<h4>Chapter 101</h4>


    Trantor: Yang_Wenli Editor: Yang_Wenli


    The curtains of the World Expo finally dropped with the performance from the ck Swan Theatrical Troupe.


    More or less, the representatives from the various nations obtained the arcanotech devices they desired.


    At this moment, the world seemed to have bid its farewell to the medieval ages and pushed open the gates to the industrial age with magic as the vehicle.


    Joshua’s n was to bring Nond into the information age. Unfortunately, he would never be able to do so unless he could obtain a solution to the server problem.


    The ck cat Joshua encountered in the Grand Duke of ckwood’s mansion was the only server-capable host so far.


    But, Joshua was in no rush. Once the filming for ‘Léon: The Demon’ starts, the Flower of Fari will be the main female lead. At that time, Joshua would be able to encounter that elven bodyguard every day.


    The day after the end of the World Expo. Joshua had returned to the Hearthstone Tavern.


    “Mrs. Melina, as of now, I hope that you can purchase two stores to expand the tavern.”


    Joshua was browsing the ount record Melina prepared for him. Hearthstone Tavern’s profits and expenses were all urately listed on the record.


    “I’m already doing that. So far, I’ve managed to convince the owner of that emporium near us. I’m also in talks with the jewelry store. But, they might be a bit thorny. Nevertheless, I believe I will be able to handle them.”


    Melina was certain that the Hearthstone Tavern was the most sessful business she had ever conducted in all her life as a merchant.


    The dwarves’ capacity for alcohol were as vast as water buffalos. Every night, those dwarves would down over a dozen barrels of expensive rye wines.


    As this tavern does not possess any cers for storing alcohol, Melina had to have her alcohol suppliers re-supply alcohol every three days.


    That said, what truly earns money would be the ‘Hearthstone’ card packs. The amount of gold coins the dwarves used to purchase card packs could pile up to a small hill every day.


    As more and more mages noticed Hearthstone, the tavern started to be crowded.


    “You can move ahead with the branching of the tavern. There is no need to wait.”


    Joshua was not too familiar with business. Thus, he could only rely on this female merchant. As for Joshua, he merely needed to control the core technology behind ‘Hearthstone’ and then swim in piles of money, counting them.


    After Joshua finished briefing Melina his ns for the further growth of the Hearthstone Tavern, an owl flew through the second floor window and slowlynded on the table.


    The owl was carrying a letter. The familiar ckwood symbol sealed the letter.


    It was a letter penned by Madam Schroder herself.


    Joshua opened the letter and began skimming over its contents. Essentially, the letter was stating that the ck Swan Theatrical Troupe weren’t busy anymore and asking when the filming for the new movie will begin as well as where the filming would take ce.


    The Grand Duchess’s hardwriting was quite illegible. It seemed like she was feeling very anxious while writing that letter.


    She was only in Nond to tour the ce and was not nning to stay here long-term. Perhaps, she might be hoping to personally oversee Joshua’s filming process before leaving Nond.


    ‘Beauty and the Demon’ has been screening for nearly a month and half now. Soon, the audiences of Nond would likely grow tired of that movie. Joshua felt that it was time to pour new blood into the Weissenasche Theater.


    “Mrs. Melina, do you know any street and hotel nearby that’s chaotic or disorderly?


    Joshua ced away Madam Schroder’s letter. He was in no rush to respond. After all, he had yet to determine the filming location for ‘Léon: The Demon.’


    “A disorderly street...”


    Melina carefully pondered for a bit. Nond was the city that signified the epitome of human civilization. Trying to find a ‘disorderly’ ce was quite difficult.


    But, there were indeed disorderly locations in Nond.


    “I believe the ce Mister Joshua is searching for should be Squirrel Street. But... that street is very dangerous,” said Melina with a somewhat worried tone.


    “Dangerous?”


    Joshua had always thought Nond’s public safety to be exceptionally good. At least, Joshua felt an intense academic ambience in this city. It was an ambience that could only be experienced in few universities on earth.


    “I’ve inquired about that street before. It’s close to a dwarven entrance leading underground. Furthermore, that street is not a ce where humans gathered. I’ve heard that necromancers would frequently roam around that street,” said Melina.


    The Squirrel Street emerged because a group of non-humans were attracted to Nond during its founding. They also came to this primitive location out of curiosity toward the underground remnants. Merely, their numbers were not as numerous as the dwarves.


    While the surface city of Nond was a city of human mages, it was actually jointly administered by the humans and the dwarves. With the protection from the dwarves, the non-humans were able to establish a street for themselves in a corner of Nond.


    It was a chaotic street.


    “Tell me the location of that street.”


    Nond’s architectural style was unsuited for ‘Léon: The Demon.’ Thus, Joshua could only hope that the dangerous Squirrel Street Melina mentioned would be able to suit the movie.


    Seeing that her dissuasions were ineffective, Melina gave up on that thought. She did not forget that Joshua was not only her superior and her business partner, he was also a powerful mage.


    Thus, the olddy took out a map of Nond and pointed to an area in the city with her pen.


    That ce was at the edge of Nond. It would take some time for one to reach Squirrel Street from themercial street the tavern was located in.


    If Squirrel Street was truly as chaotic as Melina described it to be, Joshua felt that it would be best to rush over there before night falls.


    “What’s the ce with the lesiastical Temr that’s been following you the entire time? You want to find a ce to knock her unconscious?”


    Ciri who has been quietly listening to the conversation suddenly spoke.


    Ever since yesterday’s World Expo, the female knight Messai seemed to have some sort of major hostility toward Joshua. Even though she was currently ying Hearthstone downstairs, she would always keep her third eye on Joshua to monitor him.


    She seemed to have reced the duty of her esteemed teacher Desireless and was on constant alert toward Joshua’s every action.


    “If we knock her unconscious, we will really be criminals. As a good citizen of Nond, how could I do that sort of thing? Let us adapt to it and ignore her instead.”


    The most important reason as to why the lesiastical Temrs did not dare to touch Joshua was because... Joshua was a citizen of Nond. Even though Joshua was a demon, he was still protected by thews of this city when inside this city. Furthermore, he was also protected by the dwarves.


    With the influence the Holy Church possesses in Nond, they could only, at most, continue to monitor Joshua from afar. Should Joshua do anything that goes against Nond’sws, they will catch it immediately and use it to justify their crusade against him.


    Thus, intrinsically, that female knight’s current profession should be switched to... a journalist?


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