"Cough, cough," Thiago coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment and slowly pulled his palm back when he saw that the waitress was already awake and staring at his outstretched palm, which was only inches away from landing on her face.

Feeling that she had enough energy, she slowly got up from where she had been lying and stood in front of Thiago, although she was actually a little taller than him.

"You were the one who did all this?" Armelia asked, seemingly not too focused on where Thiago's palm had been a moment before, but it sounded more like a statement than a question, as if she was already quite sure that he was the one who had done it.

Thiago saw no reason to lie, as he already had a plan in mind, and his earlier reasons also made him not afraid that she would somehow tell someone what had happened here.

"Yes, I did it," was his short, indifferent reply, leaving Armelia a little stunned to see how easily this somewhat mysterious, blood-red haired boy admitted it, seemingly unconcerned by the fact that he had just killed at least fifteen people at once.

"Aren't you afraid I'm going to tell someone what happened here?" She asked curiously, because she could roughly guess why this guy in front of her had killed all those people sitting around.

"No, wouldn't that completely destroy the whole reason I did what I did? If I kill you too, I might as well not have saved you at all, don't you think?" Thiago replied with this absolute reasoning, which made the waitress in front of him understand and her doubts disappear, and now she was sure that Thiago had only acted to save her.

She was not so sure because it could also have been for the purpose of killing everyone else and then she would fall into his hands, and he would be able to do whatever he wanted with her.

'It seems that I have judged a gentleman's behaviour with a villainous heart.' Armelia thought self-reproachingly.

"Thank you!" She said full of sincerity, which Thiago quickly dismissed by saying: "I didn't save you just out of kindness, you'll have to follow me for a while because I have some work for you to do, do you still want to thank me?"

"Of course! You literally saved me from being ravaged by those human beasts, so I really don't care if I have to do some work for you, which is many times better than that." Armelia said when she suddenly noticed a person standing a few steps behind Thiago, but she did not ask directly because she was not quite sure what Thiago's personality was and did not want to upset him in any way.

Thiago saw her gaze darting behind him and guessed that she might be curious to know who the person standing behind him was, so he spoke up at that moment, his tone more friendly than before: "What a blunder, I totally forgot to introduce myself, my name is Thiago and the one standing behind me is my friend Li Wei, would you mind telling me your name?"

"Ah, oh, yes. My name is Armelia."

"Well, nice to meet you." Thiago said, as if this was a normal meeting and not one that had been preceded by bloodshed.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Li Wei finally spoke up as well, as he had been quietly watching Thiago's interaction with this great belle, Armelia. He just felt a little uncomfortable inside, how indifferent Thiago was to such a beauty, knowing that he himself would definitely lower his posture and speak extremely polite to her, if it were him talking to her.

But maybe that was the difference between him and Thiago, and maybe he should take Thiago as a role model from now on, as he was completely fine and untroubled talking to such a beauty, Li Wei thought inwardly as he watched everything unfold in front of him.

"What kind of work would I have to do for you?" Armelia asked after a few moments of silence between them, for she was quite worried about that, for if that work involved being a prostitute, which was not uncommon as there were many brothels in Half-Moon Town, then she would rather kill herself, no matter what.

She could not bring herself to throw away her dignity and chastity, even if it meant her death, that was her belief.

Fortunately, Thiago's answer was something she had not expected and was like a ray of sunshine that broke through the dark clouds that represented her anxious and negative thoughts. "I am going to open a shop, or a small restaurant and you will be the manager and you will be responsible for the operation of the shop and for hiring staff and so on in the future. I will even pay you at least the amount you got here, what do you think?"

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"Are you serious or are you kidding me? These terms are not bad at all, in fact they are quite good," Armelia exclaimed in disbelief, not quite understanding why someone she did not even know would make her such an offer, especially after saving her life.

"Of course, I'm serious, in fact if I like your work there can even be better conditions, but that is not important for now. All you need to know is that I won't mistreat you." Thiago explained sincerely as he would naturally not be too stingy with his first employee that he had hired under such circumstances.

In fact, he had been planning for some time to open a shop or something like that in this town, firstly to get a foothold and secondly to have an obvious identity, as he already knew that he would probably be doing some heinous, shady things in the near future. So, in order not to be suspected, he needed this identity in the open, so that no one would get the idea of associating his other identity with this one.

Actually, it was just a premonition that he would need it, but most of the time his premonitions turned out to be true, so he listened to it this time as well, to be prepared if something like that was needed in the future.

