Chapter 309 Flashes in the East Flashes in the West (4)
I doubted my ears at first.
Hoffman trembled at the vulgar curse that only commoners would use, and did not hide the anger that erupted from him.
“How dare you use such vulgar words against the president of Golden Bank! Count Fabius. Even if you’re crazy, you’re still crazy. I follow Roman Dmitri, and I seem to have forgotten all that he laughed at me and made fun of me just a few years ago. You should shut up. Before I tear you apart.”
like he said.
Count Fabius and Hoffman were not first acquaintances.
It was a passing relationship, but Count Fabius tried to leave a good impression on Hoffman.
“I’m sorry.”
Count Fabius laughed.
He looked up at Hoffman, wiggling his legs with his legs crossed.
“Hoffman. It’s you who can’t figure out what’s going on. Dmitri did not give in even against the Kronos Empire, but rather defeated them. But what is ‘only four guys’, acting like we have an edge over us? Don’t be mistaken. You know very well that no matter how great the power of the gold coin in your hand, this world cannot solve all problems with it alone, right?”
Sigh.
got up from the seat
I couldn’t recognize him because he usually smiled, but his physique, which was stronger than I thought, caused breathtaking tension.
“Dmitri is doing his own thing right now. It’s very gentlemanly. If you continue to make comments against Dmitri, we have no choice but to make a decision. Just like the massacre of the troops of the Kronos Empire. To see the end of you, you must choose a force more frightening than gold coins.”
One step closer.
The two looked at each other as they approached.
“I’m just saying this just in case, but you don’t believe in the Golden Knights who are waiting for your orders outside, do you? It’s not like that. The president of Golden Bank wouldn’t be that stupid. If so, what on earth do you believe in and act like that? If Dmitri decides to assassinate ‘you’, can he really stop it with the power of gold coins?”
“… ?!”
Hoffman’s eyes twitched.
It was so different from what I expected.
I thought it would subside if I shouted moderately, but Count Fabius did not back down like a man without a back.
furthermore.
‘As Fabius said. The Golden Bank cannot prevent Dmitri’s assassination.’
Dmitry.
Aside from Roman Dmitri, they have great masters like Chris and Kevin.
There was no way to stop them with the masters brought in with money.
Didn’t even the Kronos Empire, the most powerful country on the continent, suffer the humiliation of being captured by Rascal and Cortas because they couldn’t stop Roman Dmitri’s guerrilla operation?
It was embarrassing.
Count Fabius.
A man who was once called the raccoon of Kairos, but now swears allegiance to Dmitri.
He’s not that aggressive.
I couldn’t understand why a person who was parasitic to power would come out to such an extreme.
My eyes trembled.
Although he couldn’t avoid his gaze because of his pride, he was not unaware of the fact that his defeat had already deepened.
widely.
One more step.
closed the distance
Count Fabius looked down at Hoffman with a ferocious face at a distance close enough that he could feel his breath.
“hey.”
people said
Count Fabius.
Dmitri’s raccoon is a typical weak and weak.
blast furnace.
“If you don’t want to go to war with Dmitri, keep your eyes peeled. this bastard.”
For Fabius, Hoffmann was classified as weak.
* * *
Hoffman went out.
Viscount Vincent couldn’t say anything hastily at the sight of him retreating as if he were running away.
‘Damn it.’
A cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The first plan was to raise his ransom due to the competition between Hoffman and Fabius, but he did not expect that Count Fabius would come out this strong.
My heart skipped a beat as the situation unfolded right in front of my eyes.
The way Hoffman was treated like a back alley moneylender shocked him.
It was extreme.
Only then did I see the true face of Dmitri.
‘I picked the wrong opponent. Dmitri already has all the conditions for being a great power.’
Like a shrimp’s back bursting in a whale fight.
Viscount Vincent killed his presence.
With an awkward face, he couldn’t tell Count Fabius to leave, fearing that sparks would fly on him.
however.
widely.
Count Fabius sat down again.
Looking at him with a puzzled face, Count Fabius, who had shown a ferocious expression until just now, smiled kindly.
“Sit down. Now that the obstruction is gone, how about having a full-fledged conversation with the players?”
“… what is that?”
Viscount Vincent hesitated and blinked his eyes.
It felt like the accident circuit was stopped.
The sudden change of Count Fabius was also a change, but I couldn’t understand what the hell they were talking about.
said Count Fabius.
“Dmitry is not such a tough country. The severance with Golden Bank will have a direct impact on the Vincent family, so we can’t just talk about ‘trust’. Of course, you should be compensated accordingly. Of course, if you had chosen Golden Bank in the first place, you wouldn’t even have this conversation, but like I said, Dmitri gives clear rewards to friendly factions. This is different from the type of bully who just talks softly and promises a future together.”
Attitude has changed.
It was so hospitable that I couldn’t even remember how he had screamed so violently until just now.
“Viscount Vincent. Be honest about what you want from Dmitri.”
Why?
The warm favor made Viscount Vincent rather goosebumps.
Dmitry’s raccoon.
Because I know what is hidden behind a smiling face.
I thought it was really fortunate that Viscount Vincent didn’t turn Dmitri into an enemy.
* * *
Hoffman.
He returned to his base.
The splendid building and the servants who respected him welcomed his safe return, but he was so helpless that he couldn’t even see the surroundings.
