Volume 9 Chapter 26: Keen Smell

“What do you mean?” The boy was wearing a cloth over his head. However, Keith held his hand tight, “How about you hand over the coins you’ve stolen?”

The person was wearing a cloth over her head. She tried to wave her hand out, but the man held her wrist tightly, not letting it go.

“How about you hand over the pouch you took from my maid.” He saw it.

“Umm.” May touched her pockets and then realized her pouch was missing.

“You know stealing is wrong, right?” Keith stared at the person.

“…”

Keith didn’t say anything before he heard something.

Grrrr.

“…” There was now a silence between the group. It was obvious that the girl was embarrassed by the silence.

That was when Keith started to laugh, “If you’re hungry, then you should have said so.” An apple appeared in his hand as he handed it to the person, “Don’t try to steal coins next time.” Finishing his words, he walked away.

“Here’s your pouch back.” Keith handed the pouch to the woman.

“Young master is generous.”

“It’s not generous. It’s just selfish that I do.” Keith had always wanted to help people. The others might not have the same thought of him.

“But that selfishness is something that everyone doesn’t mind.” May and the others didn’t mind it. His selfishness had helped increase the city's betterment and population.

“Haha,” Keith could only laugh as they headed off.

The next day, it was time for them to return home. Krystal questioned, “Is it alright for us to leave so soon?”

“It’s fine. And besides, they have enough support here.” This place also had guards protecting it. There was no point staying here any longer. Before he had left, he glanced at the bakery; Tula and the other workers were going strong.

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“Also, I got a lot of things as well.” As he walked around yesterday, he found more fruits he could use. That excited him.

“Huh? Why did we stop?”

“There’s a group of people in front of us?”

“Huh?” Keith then looked out of the carriage and said, “Hey, aren’t you the kid who tried to steal from May?”

“Northern Saint! Please give us jobs!” Without any hesitation, the people bowed their heads down to him. Keith tilted his head, “Huh? You want me to give you jobs?”

“Mmhmm! We’ve heard that you can create jobs out of thin air! Not only that, you have saved millions by yourself.”

“…” What kind of rumors are going on in the region? Keith couldn’t believe it. How could there be rumors about him like that? But Carolyn and May nodded their heads.

“Hmm, you guys are beastmen, correct?” They were hiding their ears and tails; however, the man knew what kind of people they were.

“Yes! We’re beastmen, but please hand us some jobs!”

“Hmmm?” What kind of jobs can they do? Beastmen were naturally more robust than humans. They could do guard work. But a thought occurred for the man.

“Wait a moment. You guys have a good sense of smell, right?”

“Mmhmm,” The beastmen nodded. Their sense of smell was quite sharp and sensitive.

His words only caused Keith to grin even more, “Then let me test you on that.”

“…” Carolyn and Krystal tilted their heads. What are you planning right now?

“Right here, I have five fruits. I want you guys to tell me which one is the ripest.”

“Eh?”

“The sweetness coming from the fruit will tell you so.”

“Umm, then this one is the ripest, then to do this, this one, and this. The last one is this.” One beastman stated. He added, “But there’s one that started to smell bitter?” There was only one who had a different smell to it.

“...” Keith laughed, “Haha, you passed.”

“Eh?”

“You guys passed the first test.” Keith nodded, “But I will sharpen your sense once we return. Is that fine with you all?” He needed those noses to be much sharper.

“Understood!”

“Michael, go get another carriage. We’re going to need it.”

“Sure,” Keith entered the carriage to find them all staring at them.

“What are you planning to do with these beastmen?” Krystal tilted her head. They were pretty curious about the boy’s plans with them.

“I’m considering using some of them for the chocolate factory.”

“For the chocolate factory?”

“I see,” May immediately understood what he had planned.

“For the chocolate factory to work, I will need workers with a keen sense of smell. That way, they could smell if something is burnt with the chocolate. They could also add things to it.” Someone with a strong sense of smell was needed.

“I see.”

“But having them isn’t going to be enough; I’m thinking about incorporating some other workers to help out as well.” The problem with them is that they’re inexperienced with chocolate making. That was the same with the others as well. He would need to teach them how to do it before he could do so.

“Young Master had everything planned out.”

“Now, let’s go grab those wolves and head home!” Keith cheered. He couldn’t forget about those wolves.

“Yeah!” Leon and Laura did the same thing.