was very serious, and there was absolutely no words with special meaning written in it.
"Just kill him." Claire said calmly.
Anyway, there is no loss for him, but he is a little sad. Sophia's behavior makes him feel that his credibility has been invisibly consumed...
Sophia quietly stretched his hand forward, took Claire's left hand on the table, and said frivolously, "Stop talking about this, let's talk about some topics that adults should talk about."
Claire calmly took out his hand and said, "Madam, I am only sixteen years old. You are breaking the law."
Sophia covered his mouth and laughed, "Oh, it's all your fault for being too mature. I thought you were an adult."
"Ma'am, are you an adult?" Claire suddenly asked.
Sophia was slightly startled, and the hand shaking the wine glass unconsciously stopped, and gave Claire a meaningful look.
But after a while, he suddenly puffed up his chest and tightened the white suspender skirt he was wearing, and asked with a smile, "My Lord Viscount, do you want to verify it for yourself?"
Claire cursed in his heart, this woman really has no scruples.
Forget it, I won't continue arguing with her. The other party has much more experience in this area than me. As long as I don't mention it, she can keep arguing with me until dawn tomorrow.
Claire put his hands up, rested his chin lightly on them, and looked at Sophia with a sense of oppression.
"I have some business that I want to discuss with you, madam..."
Sophia directly ignored Claire's little tricks and was not affected at all. He continued to say with a smile on his face, "The Viscount said that I have always hoped to do business with you."
Claire simply put away his little tricks and said directly, "Open your chain store and magic store in Nafu City."
Sophia frowned slightly, "This is not a profitable business. The total number of people in Griffin Barony is more than 100,000, and the vast majority of them are civilians. The things in my two stores are not what they can afford..."
Sophia is telling the truth, otherwise Claire would not have had to trick Shane into opening a tavern and hotel there. Now Nafu City would not make any money opening these two stores. That is to say, Shane and Claire have a good relationship, so they agreed to open two stores at a loss.
Although Nafu City is now prospering, its consumption power still cannot keep up. The vast majority of people are still at the stage where they have just solved the problem of food and clothing. It is simply impossible for them to spend money to buy those expensive things, which is like killing them. Moreover, there are mages in Nafu City, namely Isaac and Claire, as well as the ten mages in Academy of Sciences below. With this purchasing power, a magic shop is specially opened for them. Eat the peaches you want.
This is somewhat similar to Wanda in the previous life. If the city's purchasing power is not sufficient, they will not settle in a city.
"Have you checked me?" Claire narrowed his eyes.
Sophia didn't care, and said with a smile, "Women are always interested in things that interest them, and they just want to know more about you."
"You won't lose money." Claire said calmly.
"Oh, what do you say?"
"Now that you understand it, you must know that I have recruited craftsmen from several nearby territories, right? Many of them can forge Magic Artifacts, so if the magic shop opens there, it will not lose money."
"This reason is not enough. What I want to open a store is not just to make a loss, but this is just a magic store. If another chain store opens, it will definitely make ends meet."
Although Sophia speaks like a viscount and speaks like a dear, when it comes to interests, Claire will never let Claire take any advantage.
Claire's fingertips tapped on the table, making a rhythmic tapping sound. He was thinking about whether to tell the other party his plan.
Sophia was not in a hurry, holding his chin and looking at Claire with a smile.
After a long time, Claire raised his head and looked at Sophia.
"Have you heard of the story of the mermaid?" Claire asked.
"Huh?" Sophia shook his head slightly.
"Then let me tell you. A long time ago, in the depths of the vast sea, there was a Merman Kingdoms. The smallest beauty in the kingdom, Mermaid Princess, was kind and pure. She lived freely in the sea, and her heart was full of longing for the land world. The longing and longing finally came to the surface on her fifteenth birthday. It was at this time that she happened to encounter a human prince who was caught in a storm and fell into the sea. She risked her own life to rescue the prince, and as they got along, the two fell in love.
But the other party is a human being after all, and is not welcomed in the mermaid world, so the two have no choice but to separate on the shore. The prince promised Mermaid Princess that he would definitely return to his kingdom and make a request to his father so that he could justifiably marry Mermaid Princess. Mermaid Princess sent the prince away with great expectations, but year after year passed, and the prince never came back..."
Claire has modified the original story, and this is only a simplified version, in order to allow Sophia to quickly understand the content of the story.
Claire asked, "What about this story?"
Sophia After listening, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes a few times, "If I were a little girl, I would probably be moved by this story."
This is just a move that feels more or less pretentious.
Claire also had a helpless look on his face. He naturally knew that this kind of story would not touch Sophia, not to mention that it was a simplified version.
"As long as it touches the little girl."
"What do you mean?"
"What do you think the mermaid inside looks like?"
Sophia thought for a while. As the head of the family for so many years, she naturally had much more knowledge than ordinary people. She answered after a while, "It seems to be a shark?"
"Yes." Claire nodded, "That's the shark."
Sophia asked directly, "Have you caught the shark?"
"Not to mention catching it, the fishermen who went out to sea carefully caught it, and it is now in Nafu City."
Sophia leaned back, "Sell it to me, I'll give you one million Gold Coins."
"That much money?"
"Things are rare and valuable. There are no such creatures on land. I have never seen them in so many years. If it matches your story, I may be able to sell more than one million Gold Coins." Sophia was not hidden.
And not only that, unlike orcs and Half-beastman, mermaids rarely appear on land. It is estimated that some mages will be willing to spend a lot of money to buy them to study this unseen species.
Claire shook his head, "This is not for sale."
"The price is still negotiable, you can raise a price." Sophia said unwillingly.
"It can create greater value in my hands than in your hands." Claire said lightly.