دانلود رمان انگلیسی “به لطف خدایان” – جلد 13

Since the duke and duchess’s visit to Gimul, the city’s reconstruction had grown exponentially faster. Supplies began to arrive from other cities, and by the end of January, snowfall became lighter and lighter, opening up the roads—and the city’s commerce with them. Now there was hardly anything around the city that required my help, so I’d been picking up some nearby hunting quests while I prepared my businesses to be transferred away from me. The security company was already out of my hands and into the duke’s, as we had discussed before I started the venture. Almost half of the employees—former day laborers— had returned to their hometowns with their pay, and the other half would be employed directly by the duke or referred to another job by him. The same agreement had been made for the hospital attached to the headquarters, but that facility was now being used by medical professionals whose places of practice had been damaged in the attack. They were joined by Doctor Maflal and his apprentices, turning the place into a sort of university hospital where doctors both treated patients and conducted research. Although I still owned Bamboo Forest, I’d appointed Carme, who had been helping to run the business so far, as manager. He would take over managing that location entirely, while I worked as the newly appointed Sales Director. My job now was to travel from city to city, scouting out potential locations for another branch, and to advise Carme on how to garner clients. In reality, all I had to do was make note of any locations or information that would be useful for the business in my travels as an adventurer and report it to him whenever I came back to Gimul. Same job as before, for all intents and purposes, but this gave me more freedom. My other businesses—the trash plant, the construction company, restaurants, and hotels—had all been delegated to trusty managers I had hired. Many business owners had lost their storefronts in the attack, so I was able to hire from a pool of displaced store owners. I think all of us made the best of the situation.