Another World’s Good Swindler 118

Chapter 118 – Thermia Maman

“I’ll catch Herendal as well. He brought me a bleeding and collapsed person and gave me treatment. What is his attitude now?”
“Ah…”

As I took a step closer, Germi looked up at me with a puzzled expression. How dare this bitch shove her would-be master?

“Isn’t that what happened when you helped me when I almost stumbled and fell? But what? Do you touch other people’s bodies? Show me what real messing is? “
“That, that.”
“I treated you a little, but you think it’s an equal relationship again? Do you still think you’re in a proud position after robbing all of your subordinates to an asshole doing something like Herendal? If it wasn’t for me, you’d be destined to just give it to Herendal and become a public toilet that explodes and turns into a half-assed, homeless bastard. If thanks to me you got out of that situation, wouldn’t it be better to put your head down and say ‘thank you’ first? How come you haven’t said thank you since you got out of bed?”
“⋯⋯.”

At my scolding, Germi bit her lip and bowed her head.

I like Germi’s look. And we also like her solid backstory of being a mafia boss with potential.

But she’s all I want, she’s a woman who can devote herself to me for a comfortable and comfortable life. Natalia, Roin, and Thermia are women who can be devoted to me.

If Germi is a woman who has not developed her personality, if she is a bitch who has the possibility of hitting me in the back because she puts herself first before the lover she loves, then she has no choice but to give up.

Besides, Germi is a bitch who has a bad personality due to the nature of her job. If she looks easy, she will get caught, so she shouldn’t look easy. She has just met her, and now she has to be disciplined and well tamed.

“⋯⋯.”
“⋯⋯.”

Germi shut her mouth, wondering if she was thinking about what I said, and I watched Germi, wondering what would happen. Germi, who was struggling with her, cautiously opened her mouth.

“In the first place… It’s as if you guys broke the contract!”
“What?”
“You said you were staying at an inn called Misota! When the Black Moon guys arrived last night, I sent them to inform you, but all they said was that they had left the room, and I couldn’t find where they went!”
“⋯⋯.”
“If I had contacted you in time and we had attacked Herendal first, I wouldn’t have suffered the deaths of all my men! It’s as if my men died because you broke your promise!”

It is definitely our fault for not telling you about the change of residence.

But what? After all, I am the one who is strong now. My word is law No matter how much Germi, who lost her group and became her weakling, can’t argue with me if I insist on being right.

“What do you mean when your subordinates are killed? All you have to do is consider yourself lucky and bow down to thank me for saving you.”
“What? What are you talking about?”

At my words, Germi asked back as if it were absurd.

“Think of not being able to contact me as having suffered a disaster. You don’t have to think hard. If you can’t reach us, don’t you just want to quietly take refuge somewhere else instead of staying rooted in the hideout of the Black Moon? And when there were close to twenty people gathered, how could they all be killed by one Herendal?”
“Not one, but Herendal had brought his men along ⋯!”
“Anyway, the result was annihilation. One reason was that he was killed. It’s because your underlings are all fucking dicks. If you guys were just a little stronger, you wouldn’t have been slaughtered like that. Rather, it is our side that is absurd.”
“This…!”

Germi clenched her fists and began to tremble. Tears welled up in her eyes, perhaps because she was so angry at my words.

Was it a bit too much? No, you’re just crying over something like this?

“Why, why are you crying…?”
“Someone said he cried! I didn’t cry!!”

Germi shouted, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.

No, while crying, what…

“My kids too… Me too… Fuck rice⋯. No⋯! I’m not weak… Be strong No one can look down on me. No one can hold me down!”
“⋯⋯.”

Her cry, which gradually took the form of a promise to herself, was swallowed up in the silence that filled her room and disappeared.

– With my daughter.
Then, as if laughing at the promise swallowed up in silence, I heard the sound of a door opening on the first floor.

Footsteps coming up the stairs. The door to the room opened, and my women returned with the savory smell of meat.

“Ah, Hanseong-nim, are you awake? Germi-san, did you buy food too?”
“”⋯⋯?””

The three women who opened the door and came in also seemed to notice that the atmosphere was strange, seeing Germi sobbing and me watching it.

Thermia opened her mouth first.

“What happened…?”
“Let me be alone for a while. Germi, he’ll be in the room next to us, so come when you’re calm.”

