hotmtlnovel Chapter 635: Booming Business
Chapter 635: Booming Business
"Lorenzo, is the order for client 355 finished yet?"
"Just one more hour! We can’t rush quality!"
The sounds of busy and slightly stressed voices echoed inside Meido’s smithy as hundreds of employees worked their asses off.
Since Shye’s appointment as regional champion, the value of Meido’s creations soared, attracting tens of thousands of adventurers to Kossin City.
The massive influx filled three entire streets with an astonishingly long queue. This forced the city lord of Kossin to take action.
Despite his embarrassment, the city lord was compelled to plead with Meido to either relocate her shop outside Kossin City or expand by negotiating with neighboring businesses to buy or rent their spaces.
Meido didn’t want to leave her hometown; otherwise, she would have done it long ago as she could probably easily make it in Valenzia City.
However, she was a simple young lady. She was happy right where she was doing the thing she loved.
Thus, Meido approached the owners of the three neighboring shops and, after some negotiation, convinced them to part with their spaces in exchange for a generous sum—enough to relocate and establish their businesses in Valenzia City.
She could always earn it back anyway based on the tens of thousands of customers lining up.
Naturally, Meido couldn’t manage all the orders on her own, so she had no choice but to train a hundred and fifty disciples to handle the simpler requests.
Her more experienced and skilled disciples took on the complex commissions, while she personally crafted only for adamantite-ranked adventurers.
Business was thriving, leaving her with no time for leisure.
Meido worked fifteen hours a day, spent one-hour eating, and used the remaining eight hours to rest. This was her lifestyle for seven days a week.
The impact of wealth and fame was undeniable, and even Meido, who had once been solely focused on crafting weapons and armor, began to feel their influence.
With money pouring in like a river, Meido struggled to take a break, convinced that this was her opportunity to achieve lasting success and secure her future.
Nevertheless, she made a strong effort to keep her passion and discipline intact, constantly reminding herself that money wasn’t everything—and she was doing an excellent job of it so far.
Thus, although she also loved money now, she didn’t love it more than her passion and her principles in life.
Of course, Meido never forgot that this success was due in equal parts to her own talents and to her collaboration with the adventurer who had become the region’s hero: Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn.
"Hmmph! What, he dares cause trouble for the shop? First of all, I included a clause in our contract stating that if Shye Crowley requests a commission, his order would be delayed. He signed it, so we have no legal obligations here. It’s just his bad luck that my partner showed up today for a commission."
"S-Still!"
"Enough, Jen! I can’t and won’t break my promise to the man who helped me get where I am today. Besides, don’t you think you’re being a bit disrespectful to our region’s hero, Shye Crowley of the Black Dawn? You seriously fear some Bradley Winston over him?"
"A-Ahh...no..."
Realizing her blunder, Jen sweated coldly. She was indeed disrespectful to Shye just now and she didn’t even notice it.
Luckily for her, Shye was no assh*le.
"Don’t worry, it’s fine. However, I’m going to use my priority rights. If Bradley or anyone else causes trouble, let me know. I’ll deal with it."
Upon hearing Shye’s assurance, Meido smiled.
If the hero said her shop would be fine, then it would be—there was no need to doubt someone who had performed one miracle after another.
"So, what will your request be, Crowley?"
It was customary for everyone to address heroes as "Sir."
Thus, the fact that Meido knew he wouldn’t be concerned with such trivial matters and continued to address him as "Crowley" as usual made him smile.
"I would like to ask for twin peak-tier adamantite greatswords with these as the ore."
Shye retrieved the Stygian Garuda’s bracers from his inventory and carefully placed them on Meido’s table.
Taking this opportunity, Jen quietly faded away and exited with a respectful bow.
"T-These are... Sable Demonites!" Meido exclaimed, her excitement palpable.
These rare ores were new to her, and she was thrilled at the prospect of crafting exceptional twin greatswords from them.
The thought of failing didn’t even cross her mind.
"Wait for the results, Crowley! I’ll make sure to give you the finest weapon I’ve ever crafted in my life!"