Chapter 1126: Where?

Hana crossed her arms, thinking about it seriously. "If it’s just the base number, then I can. However, we will need more money than that.

"In that case, there is no other choice but to change our approach. Of course, I have considered the amount of money we can get from selling buildings and such. Do you also plan to sell your items as well?"

"If that’s required." Clovis nodded with a serious expression.

"How about this? First, we will focus on searching for the money legitimately. In other words, we will finish the first hurdle according to my original plan. Then, we will wait until the wedding.

"Maybe use a reason such as sharing happiness or something along those lines to sell our buildings in the city. This way, we will get a surge of cash. We will give them a big discount if they can pay directly in cash.

"At the same time, we will also celebrate our city opening by holding an auction. This will be the last auction before the big war."

Clovis frowned. "Will they fight for us if we actually allow them to enter our auction? This might be the last auction, so they will probably just join and run away after that without participating in the war."

"That’s true." Hana nodded. "Well, I had expected that to a certain extent. But some of them will probably join us. Besides, if you show something good, like you becoming a Tier 9 human at that time, people will have higher expectations. You know? If you count your grandfather and the others, you can fight against more Tier 9 humans. It’s true that the two strongest people in the world are stronger than most Tier 9 humans, but most people don’t know about that."

"Ah!" Clovis widened his eyes. "You want to trick them?"

"Yes. Just think about this. Do you think the Prophet will not expect you to come at him with that kind of power? The Prophet should know that you will only come to him at Tier 9. That’s the only way to win. So, in a way, the auction could be used to tell them that you’re going to win."

Clovis nodded in understanding. "That’s another way to interpret it, I guess."

"Yes, but the problem is whether you can reach that level before the auction. Fortunately, we don’t need a lot of time to upgrade the mall and do all that stuff. After all, the last upgrade is related to the mall itself. In other words, you don’t need to wait for your stuff to be ready, right?"

"That’s true. If that’s the chance, we can do it even on D-Day."

"Exactly." Hana winked. "So, we will delay the auction as much as possible. As long as we can show you and Reolf at Tier 9, they will feel assured and follow you."

Clovis couldn’t help but agree with this plan. Hana was indeed good at using situations to convince people.

"I see. In that case, let’s do that." Clovis nodded. "But how are we going to proceed? I mean, preparing for that amount of cash will be hard."

"There is also a problem with the fact that the cash they get might have been registered in Another World Mall before, so it won’t increase."

"That’s why we have no choice but to sell a lot. In the worst-case scenario, I’d ask my grandfather or maybe apply for a loan in another country."

"A loan?"

"Yes. I will just tell them I plan to start a new business. There are a few big banks that can lend a lot of money. And if I bring you with me, I can convince them that this business will be related to you. They should know how much money I’ve gotten from your auction alone, not to mention many products I currently have are related to you in one way or another."

Hana wasn’t exactly lying. She had the beast soul business, the recovery liquid business, the soul armor business, and there was a potential that she would be using the Tier 10 weapons as a new business too.

If she brought him, people would think that this new business would be another success. In other words, what they saw was not just Hana. It would be Clovis’s business idea with Hana managing everything. It was bound to get another success.

Besides, Hana specifically mentioned foreign banks. Most of their money had circulated around Absalom, but it would be a different case for banks in other countries.

There was a low probability for the money to have entered the mall before.

Hana raised two fingers. "It’s just that I’d like to ask you for two things. First, we need to announce the auction, maybe one or two months before the war. It’s hard to raise so much money, you know? The second is... I’d like a honeymoon after the wedding. Well, it’s a given, but I’m coming as well, no work or whatsoever."

Clovis smiled. The second condition was the easiest because it was a given. He intended to have a honeymoon.

Clovis thought for a moment about the first condition. "I think it will be fine to announce the auction like that."

"Got it. I guess we’re done planning." Hana smiled.

"Yeah. Thanks to you, my head is clear now." Clovis nodded.

"Is that so?" Hana looked at Clovis for a moment as though she wanted to ask a question, but she chose to stay quiet. There was a question that people wanted to ask.

Considering the situation, Clovis might leave this world, so they wanted to know if Clovis would be back or not.

But that would just be a foolish question. It might make him worry unnecessarily about them. She didn’t want him to worry about her.

Clovis smiled at her. "Shall we go to our new store?"

"Yep." Hana nodded with a smile, acting as if there was nothing to worry about.

They walked to the other side of the mall, but they soon noticed something. There were three empty stores left, but since it was closed, they really had no way of knowing which one would be the next store.

But for some reason, the moment they arrived, they saw the three doors were still closed.

"Hmm? Clovis was startled. "Blue. Where is the new store? Isn’t it supposed to be here?"

[No, Master. The mall is in the basement.]

"Where?!!!"