Meanwhile, Li Wei was quite amused when Thiago mentioned paying Armelia a wage, because he was well aware of the fact that Thiago had absolutely no money, so Armelia would probably have to wait until the shop became profitable to earn some money, or so Li Wei thought.

Well, what he definitely could not fathom was that Thiago only had to pay five system points and he would receive an amount of spirit gold that was unimaginable for most people in this world. So, it should be no problem to pay Armelia her salary at the beginning.

However, he did not want to buy too much of this spirit gold in the system shop, as he did not want to cause hyperinflation in the town.

It should also be noted that this spirit gold was only valuable to lower-level Cultivators, as higher-level Cultivators would no longer pay with it, preferring to pay with mana crystals, which themselves had a high value, or use other precious resources.

Therefore, all great families and powers would always try their best to find places where mana crystals could be mined, as they were inseparable from the rise of a power.

Back to Armelia, when she heard that Thiago was serious, she was extremely happy because the job he wanted her for sounded even better than her current job as a waitress.

"If that is the case, I would like to thank you again. Well, we should probably get out of here for now, right?" Armelia said and you could already see that, having come to terms with what had happened and the fact that she would be working for Thiago from now on, she was already quite collected and even had a hint of humour in her voice when she asked if they should leave the scene.

"You're right, we should definitely go now." Thiago agreed and then turned to Li Wei and said: "Li Wei, do you live nearby?"

Puzzled by this question, Li Wei answered anyway: "Well, my home is still a bit far away, maybe half an hour's walk from here. Why?"

"Oh, I just asked because I was curious, by the way, is there an inn nearby?" Thiago asked again after ignoring the idea he had at first, which was to stay at Li Wei's house, but after a little thought he decided against it, as Li Wei had already helped him enough and there was no need to bother him again for something like that.

"Yes, there should be an inn not far away from here and it should be quite cheap, I can lend you the money for a stay there," Li Wei answered directly which made Thiago quite happy and he also replied: "Well than I already thank you in advance"

"Speaking of which, when are you going to bring the herbs we collected earlier to the guild?" Thiago asked curiously, as he was actually quite interested in visiting the guild himself, which made him ask this question right now.

"Well, I will probably go there after we leave here, do you want to come with me?"

"Yeah sure, I want to see the guild and register there as well." Thiago replied promptly to which Li Wei nodded and agreed to take him along, since Thiago had helped him find the herbs in the first place, so it was definitely not too much to request to be taken along.

"Good, then," he turned to Armelia and reached into his robe so that the thing, which looked a bit like a small crystal with some engravings and sigils on it but otherwise just like a normal crystal, seemed to come out of the inside of his robe's pocket instead of just appearing out of nowhere, which was what happened when he got something from the system where he had just bought it from the system shop, "here is a communication talisman that we can use to contact each other. I will contact you when it is time for you to start working, which should be in a few days at the most, okay?"

"Oh - well, thank you!" Armelia expressed her gratitude but was not really shocked by the communication talisman Thiago had just given her, since it was not really rare, and many people had it. So, she knew how to use it and asked no further questions.

Thiago then turned back to Li Wei and handed him a communication talisman that looked exactly like the one he had just given to Armelia, causing Li Wei to look at him questioningly: "I know you are wondering why I gave you one as well, but have you forgotten that we are friends, so why should I not give you one in case you need to contact me? In addition, I also have an offer for you if you want to work in my soon-to-be-opened shop as well." Seeing Li Wei's hesitation, Thiago quickly interjected and said: "Don't worry, you don't have to give me an answer right away, you can think about it for a few days. Let's take a look at the guild first."

"All right then, I will think about it in the time to come," Li Wei accepted, and just as he was about to say something else, Armelia chimed in: "Can I go to the guild with you, since I've never been there before?"

After thinking about it for a moment, Thiago readily agreed, as there was no reason not to so why not take her with them? "Yeah, sure you can come with us"

What he did not know was that the reason she had never been there before was just a random reason she had given, although true, her main reason was that she wanted to accompany Thiago to find out more about him, as he somehow seemed extremely mysterious to her.

And what was it that attracted women the most? It was definitely when a man was extremely mysterious.

However, this did not mean that Armelia really felt any feelings for Thiago, no, it was just that she was really curious about him.

When she heard that Thiago readily agreed, Armelia was quite happy, though she did not really show it on her face, only in her eyes, which had a slight gleam in them.

After everything was settled, the three of them left the tavern through the entrance as if nothing had happened, and then Li Wei led the three of them towards the guild, which would take some time to reach.

Li Wei led the way, with Armelia and Thiago following behind...