Chapter 144 – Chapter 144 Taleia
Jason made a new move.
He secretly made contact with Taleia’s key aides.
They were people whose hearts were straining every day to take a risky gamble.
If you’re successful, you’ll be able to live in brothels all over the Palmo Empire as a big hand.
The problem, however, was that, in the eyes of prostitutes, they seemed more likely to fail.
Even if he gave advice to Taleia, it wouldn’t work.
Thaleia seemed intent on playing this gamble to the end, and her advisors were slowly drifting away.
It wasn’t good for the aides either.
So, loyal subjects were gradually turning into trustees.
In the meantime, when Jason showed themselves, the five men who could be said to be Taleia’s closest aides looked bewildered.
No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn’t come up with any reason for Jason to call them.
“Did you see it coming and going? This is Jason Wolf.”
“Yes, Bocchan.”
Once they greeted each other politely.
His expression was polite, but his eyes showed curiosity about what would happen next.
So they immediately asked the question.
“Actually, I know that Taleia-sama and Jason-sama are getting along pretty close these days. But I don’t know why Jason asked to see us. Can you tell me what’s going on?”
Although Thaleia and Jason are said to have a cooperative relationship, the businesses they are running are completely different.
You don’t get to see the people working under them.
And Jason leisurely took out the papers for them.
It was top-secret information received from the Steel Clergy.
It was information that could only be obtained thanks to the fact that he had maintained a good relationship with the Steel Clergy while constantly paying interest.
Thaleia’s aides quickly checked the documents.
It was a real document, even stamped with an unforgeable seal from the Steel Clergy.
It detailed how much money Thaleia had borrowed so far, how much interest she would have to pay in the future, and what kind of brothel business was being held as collateral.
Even the veterans who had been rolling in brothels for a long time couldn’t control their facial expressions.
They were afraid
Taleia’s situation was more dangerous than I could have imagined.
She was in a situation where if she did something wrong, she could eat half of what she had now.
“This… ?”
“You can see it. This is an internal document of the Iron Clergy. And since you all know the brothel business, you know how dangerous it is. I was also surprised. I introduced you to the Steel Clergy, but I just told you to borrow money, but I didn’t expect my sister to do it this far.”
“The reason you showed this to us is to persuade Taleia-sama to minimize the damage?”
“How much do you think you can do if you minimize it?”
They chatted among themselves and had a quick meeting.
“I think we can finish the job with a 30 percent loss.”
“It was a business that continued to grow even after my father had built it all his life and my sister took over. To eat 30 percent of it… My heart hurts. Yes?”
The people around him didn’t even know how to react to Jason’s words.
I had to know Jason’s intentions so I could play the rhythm accordingly, but I couldn’t figure it out at all.
Jason decided to give these poor people the answer.
“But Sister Taleia’s judgment is not completely wrong. If we include all of the brothels of the Palmo Empire, we can make up for the loss somehow and make a big profit in the long run.”
“But… It’s never easy. We need to finish the brothel war. You have to create a new business again. If you do such a huge thing, you might fail big… ”
He told Talleia’s entourage that he was not confident, Jason said.
“What if I made that investment?”
Jason said that he is now successfully running several businesses and attracting money.
Taleia’s aides were also famous among the children of the Dark Ball as much as Jason’s wealth.
“If Jason-sama participates, there is a good chance.”
“But Taleia-nim has already refused Tigris and Daphne-nim’s offer of help.”
“Even if Jason is a cooperative relationship, unless he is giving money for free, Taleia-sama will refuse.”
Jason told them.
“It would be better for me to shoulder all the burden than for the Wolf family’s territory to shrink.”
Jason’s words surprised Taleia’s aides.
It was as if Jason had betrayed Talaia and said he would take over the brothel business.
Jason waved the sweet bait before loyalty reared its head in their hearts.
“I know that I have been under Sister Taleia for a long time. However, it is true that Sister Taleia’s ability has made the brothel business dangerous. And it’s strange that I’m not a hukou and would protect my family’s property without benefit. If I were in your shoes… I think I’ll choose someone like the boss who can reliably carry on the brothel business.”
All the aides swallowed their saliva.
Surely there was nothing wrong with Jason’s words.
It was clear that if he followed Taleia like this, he would make a few bucks from the shrunken brothel business.
But Jason was a new owner with better business and better finances than Thaleia.
Except for the fact that he had been with Thaleia for many years, he had no reason not to follow Jason.
They knew that this was a turning point in their lives that would never come again.
Depending on what choice you made, it seemed that your life would change greatly.
“Jason. By the way. Will Taleia get her revenge on us? As Jason-sama knows, his personality is a bit… “
“Besides, even if he loses the brothel business, he still has a lot of subordinates. She is also the fiancee of the Crown Prince.”
Jason eased their worries one by one.
“Load is not a big problem. The reason my sister can command so many subordinates is because of you.”
Thaleia ran the organization with the loyalty of five people closest to her.
It was because he couldn’t manage each of his subordinates one by one.
And Jason pulled out another letter as well.
It was the prince’s handwritten letter.
It contained information that she would break off her betrothal to Talaia.
It was something that the crown prince and Jason had been plotting for a long time.
And Taleia’s aides saw it and were terrified.
It was clear that Jason wanted to take over Taleia’s business by pretending to work with Taleia for a long time.
His sophistication and boldness terrified his entourage.
Jason told them.
“Okay, since we’ve talked about it so far. You have two choices. One is to tell Taleia everything and start a war within the new family. The other is to dedicate all of Taleia’s business to me without shedding blood and to carry on with the existing business.”
In the heads of his aides, calculations were running on what would happen if Thaleia and Jason started an all-out war in earnest within the family.
And the answer was obvious.
Taleia was doing a lot of talking about fighting a brothel war, and Jason was fully conserving his strength.
If the end of loyalty is only defeat, it was a natural choice to stick next to the victor.
Everything was telling them that they were right to betray.
“Then what do you want from us?”
If they didn’t want anything, there was no reason Jason asked to see them.
“It’s simple. Let Thaleia continue her work. The brothel war.”
It would continue to consume Taleia’s power.
And all the territory Taleia had expanded would become Jason’s.
The more Taleia pushed herself, the more Jason benefited.
They all nodded.
**
Day by day, the brothel war was holding Thaleia’s ankles.
Obviously, there were many winning days, but in order to win, so many subordinates had to die and a lot of money had to be spent.
Thaleia had always compared the losses to future gains.
And that wasn’t clearly shown by the numbers.
It was a job that had to figure out all of the past, present, and future brothel industry, and some parts had to be guessed.
Taleia’s aides began to tickle that part as treachery.
“Lady Thalia. Just do a little more.”
“You’ve come this far, but if you give up, nothing will happen.”
“I came this far thanks to Taleia-sama’s wisdom. Everyone only believes in Taleia-sama.”
Their words were sweet, driving Thaleia deeper and deeper into the abyss.
