It made Ace happy. It meant that his business was prospering. He and Sofia had agreed to not take too much profit from their businesses. Because, after knowing that sooner or later they would leave this world, they didn't have much urge to accumulate wealth. After all, they would leave it behind when the time came.
Most of the management of the restaurant, the shop, and the guild house were done by the 7 merchants that she had recruited a few months before. They were helped by other recruited townsmen.
Sofia only gave them an outline of what they had to adhere to. Yesterday, after the auction house was opened, the merchants had surveyed the price of the materials, equipment, potions, scrolls, and weapons. And then, they arranged the price of the goods in the shop.