Chapter 97 – Chapter 97 Another Magic Tower
Demeter looked bewildered.
From what he heard, Jeffrey only lends a name, and he says he doesn’t do anything else.
“We need to make the wizards get on the shit line a little more. Aren’t we also running a loan business anyway?”
It was a gangster who lent money and sold the whole family into slavery if they couldn’t pay it back.
Of course, the Wolf family also ran a loan business.
Its share was only not as large as that of other business areas.
“Yes.”
“Lend some more money to the Mage Tower guys who can’t even count money properly.”
“It is very likely that we will never get the money back.”
The safest place in the world to borrow and keep money was the Steel Clergy.
If it was a mage tower that had already spent all its money there, there would be nothing more to scrape off.
“If left alone, these guys will not pay the money and will hide somewhere. In that case, it’s better to tie the leash firmly at all. As usual, I researched all of my family members. Make it so that no matter where you try to run away, you can’t even run away.”
“All right.”
**
Jason was talking with Tria and Spia.
Tria gave her advice on her finances.
Spear was currently playing the role of gathering information from here and there and organizing it.
“Is the talk going well with Uncle Demeter?”
His father’s hands-on part was handled by Demeter.
And Jason’s practical part was handled by Tria and Spia.
Practitioners made the best progress when they talked with each other.
If the superiors intervened, things that were supposed to work well would be messed up.
It was enough for the superior to check if things were going well from time to time and set the correct direction.
Spear said.
“Yes. You gave me a lot of good information, so I think I can choose a good mage tower.”
“Please proceed carefully so that I do not appear in front.”
“All right.”
Jason was still gathering strength.
He was catching up quickly to what his other brothers and sisters had accumulated.
But he didn’t have the strength to face them all alone.
Later, I wanted to overwhelm everyone with my own strength without any tricks or tricks.
I wanted to make all my dreams come true without saying anything behind them.
“So where did you get selected?”
“It’s a hundred stone magic tower.”
“About how much money do you think it will cost?”
“100 million gold is enough.”
A strange feeling floated on Spear’s face as she said that.
100 million gold.
It was money that went beyond the level of being able to play and eat without working for a lifetime.
If you went to a moderately small kingdom, it was money that could buy you a noble title and guarantee its descendants.
He said he was spending that kind of money, so he seemed to feel regretful even if it wasn’t his money.
100 million gold was enough money.
It was also an overflow of money if you wanted to give up revenge and live a moderately happy life.
‘But because she’s feeling that kind of regret, Spia won’t be the boss after all.’
Money is important.
But to be a boss, you had to be able to see more than money.
“Is it so? Proceed.”
“Besides, the head of household is secretly helping.”
“Which?”
“They said he lent additional money to the Baekseok Magic Tower.”
Even so, it is a mage tower that is shaking financially.
Since the Wolf family, which was more vicious than the Steel Church, which was no different from a bank, had stepped forward, the wizards belonging to the Mage Tower would literally have no way to escape other than suicide.
The Wolf family’s money was money that should not be borrowed unless it was really about to die.
“Isn’t it that the head of the household now considers the young master to be the perfect successor?”
“You shouldn’t be relieved until the end of the world’s affairs. A person without power is easily taken away even if he inherits everything. My father knows that.”
“Nothing is easy in this world.”
“Yes.”
I said bitterly.
**
Demeter, Spia, and Tria gathered separately and talked about business matters.
It was a conversation between practitioners.
“Then, are you talking with the owner of the White Stone Magic Tower?”
It was said that it was between the practitioners, but it was clear up and down.
Demeter was a superhuman, Spear was an intermediate level, and Tria was just a woman managing various businesses.
Spea spoke politely to Demeter’s words.
“Yes. How to say He was easy to coax.”
Baekseok’s magistrate’s grandfather was a super wizard.
And both the father and himself eventually stopped at the upper level.
He tried to become a wizard for a long time, but failed, and all that was left was to enjoy a life of revelry by taking out debt by collateralizing the mage tower, which was steadily receiving money.
Since the mage tower looked like that, the wizards below gradually began to escape.
He had no choice but to use money to keep the wizards bound.
