[ A Huan ] looked in the direction of Obsidian Bank and saw the NPC character whose popularity among players was second only to Ed.
As a true Soul Returner, [ A Huan ]'s "account" was not granted permission by Ed to connect to the otherworld network, which is one of the differences between him and the players.
Having been in this world for so long, [ A Huan ] hasn't had much contact with other people from this world, or rather, NPCs, besides Ed.
This is because his identity is rather special. After several exchanges, he discovered that apart from Ed, it seems that no one from another world truly knows his identity.
Secondly, the suffering he endured in the real world made him cherish this hard-won second life all the more.
In his original world, he was all alone, but here, he has been given the chance to start over.
Therefore, knowing that Seraphina is a very dangerous NPC, [ A Huan ] does not want to take the initiative to make contact with her.
After all, his existence is different from that of normal players; he himself doesn't know if he can be resurrected after death.
Although the nature of his work is similar to that of an NPC, nowadays, both NPCs and players will consider [ A Huan ] to be a member of the player's team.
His biggest weakness to date is that he's always online.
This is also one of the reasons why [ A Huan ] has a strong desire to buy a house. As long as he has his own space, he can freely control the time interval in front of the players, so that the players who noticed something was wrong will gradually forget about it.
He nervously approached the Seraphina counter and asked:
"What can I do for you?"
Seraphina didn't mince words, pointing directly to the training area where the " Adrian Imperial Guard " had just been and asking:
Were you just training those Soul Returner?
[ A Huan ] nodded:
"That's right. I mainly teach them the proper temperament for soldiers and methods of teamwork in combat."
Seraphina shook her head:
"I'm not particularly interested in combat, but the formation you've got them in is quite neat. I think my Dragonborn have been a bit too undisciplined lately; it's time they learned some manners."
Is this a new business opportunity?
[ A Huan ], whose house is still under construction, is currently in dire need of money, and he feels capable of handling Seraphina's needs.
So what if he's Dragonborn?
Although I have never seen him before, he should look similar to this [ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ], probably just with redder skin and a taller, stronger appearance, like a demi-human creature.
Moreover, according to Seraphina, she seems to only want to teach formation training herself, and does not need to be taught combat skills.
That's great! Just think of it as helping my hometown school with military training, just like some of my comrades did.
Thinking this, [ A Huan ] forcibly suppressed the thought of "taming beasts" surging in his mind, and nodded, saying:
"As long as they obey, I can guarantee I can train them to be that orderly."
"They will listen."
Seraphina was quite certain of this; although her Dragonborn were few in number and didn't seem to be very bright, their loyalty was beyond question.
How are tuition fees calculated?
After being mentored by Ed for several months, Seraphina has developed the habit of asking for prices and making payments, and she strongly endorses the logic of "paying for knowledge."
Ed's economics instruction cost him a lot of money, and it was indeed very useful.
After learning it, Seraphina believed that she would never teach this precious knowledge to anyone who didn't pay her.
As a dragon, she naturally enjoyed taking things by force, but Ed told her that if she wanted to amass more wealth, she couldn't exhaust the resources.
Moreover, the economic theories taught by Ed were truly remarkable.
Seraphina firmly believed this, and felt that since she wanted to be the master of all money in the world, she had to maintain the flow of money.
Another reason is that the money players use comes from her.
The Second Holy See's current economic system is largely based on internal circulation. It's a rare case that Gray sold a large number of robotic arms and made a fortune, but he couldn't take that money with him at all.
Gray, who was in charge of procurement, not only had to invest all the money in buying wooden parts, but he also had to put in a separate amount of money of his own.
The existence of a trade surplus is causing the total amount of money in the Second Holy See to increase at a slow pace.
Therefore, even if these coins were given to the Soul Returner in front of him, given the current economic situation of the Second Holy See, it is highly likely that those coins would soon be offered back to him by the village chief of Dragonborn Village.
After all that, Seraphina essentially got what she wanted without putting in any effort!
Whenever she thought of this, Seraphina was able to convince herself to pay, since the money would always come back eventually.
With this logical foundation, the Dragon Girl looked confidently at the Soul Returner before her, while [ A Huan ], after thinking for a moment, asked in return:
"Approximately how many people are participating in the training? The more people, the more difficult it is to manage, and the higher the fees will be."
Seraphina wasn't unreasonable; some Dragonborn and younger Dragonborn naturally didn't need to participate in military training. After a moment's thought, she said:
"About a hundred people."
[ A Huan ] mentally rehearsed the difficulty of training one hundred strong men at once, and said to Seraphina:
"A single training session lasts four hours and can be scheduled in the morning, afternoon, or evening. Each session costs one gold coin."
"Snap."
Seraphina pressed a gold coin onto the obsidian counter in front of her and pushed it towards [ A Huan ].
"I'm planning to try it out once first, or could you schedule it for the afternoon?"
[ A Huan ] There was indeed no work scheduled for this afternoon; that was the time he had planned to go look at furniture.
But things have come to this point, so let's put furniture aside for now. We can't even afford a roof, let alone furniture.
"Okay, then this afternoon."
Seraphina agreed very quickly, and then slapped several silver coins in front of [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ]:
"I'm leaving this matter to you, to inform my people."
[ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] looked at the semi-transparent random task pop-up in front of him and couldn't help but twitch his lips twice.
Although the pay for this job wasn't much, as a member of the Dragonborn, it would undoubtedly increase Seraphina's trust in him.
However, [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] is always meticulous in his work. He put away the reward but did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked Seraphina about the conditions for participating in this training.
He soon received Seraphina's detailed requirements for the Dragonborn participating in military training.
Gender and occupation are not limited. Age: 15 years and above, and bedridden.