"You said the mission has made progress, so you got the piece of jewelry?"
At noon the next day, Varina saw Roger Sindelas again in the garden.
"Yes."
Varina replied with certainty: "You can ask, no one has seen the piece of jewelry in the manor since last night."
"I have already inquired about it. It is said that Varden decided to keep it personally during the last period of time."
Roger said, turning to look at Varina, "So the news is false, and the thing is actually in your hands?"
"exactly."
Since being promoted to "Instigator", Varina has greatly improved his ability to control his expressions, and can tell fabricated lies in a serious manner without any flaws.
"You want to increase the price?"
Roger looked Varina up and down, frowned and said, "Hand it over, and I'll give you another 300 pounds."
"You need to think clearly about how big your appetite is, and don't overeat to death."
"No, it's not a price increase."
Varina waved his hands and said, "I just have another concern that I hope can be resolved."
"Say." Roger's frown did not relax.
"I'm a bounty hunter, and what I want is the bounty, but that doesn't include offending the powerful."
Varina explained the reason he had prepared in a familiar manner, "If I hand the thing over to you directly, I will offend the son of a baron."
"Maybe it won't harm me in the short term, but over time, it will always be a hidden danger..."
At this time, Roger raised his palm to interrupt Varina.
"So, you want the protection of my family?"
He looked at Varina again and said thoughtfully: "If you can get that piece of jewelry, you should be better than the guards at home. Well... it's just that your loyalty still needs to be tested."
He seemed to want to say something about the assessment standards, but Varina, who had already realized that he might be wrong, also interrupted:
"No, you got it wrong, Mr. Roger."
"I don't want to join any forces, and I don't like to be controlled by others."
Varina used a verbal "charm"-like spell to make his attitude appear sincere and believable.
"What I want to say is that I have already thought of a solution. All I need is for you to nod and help and make a little cooperation."
Having said this, he paused deliberately and looked at the butler who was standing a few steps away.
Roger understood what he meant, but didn't react.
Varina withdrew his gaze and remained silent.
Just over a minute later, Roger took a few steps back and forth a little irritably, raised his head and ordered: "Gasim, please step back."
The middle-aged housekeeper retreated in response, taking more than ten steps away.
"You can start now." There was anger on Roger's face. "I remind you, be careful with your words and don't really anger me."
This earned Varina a smile and a nod.
In fact, what he wanted to say did not need to be kept secret. It was just that removing the butler in this way allowed him to guide Roger's ideas more easily and covertly.
This is actually similar to the method of fraud.
When you think along other people's lines, it's easy to overlook some flaws that are actually obvious.
"It was my idea for Mr. Varden to keep the jewelry himself."
Wariner hit the king bomb at the beginning, which directly blew Roger's eyes wide open.
"What?!"
The words were spoken in a loud voice. Varina looked at the butler, just in time to see him take a few steps back.
Not bad, this housekeeper is doing his job... Varina did not wait for Roger to criticize, and continued:
"I left him a note in your name, Mr. Roger."
"I told him that although you have won the bet, sir, it is better for everyone to know about this matter. There is no need to make it public."
"We are all friends, and it will not look good on anyone who loses. Why not reconcile at the deadline, and the jewelry will be jointly owned by both of you in name."
"What?!"
Roger's voice was still so loud, "Then tell me, why do I have to win this damn bet?"
"Isn't it just to embarrass him?"
It can be seen that Roger is a little anxious... In terms of quality and ability, he is slightly worse than Varden.
To deal with a person like him, you can't use repeated questions. It will only anger the little beast like him even more.
"Of course I'm going to embarrass him!"
Varina echoed loudly, "Not only do you have to embarrass him, but you also have to make him embarrass himself while saying 'thank you' with a smile."
"That's fun!"
"Huh?" Roger was a little confused.
Just now, he thought Varina was going to persuade him to be generous, and just when he was about to pour out his anger, he was confused by the unexpected loud echo.
But he reacted quickly, and his cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Quick, tell me in detail!"
"Tell me, how can you embarrass him and still say 'thank you' at the same time?"
It was stable now... Varina saw Roger's reaction, felt reassured, and explained:
"Everyone knows now that he wins by holding on to the jewelry."
"In other words, as long as the jewelry is not taken out of his hands during the reconciliation, anyone with a discerning eye can see who is the real winner."
"Yes," Roger followed suit, "You are right!"
"There's more." Varina kept smiling and continued:
"You obviously won, but you took the initiative to reconcile with him. Doesn't this just show your noble character of tolerance and magnanimity?"
"For this reason alone, Varden will have to accompany Smiley and cooperate well with the reconciliation ceremony."
"In this situation, the more gentlemanly and elegant he behaves, the more he can set off you, Mr. Roger, to a higher level."
Roger was already beaming with joy at this time, immersed in the wonderful reconciliation scene described by Varina.
After several minutes, Roger gradually came back to his senses and happened to see Varina's smiling face.
"Ah, this..., I..." He was a little flustered by his gaffe just now.
"It's okay, I understand." Warina kept smiling and continued: "Actually, this method has a third benefit, which I haven't mentioned yet."
Roger composed himself, nodded and replied, "Well, you tell me."
His attitude has changed dramatically compared to the beginning, and he already has a feeling of intimacy.
Varina glanced around and lowered his voice: "I heard, just heard, that Mr. Sindras seems to have the idea of obtaining a title."
"If so, reconciling with Mr. Varden, protecting his face, or even becoming friends with him, maybe it will be of some slight help to Mr. Sindras's matter?"
"This is a good way to kill three birds with one stone."
Roger looked at Varina for the third time and finally commented: "You are very good."
He then turned to ask about reconciliation, avoiding Varina's final statement.
"Then tell me, how did you arrange this 'reconciliation ceremony' in the note you left for Varden?"
