The emotional moment didn't last long.
In fact, both Gu Xinghe and Eris are essentially very "realistic" when facing each other.
"So stop with the nonsense, what about the information I just gave about the Thorn Cult?"
Gu Xinghe opened his palms to Eris in the mirror.
"Me! One of the top ten employees! Pay me!"
[Take advantage of the boss before he becomes too powerful and squeeze as much money out of him as possible!]
At this moment, Eris also showed perfect understanding with Gu Xinghe, rubbing his fingers together to indicate that this service would cost extra.
If Gu Xinghe hadn't read Eris's inner monologue, he might have actually given this truly dedicated employee a raise.
But clearly, this possibility does not exist.
"Speaking of which, the Bartender of Misfortune has become so famous lately, and I've made quite a bit of money for the bar."
Gu Xinghe's words revealed—
Since he has already made such a contribution to the tavern, Eris has no intention of making a single penny from him.
"But the Tavern of Misfortune is a property under the Rose Manor."
"All the money we earn, after deducting basic operating costs, goes to Miss Chris."
After a while, Eris seemed to remember something and added something else.
"Oh, so now it's directly handed over to the boss himself."
Only then did Gu Xinghe realize that he had been working to earn money for himself all these days.
For some reason, he suddenly felt more motivated to work and even wanted to extend his workday by half an hour.
But recalling Eris's statement that "he didn't make any money at all," it seemed to make some sense.
Looking at the image of the little boy Eris in the mirror, Gu Xinghe seemed to understand why the other party had chosen such an image.
Faced with such a childlike appearance, he felt embarrassed to take advantage of the other person.
"How about I mix you a drink as payment?"
Gu Xinghe recalled that despite his unfortunate identity as a bartender, he was still quite popular.
Moreover, Teresa had previously expressed her liking for the drinks he made at the tavern.
Perhaps Eris would also be interested in the drinks he makes?
"Oh? Boss, do you mean the poison that tastes like alcohol or the alcohol that tastes like poison?"
"I could easily make an alchemical poison disguised as alcohol!"
It is clear that the wine Eris is referring to is not the same thing Gu Xinghe is talking about.
Alchemical poisons certainly exist, and Gu Xinghe was naturally aware of them.
However, with his current plant blending skill at only LV.10, it's still a bit of a stretch for him to create it.
But besides the difficulty of production, another factor was clearly what Gu Xinghe was more concerned about.
Therefore, at this moment, Gu Xinghe looked at Eris with an expression as if she were an idiot.
"W-what happened?"
The boy's expression was clearly starting to waver.
"Alchemical poisons...that's a different price."
This is similar to Eris's previous statement that intelligence information would require payment.
Gu Xinghe then used the same straightforward language to indicate that it would cost extra.
It's really too expensive.
Gu Xinghe couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Whether it's mixing a drink that tastes like alcohol or a drink that tastes like poison.
Regardless of whether it's making alchemical poisons or other types of alchemical potions.
Their construction costs are actually very high.
Gu Xinghe suddenly understood the necessity of Chris's strategic layout across various industries.
He recalled the vast botanical garden in the Rose Estate.
It must be admitted that alchemy is indeed a profession that only the wealthy can afford.
Compared to assassinations using alchemical poisons, this is a better approach.
Gu Xinghe felt that these fancy methods of killing were not very effective; it was still easiest to simply stab someone with a knife on a rainy day.
"Uh, I have no money."
After all, you know your boss doesn't love money; I've never touched money before.
Upon hearing this, Eris wore a skeptical expression.
"Sigh... Fine, this is the first time I've given away information for free. After all, you're my boss."
Gu Xinghe remained calm and nodded in agreement, while inwardly confirming that the plan was working.
He placed his right hand on the mirror.
Similar to my previous experience in the staff dormitory bathroom.
It was as if they had tuned to the same frequency as Eris.
To some extent, he was experiencing a kind of "empathy" with the magic mirror in front of him.
An endless stream of information flowed into Gu Xinghe's brain like a surging river.
Seemingly because of precedent, Eris was watching his current limits.
The information flow is no longer as rapid and massive as before.
It was like a gentle stream, quietly conveying information to him—
The Thorn Cult served as the state religion of the Enlightened Empire.
In the empire, the goddess of thorns symbolizes suffering, misfortune, and calamity.
The Thorns Cult is a hierarchical cult with a clear hierarchy and a system of management by level.
As the supreme leader, Pope Stephen holds various positions within the denomination and wields immense power.
Below them are the twelve bishops who serve as the high-ranking administrators of the sect.
The twelve bishops have leadership over their respective dioceses and are in charge of important decisions and discussions within their dioceses.
Furthermore, as the symbol of the entire sect, the saintess is independent of all levels and has no real power, but she holds an extremely high position.
Misfortune and suffering are things that human beings are born to bear.
Human beings must endure suffering and atone for their sins through adversity.
As a sect synonymous with misfortune, suffering, and calamity, the aforementioned doctrines have been widely propagated.
In order to increase public acceptance of the sect's doctrines, Saint Teresa of the sect proposed a new doctrine.
That is, to add some new content as supplementary doctrines to the old doctrines.
After humanity has experienced misfortune and suffering, there will surely be hope in the future.
People should expect that after suffering, the Milky Way will appear.
Therefore, people should be willing to endure the suffering they are currently experiencing.
Unlike the old doctrine that simply involves enduring suffering.
The new doctrines gave people hope for the future, which was indeed easier for ordinary people to accept.
However, it is obviously not easy to change the doctrines of a sect.
Of the twelve bishops in charge of the Thorn Sect, half of them outwardly supported this new doctrine.
However, believers in the old doctrines consider this to be an impure faith.
As the supreme leader, Pope Stephen seems to have an unclear attitude towards this new doctrine.
...
The information flow stopped, and Gu Xinghe reopened his eyes.
He now clearly had a deeper understanding of the Thorn Cult within the Enlightenment Empire.
The once-powerful Thorn Cult now seems to be showing signs of splitting due to differences in its doctrines.
Theresa undoubtedly played a very important role in this.
So, would the Enlightened Empire, which adopted it as its state religion, also be affected?
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