"Hehe, thanks to that dumb guy yesterday. It looks like I've racked up quite an amount of coins. I think it's time I left this small town. It isn't worth to be making money for those with homeless people either."
"Oh, then wanna know how it feels to be homeless yourself?"
"E-Eek! W-What do you want from me?!" Upon hearing the merchant's scared tone, Rudy smirked.
"This is robbery, give me all your fucking money." Rudy separated the merchant from his bag, and rummaging through the bag, he found a multiple item bag inside of it.
"Y-You fool! Every item bag has a different code for it. You'll never get a single cent from me-"
"Huh? You said anything?" Rudy immediately opened the item bag, revealing the useless and run-down stuff. Rudy didn't even bat an eye on it. After opening the code for each of the item bags, he finally found an item bag that had a gold coin in it.
"Stop it! Give back my money!" The merchant tried to take the item bag away, but Rudy's raw strength was strong enough to push him away like a leaf. And then, the merchant caught sight of a few guards who were patrolling.
"HELP ME! THIS GUY TRIED TO ROB ME!!!" Upon hearing the scream, the guard immediately came over and saw standing Rudy holding an item box.
"You're under arrest. There will be no anywhere you can go!"
(Yes, arrest his ass... Once he's gone, I'll immediately leave this sorry-ass town-) As the merchant realized it, the guard passed by Rudy and went on himself instead.
"W-What?! Why're you arresting me?! It's that guy who's roberring me!"
"You're been arrested for selling overpriced items in your market. We've also gotten a multiple report from the other civilians. I'm sorry, but that guy has told us how many coins you've managed to scam his friends. We cannot allow you to be leaving freely."
"N-No! It can't be happening to me!" And soon, the guard dragged the merchant away. At the same time, Rudy noticed one of the guards went to him.
"Thanks to you, the order has been restored. Since you're from 'The Sage' faction, there's no way a person of your caliber wouldn't lie to us. Moreover, you've helped us restore the town for a few days."
"Save your thanks, I bet even if I were to lie to you and shift the blame on that merchant, you would've still be on my side, since the world works that way that is..." Rudy left the guard alone as he tossed the small bag full of gold coins on the floor, carrying the item box with a large amount of gold coins on it.
...
Rudy went to the shelter, which is full of the tent which is the temporary home for the civilian whose house got destroyed. By using the small drone, he immediately collected the device, upon collecting all of it, Rudy immediately burned the device to a crisp.
"W-Why're you doing that for?!" The owner of the device shouts angrily. And then Rudy opened his item bag, revealing a mysterious gadget that comes in huge numbers.
"Welcome, welcome. I've heard most of you can't sleep because of the insect? Not to worry I've just got the perfect thing for you. I called it, Insect Killer! It'll detect the small lifeforms organism, and release the gas which will kill the insect in one breath. I assure you, the gas is harmless to humans, cats, and dogs. The requirement for using this is to only charge by using electric magic, and you're good to go. Oh and also, I'll assure you this gadget can last for 6 months to 1 year."
"W-Wow... Thank you very much, kind young man." The man tried to take their hands on the gadget, but Rudy immediately slapped it with his hand that's made of iron.
"Yeah, I'm not giving this for free. It cost 120 Gold Coins. Now pay up, or fuck off."
"Y-You can't be real?! We don't have a job here, therefore we don't have any way to gain money..."
"Not my problem, get a job."
"B-But, there's no place that can hire people... No, I don't think people can get any job since the whole town can't run their establishment..." Upon hearing the word from the civilian, Rudy smirked...
"Perfect timing. You see, I just started a business recently. But it appears I do not have enough manpower for this business. If you don't mind, you all can work under me. I'll promise I'll pay you all handsomely. Be it a man, woman, elderly, or even a brat. You're all welcome."
"W-What kind of job it is?" One of the civilians asks, nervously.
"Nothing at all, simply just a factory job. The job is to mass-produce stuff... Something like that?"
"T-Then, I'd like to work there..."
"Me too!"
"Me three!"
"Okay okay, all you have to do is to sign this contract. Your allowance will be 3500 coins per month. Food and drinks were provided. Holidays will be 15 days a year. 14 days for sick leave. What about it, Are any of you interested?"
"3-3500 Gold Coins?! Oh my god, the guard's job only paid 1200 Coins per month. I-I'll take it!"
"Me too!"
"Me three!"
And like that, Rudy managed to get a good amount of civilians to work under him. But, there's a reason behind his smirk.
(There might a people wanted to leave the town when they earn a good amount of money. So that's why I made a penalty. If they've decided to stop working, they must have to pay 1 million Gold Coins for breaking the contract. The contract works for at least 15 years. So... In other words, they will not be able to leave this town for 15 years. Except for holidays, of course.)
After time passed, Rudy finally left the shelter and went back to school. Over there, he went back to Hutogi's room but realized Hutogi himself was gone. And that's when Rudy saw at the corner of his eyes that Hutogi were standing behind him...
"I see, you've already watched aren't you?" Rudy turned his head to look at Hutogi better. Hutogi looked down, he couldn't see his expression properly. And that's when Hutogi did a dogeza to Rudy.
Hutogi's head hit the floor. He prostrate himself before Rudy. Rudy on the other hand, just looking at Hutogi, confused.
"What the hell?"
"I'M SORRY!!! I SHOULD'VE LISTENED TO YOU BETTER!!! WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THAT MERCHANT WAS ACTUALLY A SCAMMER! AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU'RE ACTUALLY HELPING THE CIVILIAN BY GIVING THEM A JOB!"
"Uhh... Yeah..."(I shouldn't let him know about the penalty...)
Rudy lowered his body as he pat Hutogi on the head.
"Here, your money. I probably shouldn't actually shout at you like that. Your money is yours, but as your trusted person, It's my job to watch you since you barely have common sense about the world. I don't care if you're playing with brats in the town. But be careful around the adult. I said many times that most of them are cunning." (Including me.)
"Yes... I'll listen to your advice. Thank you very much, Rudy."
"It's nothing It's nothing~"
(Once again I'm worried about this overkind angelic creature. Perhaps I should've watched him over with the drone...)