OVERLORD- CH-91. Money should be spent

Dragon Kingdom, Maple Moon Territory, Kelmais City.

During this period, many major events happened in Maple Moon Territory. For example, the notorious "Black Snake" thieves' group was easily wiped out.

The Black Snake Thieves' lair was in the Guinevere family's territory adjacent to Maple Moon Territory. The adventurers hired by the Colswaite family launched a surprise attack without any notice, wiping out the thieves within a day and destroying two villages that colluded with and hid the thieves.

Without any permission or even any contact, two mithril-level teams plus one orichalcum-level team—armed forces powerful enough to overthrow a territory's government—entered their own territory without permission. This incident made the Guinevere family lose all face.

However, they could not do anything to resist. They could only grit their teeth and bow their heads to praise the achievements of the Colswaite family. They were even responsible for half of the wages of the adventurers, because God knew how much evidence against the Guinevere family they had obtained from the Black Snake Thieves in this operation.

If you don't stand straight, it's easy for your shadow to be stepped on.

This eradication of thieves was essentially a "political action" that demonstrated the Colswaite family's tyrannical iron fist and dealt a heavy blow to all those who looked down on Operan because she was just a woman.

For them, it was hard to imagine that this was an action directed by Operan. This extremely overbearing action was too different from her usual way of doing things.

At the same time, another major event occurred—the Orichalcum-level adventurer team 'Blue Bow' completed several extremely difficult tasks in succession and was promoted to the Adamantium-level.

This is the second Adamantium-level team of the Dragon Kingdom and also the first time in the history of Maple Moon Territory that Adamantium-level adventurers have been born.

Moreover, this elite Adamantium team seemed to have no intention of avoiding suspicion and established a very close relationship with Duke Maple Moon, especially the young captain, who was often seen with the Duchess.

There was another big thing, which was related to a hotel.

The Gin Inn that burned down on the 'Night of the Succubus' was secretly bought and reopened after two months of jaw-droppingly fast reconstruction.

The original small and run-down hotel was rebuilt by requisitioning the nearby bungalows that were affected by the fire and turned into a magnificent hotel.

On the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, many important figures were present, including the mayor, Duke Maple Moon, Moon Shadow who was promoted to the Bronze level, and the Adamantium-level 'Blue Bow'.

Then, there appeared a "boss lady" who instantly captivated everyone.

Although the proprietress has rarely appeared since then, there are still people who come here from other places just to see her beautiful figure.

It directly boosted the tourism industry of the entire Maple Moon Territory to such an exaggerated degree.

The hotel's top suites from the third floor upwards are shockingly expensive, but it has been very popular since its opening because its decoration, service, and food are worth the price, and are even good value for money.

Of course, there are ordinary rooms, and the prices are higher than those of ordinary hotels, but it has reached the point where you need to make a reservation to stay in them.

"How much money can I make in a day?" Monica said as she looked at the staggering prices.

"Yes, book a room." The elf girl said to the waiter at the front desk.

"Got it, Miss Jasmine." The pretty receptionist smiled and nodded.

The proprietress directly provided them with the most high-end suite, which included a triple room and a double room with a living room. Now the three girls in the team live together.

The reason why Jasmine needed to book an extra room was that her lover Tigne would come here to see her in three days.

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Aya sat on the soft sofa chair with her whole body sunk into it, one foot propped up on the coffee table in front of her, looking relaxed and contented.

A succubus maid was beside her, carefully cutting crisp and sweet apples into pieces one by one, and then sticking toothpicks made of hard cherry wood on them, making it very convenient for Aya to take them.

While chewing the fruit and looking at the account book in front of her, Aya nodded with satisfaction.

During this period, she basically handed over all the adventurer's work to Double Phantom, and she herself tinkered with other things.

First, she bought the small shop on a whim, renovated it according to her own preferences, opened a bakery, and hired several clever, hardworking girls from the village of Este to be the cooks responsible for baking bread.

At the beginning, it seemed that the girls felt that white bread was too luxurious and fell into a state of panic. On the first day, someone almost fell to her knees because of the employee meal of toast slices and luncheon meat.

But now they seem to have finally gotten used to it and can face all kinds of guests very calmly.

Because of the free food and lodging, their salaries were not high, but they all seemed very satisfied. After confirmation, there was no problem with their character.

After all, Aya chose people who were down-to-earth and hard-working from the beginning. Intelligence is important, but what is more important is a personality that is easily content with the status quo and will not resist. Such people are the best employees.

The bakery soon began to generate revenue—it only sold white bread and whole wheat bread, in addition to various desserts. In a world where a large number of people relied on hard black bread to survive, this was already a very high-end store.

The location is in a wealthy area, and the price is based on the general price in the city of Kelmais, and then slightly increased by about 20%. This is the decision Aya made after considering the taste.

The price is a little bit higher, but it is still very popular because it uses a lot of eggs and milk and tastes very good.

Eggs are produced in a special way. Aya has the [Golden Barrel of the God of Agriculture] which can continuously produce various beverages by inputting magic power, and the [Vegetable Basket of the God of Agriculture] which has the same function and can produce various ingredients. As long as some magic power is consumed, it can be said that there is no cost involved.

If possible, she would still like to open something like a breeding farm, where she can directly use magic props for production. It feels like cheating and is indeed very profitable, but it seriously reduces the sense of accomplishment from a successful business.

This is the only way at this stage. The bakery is making a profit smoothly. Most of the customers are wealthy ladies living nearby. Many of them like the desserts here, and some people don't like the bread made at home, so they buy it directly as a staple food.

At the beginning, they thought that the profit of the bakery, although not particularly small, was indeed just a small amount. But gradually, the relationship between the bakery employees and the maids and wives of the wealthy businessmen and nobles became better and better, and they unexpectedly discovered a lot of useful information from them.

"Maybe we can start considering opening a branch." Aya murmured.

"Open a branch." The succubus maid beside her immediately took out a notebook.

"That doesn't need to be recorded. I was just saying it casually."

"Lady Lilith said that everything the mistress said has a deeper meaning. I think opening a branch is an idea that is worth exploring and needs to be recorded."

She opened her mouth and said, "Forget it, as long as you're happy." And Aya returned her gaze to the account book in front of her.

The bakery made good profits, but it was far behind another investment she made.

In the original downtown area, on the ruins of the 'Gin Liquor' hotel, a large hotel, 'Konaka-tei', was renovated. Now, just as she expected, it is making a fortune.

"Heh." Aya said with a sneering expression, "Hotel management in this world is so bad that it cannot be praised."

In the original world, this subject could be included in the university management major, but in this world, it is carried out in a very inefficient way. It is slightly better in high-end hotels, but there is still no corresponding system.

Of course, under different world and social conditions, the original management plan cannot be fully adopted, but with this as a reference and slight modifications, it is enough to make "Konika Tei" far surpass other hotels in terms of management efficiency.

That's how Aya is no longer short of money. Adhering to the principle of "money should be spent", she also uses the money very generously.

"This is the operation fund for Lilith."

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Thank you all for supporting me.