The few scraps of gold Iris gave the village chief were actually worth more than the pile of old stuff the villagers didn't need anymore that Michael and Leo brought back before.
This place is a remote area, so the people's income is very low if converted to money. But the cost of living is also low accordingly. Those few scraps of gold could buy a whole lot of food.
Even Michael, who originally didn't like her at all, couldn't help but nod at this reward-handling move of hers.
This is probably what they call natural talent. Anyway, he didn't think dragons needed to reward anything. That bunch of muscle-brains getting to go cause trouble is the biggest reward for them.
"Where's the certificate? Without the paper, if I want to go hang out at some elementary academies, it's quite a pain. Anyway, I don't like always throwing my weight around to make people change the rules."