The president of Golden Bank. In his life as a powerful man, Hoffman has never experienced humiliation like this one.
always.
People were kind to him.
Due to the nature of Golden Bank, which had to maintain neutrality, there was no title of nobility, but nobility from any country bowed their heads to the name value of being the president of the Golden Bank.
The Kronos Empire was the same.
The continent’s most powerful country also recognized itself, but it didn’t work at all against Dmitri.
I was angry.
this problem.
It’s not going to end with just one humiliation.
It was only a matter of time before the reputation of Golden Bank would be undermined if rumors about Dmitri spread.
‘The ancestors said. If you are stuck with a realistic problem that cannot be solved with money, then check out the secret of the Golden Bank that has been passed down from generation to generation. I can’t believe this happened when I was the president of the bank.’
gritted it
Humiliated and devastated, Hoffman wanted revenge by any means necessary.
Roman Dmitry and Fabius.
I will tear it to pieces and kill it.
Golden Bank will have to prove to the world that it doesn’t forget grudges.
took a step
I opened the safe behind the library in the office, and inside was a secret box of the Golden Bank that had been passed down from generation to generation.
Shuk.
I heard the dagger.
He pricked his finger, drew a drop of blood, and dropped it into a dent in the lock.
OK.
Anger –
raging.
A blue light came on.
It shimmered like fire and was not hot at all, and Hoffman carefully opened the box with trembling eyes.
Inside was a short text and a magic communicator that could connect anywhere.
Among the mysteries of the continent.
People questioned the existence of the suddenly appeared Golden Bank.
I couldn’t understand where they had come from and how they had attained such great wealth.
but.
There was certainty that the first bank president was clearly an unusual existence.
Hoffman heard the magic communicator.
And then.
“… Mr Alexander. Your servant now greets you.”
The secret of the ancestors.
Hoffman finally faced the meaning of Golden Bank’s existence.
* * *
One month after that.
Time passed quickly.
As Roman Dmitri’s scheduled time approached, Marquis Valentino visited Dmitri early in the morning.
7 o’clock in the morning.
“Did Roman Dmitri come out of the studio by any chance?”
“You haven’t come out yet. If you are resting in the reception room, I will contact you as soon as you leave.”
“i get it. You must be the first to contact them.”
in the words of Hans.
The Marquis Valentino showed a desperate expression.
There was a faint look on his face as he kept looking back, as if he was looking at his first love.
8 in the morning.
“Hasn’t it come out yet?”
“yes.”
9 o’clock in the morning.
“still… .”
“yes.”
10 o’clock in the morning.
“if… .”
“You haven’t come out yet.”
Every hour.
Marquis Valentino found Hans.
As time went on, his face was stained with disappointment, but he never intended to give up or go back.
For the Marquis Valentino, the month of waiting for Roman Dmitri seemed like an eternity of time.
It was painful.
Since then, I spent so much pain and patience that I locked myself in my room every day and waited for only today because I was convinced that Roman Dmitri would definitely create a great work.
today.
It was time to check the results.
Although he was very thin from the long wait, his eyes shone brightly.
“I can’t wait in the waiting room any longer. in front of the workshop. I will wait for Roman Dmitri to open the studio door and come out, so hurry up and show me the way.”
“Impossible.”
“No, he said he would just wait… .”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t grant you this request.”
Hans refused to compromise.
in front of the workshop.
It was forbidden to enter except for officials.
The Marquis Valentino was forced to spend time in the reception room, and although he had apparently arrived early in the morning, he could see the sun setting through the window.
An ominous feeling crept up.
After endless waiting, the door opened, and the joy-filled face turned into disappointment at once.
the man who entered.
He was Hans.
“It looks like we will have to wait a few more days. Once you return to Kairos, I will contact you as soon as Master Roman comes out.”
“no! I won’t go back!”
The Marquis Valentino was adamant.
He said.
“I’ll find accommodations in Dmitri and wait for you. So, when Roman Dmitri comes out, call me right away.”
Valentino.
His persistent obsession ended the day without any profit.
* * *
A few days have passed.
The situation past the scheduled time made Hans worried.
‘What happened?’
Meantime.
I worked on it several times in the studio, but rarely missed the scheduled deadline.
It was ominous.
As Marquis Valentino, who visits Dmitri every day, inquired after Roman Dmitri, the ominous imagination gradually swelled up.
When about 5 days passed like that.
Deciding that he couldn’t wait any longer, Hans accompanied Felix to make sure he didn’t violate Roman Dmitri’s orders.
“Felix-sama. Can you use magic to confirm what is happening inside the workshop?”
“All right.”
It was a last resort.
The workshop that arrived like that.
Felix immediately raised mana.
‘Sensation (感應).’
It wasn’t any special magic.
It was to let the mana flow and feel the mana inside the workshop.
If there were no problems, mana would be full of vitality, so at least it was possible to confirm life and death.
however.
Felix opened his eyes.
As soon as mana permeated into the workshop, he received a shocking feeling.
“… What is this?”
Inside and outside the studio.
It was a completely different world.
While the outside was so calm, a huge amount of mana was causing a huge explosion inside.
“… What the hell is going on inside?”
trembling eyes.
Felix looked at the workshop in a state of fascination.