It was a vicious cycle over and over again.
He didn’t know when he was going on a spree on his own, but from a certain moment, paying interest also became a difficult situation.
It wasn’t until the Hundred Stone Magic Tower was completely handed over to the Steel Clergy that the owner of the Magic Tower grasped the situation.
At that point, he offered to borrow money from the Wolf family.
Interest was also cheap.
The Steel Priests received 20 percent interest per year, but the Wolf family said they would only receive 10 percent.
The notoriety of the Wolf family in the public view was all a misunderstanding.
The owner of the Mage Tower knew that if the property of the Mage Tower was passed on to the Steel Clergy, it would be disposed of at an absurdly low price.
The machine that engraved magic letters was also a tool that made money steadily if left alone, but when sold to other magic towers, they did not receive even a tenth of the price.
He first tried to normalize the operation of the Mage Tower by borrowing money from the Wolf family.
Said Demeter.
“The situation is only going to get worse. Indeed, if you reach out your hand right before the Hundred Stone Tower is handed over to the Steel Clergy, you will be able to secure ownership of the Tower at a reasonable price.”
“Yes.”
Spia and Tria lowered their heads and said.
**
For Jeffrey, talking to Jason has been one of the greatest pleasures of his life these days.
So, whenever Jason was in the capital, he called and talked.
Although he knew that his youngest son was so busy that even three were missing, the old father wanted to be with his son as much as possible in the short amount of time he had left.
“Baekseok Magic Tower Master. How is it?”
It was both a test and a way for Jeffrey to play with Jason.
People’s eyes were important.
And there were times when I couldn’t judge by looking at it myself.
It was the boss who shouldn’t make the wrong judgment just because he couldn’t see it himself.
“It looked like a heavy dagger with a broad blade.”
“What are you talking about?”
“The daggers used by adventurers are as long as the forearm and have double-edged blades, and the blades are not too wide. You have to pierce through the ribs and stab them inside. Butchers use heavy, wide-bladed daggers. A knife like that is convenient when cutting bones.”
“It’s a shame.”
Jeffrey looked at Jason as if he were mesmerized.
Jason always answered the questions Jeffrey asked by reading his heart underneath.
It was a difficult feat for a child under the age of 20 to do.
Conversations with other children were always frustrating, so conversations with Jason always made me happy.
“I can see it. If there was someone monitoring it, at least one mage tower would be properly operated. If you don’t have it, you’re just destined to be that way.”
“What should I do to avoid that?”
Besides, Jason had a knack for asking questions that deserved delight.
Baekseok Magic Tower was like a model that all children of superhumans should be wary of.
There are limits to growth.
There was also property inherited from the upper generation.
The human mind is not like steel and eventually becomes brittle and disorganized after repeated failures.
Jeffrey was admirable that Jason felt the danger and tried to prepare for it in advance.
“You have to have good people by your side.”
“Are you a good person?”
“Sometimes a superman comes out of a family where there was a superman a few generations ago. Superintendents in such families all listened to the words of loyal subjects.”
“But isn’t it difficult to distinguish loyalists from trustees?”
It was not that he won the favor of his lord by saying unconditionally sweet things in his mouth just because he was a treacherous vassal.
The real bastard did it cleverly, mixing bitter and sweet sounds.
That is why many kings and emperors in history have been deceived by treacherous subjects.
“That’s why it’s hard to see people. Even if you try to get one person to work under you, it’s hard to know what they’re thinking. So, if you take a weakness and create a situation where it is difficult to betray, people under you will feel sorry for it again. It’s difficult. I’ve lived with people all my life, but I don’t know what’s the right answer.”
“But you must have your own principles.”
“You’re trying to steal all of my money.”
“If you can get it, you should get it.”
Jeffrey grinned.
“Okay. Let me tell you just one thing. Even if people don’t believe it. The group was believable.”
“A group?”
“Even if people hide their expressions. Group vibes are hard to fake. No matter who tries to artificially create the atmosphere. In the end, the atmosphere of the group flowed as it should. Don’t look at the person, look at the group. Then it’s hard to betray one or two. Even if you betray, the damage is not great.”
