Chapter 439. Scales of Merchant and Conscience (5)
“I think I paid off enough. Others think so too. I don’t think there is any need to push further.”
The others are the victims who reported the company’s irregularities to us.
They, too, are now preparing for the day when they will realize their dreams once again at our company, having been saved by my consideration.
Although he is an accomplice, he is a victim in this case, so he is helping to some extent.
If you fail after that, it’s your responsibility.
“I think it’s time to take my head.”
“really?
In reality, it still seems like a lot has accumulated.
I know what you are condescending to.
But he must be worried that it’s not good to keep him biting his nails to avenge the humiliation.
Revenge was good, but it was clear that the opponent would hold a grudge.
“I hate to say this, but he really is a mediocre man. I will definitely have an accident.”
“know. That’s why he must have fallen into temptation and reached out for some useless method.”
“….yes? Temptation?”
“Oh, there is something like that.”
After I passed it in moderation, Ellium seemed to have guessed it on his own without thinking deeply.
“Anyway, what you’re worried about is that you’re going to make a fuss for nothing?”
“Rather than saying yes. If so, I’m sure he’ll have useless thoughts.”
“doesn’t care.”
I confidently ignored it.
“Because I thought it would be like that anyway.”
I am proud to say that I have a little bit of understanding of the world.
Even an earthworm wriggles when stepped on, but people are more like that.
“I should rather struggle. That way he will respond.”
“That guy?”
Without answering, I smirked.
Rather, that is what I am aiming for.
Now, the time has come for me to directly observe this incident and find the purpose of intervening.
So, who was it that gave the idiot the means and encouraged him?
As expected by Elium and Arel, Cherpal expressed his anger by indiscriminately throwing junk upon returning to the chamber.
“By the number of years.”
It wasn’t enough that he was humiliated by a low-level merchant he looked down on, and he returned reminded once again that this side was at a disadvantage.
I was convinced by the look on her face there.
Elium… No, the Arnil Chamber behind her will definitely accuse all of this injustice in the end.
Maybe you’ve already been accused and are playing with yourself.
“…what should I do… what should I do?”
He muttered as he gripped the desk hard, not realizing that his fingernails were breaking.
“…You seem to be in trouble.”
Accountant Cagin hears the commotion and comes in cautiously.
“That damn bitch! I don’t even know the subject!!
no! It’s not just that year! Those damn things!”
He couldn’t bear to speak properly and burst out in anger.
Those worms that are difficult to stick in their mouths, forgetting the grace of dealing with them and daring to point their swords at them!
Of course, his thoughts are nonsense.
He abandoned them first, which is why he ended up like this.
However, he does not have the proper mental head to realize such a fact.
Keigin silently looked at the Sanghoju.
“…Then what are you going to do?”
“What the heck! In the first place, all of this is you!”
Cherpal finally tried to lash out at Keigin.
“You let me know…
” “Yeah? What do I mean?”
Keigin asks again as if nothing had happened before the verbal abuse started pouring out.
And he said the same thing over and over again.
“What do I mean?”
“Wasn’t it all a result of your ploy to use them to gain advantage?”
“That… that’s it.”
It was hard to believe that he had intended to rant a little while ago, and his voice softened.
Keigin still didn’t blink an eye.
Just like an adult looking down at an immature child’s complaint, he doesn’t even move.
It does not obscure the gaze as if it were others.
“Anyway, if it continues like this, it will be ruin for the upper lord.”
“That… it can’t be!”
“But I can’t let go like this.”
When he says that, Sanghoju clings to the accountant and secretary as if he had been waiting.
“How can I do it!”
“In short, we just have to attack from this side before they can move first.”
“Ohhhh! Is there a way!”
Kaygin gave a creepy eye smile at the strangely clinging Cherpal.
“Yes there is a way. Now, it’s just a matter of splendidly destroying things like this.”
The tone was too strange to be a way to save him.
and atmosphere.
However, Cherpal, as if possessed by something, had no doubts about the accountant’s strange attitude.
“You and the other side too. You just have to get along with each other.”
dawn the next day.
A time when everyone except for some on-call is asleep and the only noise is the sound of nocturnal birds.
There were shadows approaching the branch of Arnil Firm in silence.
However, unlike those who move with disquieting intentions, there is no professionalism in their movements.
This is because those who are hiding now are at most merchants or janitors of that store.
Moreover, their expressions that kill the sound of footsteps are not very bright.
Because they know what they are going to do from now on.
“…Is it really okay to do this?”
“….Shh! be quiet! What are you going to do if you overhear it?”
