4 What do you say?

The guard got nervous once more, in his thoughts he was cursing these kids for making someone like him live a rollecoaster of emotions!

Leroux once more started tapping his feet on the ground, this time making a louder sound as he was clearly impatient

Wait, wait! First of all, let me tell you why is it that I will deny your offer. I am old, I've been assigned gate duty for the last 15 years because of that, because despite being old I can't retire since my family is poor and me and my wife had 2 daughters at a really old age. I have no succesor, and I can't stop working. Also, my friend is a guard with me and we're sworn brothers. I can't hide something from him as he wouldn't hide it from me either. I have a duty, and despite being old I still aim to become a knight so I can leave money to my daughters to live happily after my death. I am sorry, but even if I am no match for any of you, I will still do what I ought to do as it is my duty and responsability.

As the three of them heard that, they started laughing non-stop. At first, the old guard thought they were mocking him, but later on he realized that they weren't. They were laughing because they were happy! What a weird trio they are.

Okay sir, haha, we thought you were going to reply this way and that is why we're happy. Don't worry about the loss of those traps, they're useless anyways. About them, just tell them a beast came by, we will bring one soon and kill it in a way to make it seem like the traps worked. Now, we need something from you and believe me, it will not be something hard on you and in no way will it betray your duties. Also, you will be comenpensated because of this, and it will be in no way harmful for the city. We just want you to do something for us, in exchange you will get 5 golden leaves and your friend will get 5 as well. If you guys work together, it will be better for us as you will accomplish this faster. We are not in a hurry, but this work has a deadline. 11 days. Of course, it can end earlier depending on your performance.

What do you need from me? What is there that I can do that other people can't? You're not trying to scam me or my friend right?

No sir, the task is simple. In a moment, I think that around 10 minutes, representatives from all the big families will come over and try to ask us questions. We won't talk to them, we will only talk to you two. When people want to say something to us, they will have to do so through you or else we will not reply at all no matter what they say. You can tell them that we will only talk with the family heads and that we will not talk to them unless all 10 of them are here. That will be the first task, the second task will be the following. You will have to spread the rumor that 3 young rich men are at the gates and that they're looking to recruit people to work for them. The pay will be really good, and it doesn't matter if they know a profession or not, we will teach them what we need them to do. They pay is good, the job is easy and they will be able to support their families working for us, which is what most people try to do these days. The third task is to gossip about us with other army members. Most of you still have friends that work in the army and we three know that all army members patrol the walls. They can see us from up there anytime they want if they focus their sight at the gates entrance, and that will attract a bigger crowd which is what we want. Why do we want this? Well, that is our business but we will make it worth your while. You can later on work for us or just retire since the pay of 5 golden leaves for each of you will be enough money for 2 or 3 generations to live well. What do you say?