Chapter 12 – Episode 12 Interest
“An eye for an eye. Isn’t it a wound that can be restored with a healing potion anyway? I’ll stab you in the eye too.”
Everyone is afraid of hurting their eyes.
Injuring the organ of sight was just as terrible.
11-year-old Jason said he would do it casually.
As Jason looked at Tigris holding this gris, he said such a thing.
Even Tigris turned a blind eye to that spirit.
However, Tichrist could not lose like this.
He drew his dagger and threw it.
He was an excellent fighter.
The dagger sank into the floor leaving only the handle.
It was at Jason’s feet.
“Tigris. How dare you bring out a knife when you have a family!”
Geoffrey yelled and Tigris immediately rolled his eyes.
No matter how excellent a warrior he was, he was not a superman after all, and he could not be beaten by Jeffrey, who was supporting this family alone.
I wanted to say that it was Jason who took out the knife first among the family, but he had no choice but to keep it in his heart.
“First, treat the wound first.”
Geoffrey took a healing potion from his desk drawer and gave it to Tigris.
Tigris pulled out the dagger stuck in Igris’s eye.
I was careful not to let the eyeballs come out together.
Igris was also suffering from treatment.
Jason watched it closely.
At that level, Igris would never be able to win over himself for the rest of his life.
Tigris poured a healing potion on Igris’ eyes.
Divine light permeated.
The eye wound healed slowly.
Whatever Jeffrey was thinking, he put off the immediate task.
“I was treated as well. Now, let’s talk business while we’re here.”
“A business?”
“Okay. Igris and Jason, sit in the chairs over there.”
Jason knew that this was also a test.
Even though it is a world where superhumans have all the power and wealth, money was also important.
Depending on how many expensive magic items a superhuman possesses, its strength could be doubled.
It is natural to become rich just by becoming a superman, but to become richer than other supermen, you had to be smart.
The reason why Jeffrey was able to reign as the lord of the underworld with his job as a thief was because he had a sense for manning people and making money.
And among Geoffrey’s children, he didn’t see anyone who would become as strong as he was, and he didn’t see anyone who looked like he would earn as much money.
Now, in front of Jeffrey, there are two sons whom he is looking forward to the most.
One was the son who was born as the eldest son and raised the most investment.
One was the youngest of his sons, but his talent and character were extraordinary.
“The emperor keeps telling me to increase taxes these days. What do you think you mean?”
The current emperor was also on an adventure with Geoffrey.
And they were the same age.
It is the age to prepare for the next generation.
“It seems that succession to succession is not cool. But wouldn’t that be enough to spend time while paying attention in moderation? If the crown prince becomes a superman, taxes will go back to normal. If you don’t become a superman, you will claim the position of emperor in the imperial family or other royal families. And no matter who the next Emperor becomes, he will not tax his father excessively.”
Tigris told the obvious story that everyone else knew as if it were a great fact.
However, this was not an answer that Geoffrey Gazoo liked very much.
“You mean just passing the time?”
“Yes. Time is on our side. Eventually, things will go back to how they were.”
Jeffrey let out a long sigh.
If that son becomes a superman, I just know that everything in the world will end.
But it wasn’t.
There was not one superman in the world, and those who reached that level competed among themselves again.
If you don’t move forward, you will only fall behind.
Even though you know that simple truth, you don’t understand it.
I don’t understand, so I’m talking about a pathetic story to pass time.
“You stupid bastard. The imperial family of the Palmo Empire has continued the empire through a single lineage for a long time. You know that’s an easy thing to do? You never know when and where a genius will be born and become a superman. And that superman could turn the world upside down overnight! The world is so unpredictable! But to say something foolish about just passing the time!”
Tigris lowered his head at the scolding of the family head.
It was his heartbreaking look that he was embarrassed in the presence of his son.
Jeffrey tapped his finger on his table.
In the end, this time too, he had to think and make a decision on his own.