I left the room with the three women. It’s useless to say anything when you’re in such a state of high emotional ups and downs. It would be better to leave it alone until it calms down.

As soon as she entered the room next to her, Roin tilted her head.

“What? What happened?”
“No, uh, didn’t I tell you that we moved from the inn? Because of that, they blamed us for all their subordinates dying, so why did you blame us for the fact that your children died because they were weak? Then there it is.”

She nodded her head to see if Thermia, who had heard me, understood the context, then she stroked my back and said,

“Still, you can’t speak so harshly of someone who has lost all of her men.”
“Thermia-san?”
“When I heard about Natalie and Roin, she seemed to have come to a strange city alone as a woman and founded an organization. She does, but she’s all dead, so she must have been sad.”
“⋯⋯.”

After hearing Thermia’s words, she saw that there was some truth to them. Still, Germi blames her others ⋯! She can’t look down on me or Germi ⋯!

“But…”
“Hanseong. Are you properly apologizing to Germi? He said we should maintain a good relationship with him in the future.”

Thermia held my hand and said so. She looked into Thermia’s eyes for a moment. I was speechless when my face was reflected in the pretty emerald-colored eyes.

“Let’s reconcile properly and eat together. Because I bought something delicious.”
“Yes.”

I answered without realizing it to Thermia’s words.

Thermia Maman⋯. This is… Elderly tolerance?

“Come on, I will go with you.”

Thermia grabbed my hand and stood in front of Germi’s room and knocked.

“Miss Germi. Shall I go in?”
“Yes…”

A small voice came from inside the room.

“Is it okay to talk for a minute?”
“⋯⋯. What conversation?”

Germi, who was sitting on her bed, briefly came out and looked at Thermia, and then she asked.

“I think our Mr. Hanseong was a little harsh with her words. We’ll have to work together for a while, but we can’t fight each other like this. Now, Mr. Hanseong. Come on.”

I’ve never apologized in my life…!

Because Thermia ordered it, she came out naturally ⋯⋯!

“⋯⋯. Sorry. Germi. Earlier she said too harshly.”

Germi, who heard me, looked at her darling and her palm for a moment, opened and closed it, and then she sighed.

“I was too picky… I’m sorry…”
“Now, let’s shake hands of reconciliation.”
“Te, Thermia-san.”

No, not even elementary school students, but even that?

“Oh hey, come on. Germi-san, please come quickly.”

When Thermia stopped talking, Germi awkwardly approached her, perhaps because she felt something difficult to deny.

Thermia grabbed my hand and Germi’s hand and forced them to hold each other. Germi flinched at the touch of her hand.

“It’s too big…”
“Huh?”
“It’s nothing… Are you done now?”

Germi removed her hand first. Seeing that, Thermia smiled.

“Let’s eat together now. We need to discuss what to do next, right?”
“⋯⋯. I see.”

I was completely caught up in Thermia’s face. I didn’t expect this

When she entered the room, the smell of her meat was stronger than before.

“Wow, the smell of meat.”
“Are you hungry? Eat quickly Gerumi eats a lot too.”
“Ah, thank you…”

Thermia placed a fork in her hand, and Germi awkwardly bowed her head.

I was the first to open my mouth while eating quietly and filling my stomach moderately.

“What are you going to do with Herendal below?”
“Ah. That guy⋯. What condition did you say you were in now?”
“One arm was cut off, and the tendons in the remaining limbs were severed. You probably won’t be able to punch in your life.”
“That should be enough… I’m taking him to the Westway. All you have to do is go and contact the members of the Black Moon, summon the officers and your father, and drag him in front of them. Since they’ve become one-armed idiots, there’s no one to support them. Then, naturally, I will be the successor.”
“Should we go too?”
“Huh. There are several executives who strongly support Herendal. They will try to stop me standing in front of my father.”
“Why?”
“Because they weren’t loyal against Herendal’s personality. Because if stupid Herendal stands on top, he can act like a puppet. I saw Herendal’s stupidity and supported her. It doesn’t matter to them whether Herendal is a one-armed idiot or not.”
“Ah…”

I understand. If the superiors are stupid, the middle management has a lot to do. They probably want stupid Herendal to be at the head. That’s why I oppose Germi.

“So, are you leaving tomorrow?”
“Huh. I think that would be good. As for the wagon, I have one, so you can use it.”

Tomorrow I will go to the Westway for the first time in a while.