These words were like a heavy hammer striking her chest. Her struggling movements slowly ceased, and she whispered with a deathly pale face, "I… you… no… no…"
The lewd old man grinned, immediately fumbled in his pocket for a gleaming silver metal coin, and dangled it in front of Amy, saying in a highly seductive tone, "Look closely, this is a silver lun coin~ I'll lend it to you if you sleep with me for one night."
The silver lun coins seemed to occupy Amy's entire vision; she was still short on money and wanted to be able to pay the rent so she wouldn't be driven out by the gang.
But Durin, who was watching from the side, could no longer bear to see it. He stepped forward and pulled away the perverted old man's hand that was gripping Amy, then twisted his wrist slightly, revealing a gleaming warhammer at his waist.
"Ah!"
The perverted old man felt a sharp pain in his wrist and turned to roar, "Who the hell are you! Are you meddling in other people's business?!"
But when his gaze met Durin's, and he saw the newcomer's face clearly, he also noticed the highly threatening warhammer tucked at Durin's waist.
The perverted old man's face instantly turned pale, and he stammered, "Ah, Mr. Du… Durin, you… you're not asleep yet."
"I'm here to lend Miss Amy money. You're not needed."
Durin's face was cold as he threatened, "Get back to your room! Unless you want to taste the power of my newly bought weapon!" As he spoke, Durin deliberately shook the warhammer at his waist, his threat unmistakable.
Suddenly released, the perverted old man stumbled and crashed into the rusted copper railing, his head nearly hitting the railing. Luckily, he caught himself with one hand, avoiding an accident.
After barely getting back on his feet, he scurried back to his room in a panic.
Watching the old man's retreating figure, Durin turned to look at Miss Amy, who was silently bowing her head, and calmly said, "Come into my room, Miss Amy, I have something to tell you. As for this money… I'll lend it to you!"
"Really?!"
Amy excitedly looked up and pressed.
"Amy's favorability towards you +10, Charm +1. Current proficiency: 2/25."
A line of text appeared in Durin's vision. Durin merely glanced at it, feeling a bit helpless.
Money, it really is a good thing.
Chapter Thirty-One: Paying Rent
Durin led Miss Amy back to his room. He sat on a chair and said, "Miss Amy, I can lend you the money for this month's rent."
"Thank you, Mr. Durin, thank you so much!" Amy emotionally bowed to Durin in gratitude, "Is there anything you need me to do? I can do anything."
Her words subtly hinted at her willingness to spend a night with Durin.
Durin frowned. He tapped the table with his index finger and said seriously, "I can't think of anything I need you to do. Hmm… what kind of job do you plan to do in the future? Your daily living expenses and future rent will eventually have to be paid!"
"I heard that the herb-gathering teams are recruiting female workers recently. I plan to try it out, maybe I can join a team and earn money by gathering herbs outside the city. What do you think?" Amy asked cautiously.
"Gathering herbs?" Durin was taken aback, then said with some hesitation, "But outside the city, there are bandits and robbers, and also ferocious Gnolls, barbaric Minotaurs, even the Murlocs from the ocean have come ashore. Everything's gone haywire recently!"
"I know… but joining a herb-gathering team has a fixed salary, 4 silver lun coins every month, which is twice what I earned before! Like you said, I still need to earn money to eat. I can't just sit around and wait to die!"
Amy pondered for a moment, then said excitedly,
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