He warns his colleague who speaks insecurely, but the man who warns him also tries hard to suppress his anxiety.
It is because the weight of the wooden barrel they are hugging around their waist is weighing down their conscience.
not just weight.
Because you already know what this is.
The wooden barrel they are holding now contains a strange liquid.
It contained a liquid that was black, sticky, and gave off a strange stench.
It is a terrible liquid that Sanghoeju has obtained from somewhere.
“…Again, be careful.
Make sure this doesn’t get on your body.”
“…let me be careful.”
The reason why they hesitate so much is that this liquid has a terrible effect that once it is ignited, it is hardly extinguished.
In the past, it was known that if you apply this to leather and eat it after repelling water, it has medicinal effects, but it is avoided because of this effect.
“… Where the hell did Sanghoju get this from?…
Those who came to carry out the instructions of Sanghoju murmured bitterly.
Because you know what to do with it from now on.
The place they are heading to is the branch of Arnil Corporation.
I will pour this liquid over it and throw an ember.
The amount they had would be enough to burn down the building.
‘…Even so, it’s like this.’ They also know that they have fallen behind Arnil Corporation and the shops it has invested in recently.
In addition, the merchants who held a grudge against this side in the past, including Elium, led it.
Of course, I understand that the upper house owner is paying attention to it.
In the end, he was so nervous that the Sanghoju ordered a decision that would not normally be possible.
‘…No matter how hard it is, to set fire to the Arnil Chamber of Commerce’s branches and shops.’
Did he choose this method after all because he couldn’t win?
‘…well, we’re not in a position to blame him either.’
In addition, the people who are now carrying this barrel are the ones who have contributed to pushing them individually.
They, too, fell for the benefit of the moment, and in the end, they couldn’t stop Sanghoeju.
In the end, it is a position that can not be said to be innocent like Sanghoju.
So, in the end, I had no choice but to follow this.
In the end, it’s about making a living.
In the end, he succumbs to temptation and commits another evil act.
So they finally arrived at the branch they were aiming for.
By now, the others should have reached their respective destinations as well.
All that’s left now is to spray it, throw some embers, and quickly dodge.
Be careful not to leave any evidence behind.
If their actions were discovered, they would not even expect to die safely.
So they tried to handle the work in tension and fear.
“…but this was ordered by the merchant… is that right?”
“…What are you talking about?”
“???? No?… That’s it?… I don’t know if it was Sanghoeju or someone else who handed this over to me… I don’t remember…
For some reason, one of my colleagues is saying something strange and I can’t speak.
No, then who else would say to do such a nonsensical act?
If it wasn’t him in the first place…?
“???? hmm?”
However, something was also clouded in his mind.
Surely it was Sanghoeju who handed over this and ordered it…?
“…Ah no. It must be the upper house.”
He finally made up his mind after much thought.
give up
It must have been him.
I don’t know why I’m so sure, but there are no others.
My head is confused because of the tension between each other.
The other workers eventually came to that conclusion and tried to get things done.
As it was, they carefully tried to pour the liquid from the barrel onto the wall of the building.
That is, unless someone stopped the barrel the moment it was opened.
As if they were waiting for their hands, they grabbed them tightly as if they were grabbing them from the intruders in the dark.
The complexion of the workers turns white.
“Quit.”
It was the soldiers hired by the Arnil Company that restrained them, glaring at them coldly and contemptuously.
Failed.
In fact, no thoughts flowed through their heads, as if something had cut them off.
“I will tell you the details in prison, but since I showed you this barrel, there will be no excuses.
They gave up, unable to resist the feeling of despair.
‘for a moment? Where else?’ Caught, they looked up.
No burning flames or smoke could be seen anywhere in the city.
Their last attempt was a miserable failure.
“…Wow, I really didn’t know you would do something like this.”
Meanwhile, Seina frowned in amazement after receiving a report on the current situation through the communication port.
I never thought I’d really try to set fire to the Arnil Chamber of Commerce branch and the shops it invested in.
Rather, it was so stupid that I didn’t expect it.
‘If I didn’t say that Allel-sama would be there, I wonder if I would have been stunned…
Allel had already predicted this situation and ordered the soldiers hired by the merchant to be deployed.
At first, everyone looked puzzled.
Seina didn’t doubt Arel either, but she just thought it was absurd.
“…I never thought you’d be such a foolish human being. It’s the worst.”
Elyom, who accompanied Seina, also shook his head in embarrassment.
It seems that he is quite fed up.
It has to be.
It’s simply a problem before talking about the worst thing as a merchant.
