"These are all rare grade herbs!!" The elder exclaimed after seeing the rare herbs in the box.
"Did you really collect all of these by yourself?" The elder asked Leon.
"Ofcourse, I was the one to collect these, and I want to give these 4 herbs to you." Leon said to the elder while handing him the box of rare herbs and common herbs.
"N-no young man, you shouldn't give me those rare herbs, you should use them for your growth and getting admission in a better academy, you have a bright future ahead." The elder said to Leon.
"Don't you worry elder, I still have a few herbs left for me, this is just a small gift for you.
"But..." The elder was still unwilling to take the herbs.
"No buts, I know that these are rare herbs but I have a few more so I can still reap the profits." Leon said to the elder while smiling.
"Thank you young man... I won't forget your kindness ever." The old man almost had tears in his eyes when he said this.
"No problem... elder, you were the one to show kindness first in this cruel world, I can't just not return your kindness right?" Leon said to the old man.
"Well, I have to leave now, it's getting late anyways." Leon said.
"Please atleast have a dinner with me." The old man said to Leon.
"I have to leave elder... I have some work at hand for now..." Leon replied.
"If you say so... then okay.. let me drop you to your house on my horsecart." The elder said to Leon with a kind smile.
"Okay... Let's head out." Leon replied.
"wait... take this money for your hardwork, this pouch contains a total of 500 gold coins." The old elder smiled and handed the pouch to Leon.
Leon nodded at him and thanked him.
"Ok, now follow me." The elder gestured at Leon to follow him to the horse cart standing outside of his house.
"Come, sit comfortably." The elder gestured him to sit and started riding the cart.
***
After a few minutes, Leon had finally arrived at the three Elven girls' house where he was living for one week straight.
"We've arrived at the destination." The elder said to him.
"..." Leon nodded and thanked the elder for dropping him.
"Bye... take care." The elder said bye to Leon and left with his horse cart.
***
After entering the house, Leon was suddenly startled by Salena.
"Ahhh... You perv... what are you looking at...!!" She was almost completely naked and was dressing up when Leon was entering. This could be considered a bad timing for sure.
"S-sorry! I am not looking, dress up fast..." Leon's cheeks became red just as he saw the beauty in front of him.
he then stopped staring and quickly looked away.
...
After the incident, Leon headed to the bathroom first and took a bath
because he had sweat to much today and also had dirt all over his body.
After taking a bath, he took the gold pouch with him and headed towards the living room where everyone was waiting.
"Welcome back, Leon." May welcome him first with a bright smile.
"welcome back..." Julia also welcome him with a cold smile as always.
"..." Salena was still Embarrassed of what had happened earlier so she didn't speak.
"Hii everyone..." Leon waved at them, and when he looked at Salena, his cheeks started to turn red.
He then looked away to not make eye contact with Salena.
"Bye the way, where did you go?" May asked him with curiosity.
"Hey may... You shouldn't ask someone of what they do, I have told this to you many times." Salena finally spoke and slightly yelled at May.
"I know, I know..." May rolled her eyes when shed heard what Salena said.
"No problem... it's not a big deal, I wanted to earn some money so I went looking for a job." Leon spoke.
"Oh... which job?" Julia asked this time.
May and Salena were also curious about his answer.
"Collecting herbs..." Leon answered.
"Oh? You must've earned quite a few coins." May grinned at him.
"Yes, I did manage to earn a little money." Leon nodded.
"How much... You don't have to answer if you don't, just asking out of curiousity." May said to him.
"Well..." Leon just handed them the pouch of gold coins.
"Look yourselves." He continued.
The three elven girls quickl opened the pouch and were shocked as if they had seen a God.
"T-this..." They stuttered.
"These are more than 400 gold coins, how did you get so much coins for a herb collecting job? This is our 3 months income if we add them!!" May exclaimed.
Salena and Julia were also very shocked and curious to know how he managed to earn so much.
"Don't worry, I will tell you the whole story from start...