The eldest son, who had to go somewhere to start a family, was not a trustworthy person after all.
And Jason, watching this, was really pathetic about Tigris.
Tigris just thought that with time, he would naturally become the head of the household.
And he thought that even though he was a little weaker than his father, he was a warrior, so he could somehow lead the family.
He could see it
That’s why it was such a pathetic answer.
‘If I were Tigris.’
In the end, he must have worked hard to win the favor of his father, who supports this family.
Even if he had a chance of failure, he would have come up with a ploy that would make the family even bigger.
That was the child Jeffrey wanted.
“Get out of the Tigris. I will take care of Jason’s punishment.”
“Yes.”
Tigris eventually went out of the study with his son without any income.
However, given Jeffrey’s fiery personality, he only expected that Jason’s punishment would not be weak.
In the study, only the grandfather-like father and youngest son were left.
“How about punishment? It is definitely wrong for you to touch your family. But I liked the word that I won because I thought I could win.”
“Yes.”
“I won’t take my eyes off you. But I will have to pay my own punishment. I’ll ask again. What punishment will you receive?”
“Then let’s do it with one finger. I will cut myself.”
Jason said he would cut off his own finger, as yakuza do.
It was weaker than his eyes, but it was to cut his own flesh and bones.
It was a difficult task for even the most adventurous.
It took more courage to put a knife on one’s own body than to be stabbed by another monster.
Geoffrey wondered if the youngest son was really saying this or if he meant it.
“That would be enough. Try it.”
Jason pulled out the dagger stuck in the floor.
It was good stuff.
The day stood.
He put his hand on the floor and put the tip of his dagger on the floor.
He lowered his dagger like a jab.
It was aimed precisely at the second knuckle of the little finger.
“Keugh!”
Jason wanted to resolutely endure the moaning, but he couldn’t ignore the pain altogether.
Jeffrey opened the drawer and took out another potion instead of a healing potion.
It was a regeneration potion.
It was a potion that was used only when one of the limbs was burned or completely eaten by a monster.
It was much more expensive than a healing potion.
“Give that finger to Igris. That should be enough for him.”
“Yes.”
“You use this potion. I don’t know if it’s more painful than a healing potion.”
But it was better than living without a little finger.
Even the little finger of the left hand could affect the grip and influence the battle.
As I applied the regeneration potion, I felt a strange pain.
It was as if the cells were dividing.
But the pain was steady and Jason was able to grit his teeth and endure it.
“If you are sick, you will say that you are sick. Why are you holding back?”
“When fighting, what the enemy likes most is the look on my face that hurts. If you practice like this on a regular basis, you will be able to endure it in real battles.”
It was a typical thug fight.
And that has become common in the fantasy world as well.
“Great job.”
Jeffrey praised.
It was a hundred and a thousand times better than crying like a girl for taking out the dagger for treatment.
Jeffrey asked just in case.
Since he was the youngest son he liked to this extent, he wondered if he might come up with a clever plan for the family.
“Do you know the politics of the empire?”
“It’s just rumors.”
“Then what do you think of the imperial family’s request?”
Jason shook his head for a moment.
Jeffrey gave him enough time.
As far as he knows, the Wolf family is monopolizing the Dark Territory.
This made a lot of money, but in the end, it had to be checked by the legitimate forces.
If the Wolf family is a gangster organization, then the Palmo Empire is similar to the police.
Jason had this experience when he was Cho Gyu-chan.
It was the feeling of managing a business to work hard to grease the detective chief and become a brother and sister to him.
However, the chief detective hadn’t been there for thousands of years.
Who would succeed after a promotion or retirement was an important issue even in brothels.
And at that time, Cho Kyu-chan just acted boldly.
Up to three candidates were simply given bribes, just like the chief detective.
It was a major bleed.
However, other sex trafficking establishments, which were ruined while gambling, had to shut down the business as a whole if the detective they bet on did not get promoted.
It was Cho Gyu-chan’s idea that business should never be gambled.
