Investigation

It has been a few weeks since Ren left New Grenton. During his absence, Harold's shop became the grandest business in the whole city. He dealt with every business that wasn't illegal, from selling weapons, armor and other adventurers necessities to selling bread, fruits, and other exotic ingredients, in the eyes of the commoners Harold's shop seems to have it all.

He even hired the other business owners as his shop attendants and most of the blacksmiths in the city now work under him. At first, some of the other merchants that were losing out tried to forcefully remove Harold from the competition by sending some thugs and assassins.

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The assassins found it difficult to enter the city due to Valdel, while the thugs that were in the city were scared of Lara. The ones that were able to get through Valdel and Lara were killed by Harold's butler Oliver.