Chapter 219 Earl of Rondon (4)
Early in the morning.
The Earl of Rondon immediately got into the carriage.
The meeting with the Golden Bank was scheduled in the same city, but 100,000 gold coins could not be moved on foot.
Every time the carriage passed over bumpy ground, the carriage moved.
Because the country’s budget was not used properly, Redford, despite being the capital, was not as good as any rural city.
no wagon.
The Earl of Rondon stared at the gold coin.
The hard-earned money, even betting on Rondon’s land and heirloom, will be used to overcome the country’s crisis.
those who know the truth.
He said that the Earl of London was crazy.
If he stood one step away from the realities of the country and looked at the situation, the Earl of Rondon would be able to live a comfortable life regardless of Redford’s fate.
The Kronos Empire is tolerant of renegades.
If you raise your voice to betray your country and live for the empire, you don’t have to live as hard as you do now.
I knew it too.
Merchants were good at calculating their interests, but there were things in the world that had to be done even at a loss.
‘Golden Bank’s debt is just the beginning. With this incident, I will change the game for Redford.’
If you pay off your debt.
I will go find the king.
If I didn’t accept the choice for the country this time again, I was thinking of overthrowing the country, even if it meant being a traitor as people say.
In the meantime, I suppressed the thought of rebellion.
However, a few days ago, the king’s successor, the prince, agreed to this matter.
“Count Rondon. This country is driven to the brink. If my father’s rule leads directly to the downfall of this country, I must make a decision for Redford as I am bound to inherit it.”
actually.
The King of Redford wasn’t a dead end from the start.
Before falling into the aberration of gambling addiction, King Redford was the kind of king who smelled like a man.
People respected and wholeheartedly followed King Redford, but a few years ago an accident occurred that broke his spirit.
The king’s three children.
Among two sons and one daughter, the eldest son died in an accident while practicing horseback riding, and a while later, the youngest daughter suffered from the death of the eldest son and hanged herself.
A series of accidents.
The king fell into despair.
He, who lived a life of drinking every day, found pleasure in life by stepping into a gambling board.
The pleasure of making money.
The intense stimulation to blow away the sadness of losing a child became a bond that King Redford could not escape.
for that reason.
The Earl of Rondon did not want to give up the king until the end.
It was hard to accept the situation itself in which a sword was drawn against King Redford, apart from the circumstantial reason that the country would be ruined by traitors after rebellion.
But now it was the limit.
Redford will really fall off the cliff if he blows even the last chance now that he has settled the debt of the Golden Bank by borrowing money from the Dmitri family and blows it into a pile of new debt.
Rebellion.
It was complicated.
Memories of the past cluttered my mind.
It was then.
less so less so
The carriage rocked greatly.
With the neighing of the horses, the carriage stopped and there was a commotion outside.
yet.
“Protect the wagon!”
“Attack!”
knight’s cry.
The outside of the wagon was quickly plunged into chaos.
* * *
Wide roads.
At a leisurely time when there were still few people coming and going, people came out from all over the alley and rushed at them all at once.
“Attack!”
“There are gold coins in there!”
as many as hundreds of people.
Their eyes glistened with lust.
Their shabby appearance and the weapons they were holding were quite crude, but their numbers that filled the field of vision puzzled the soldiers of House Rondon.
The soldiers hurriedly raised their shields.
They put their bodies together to protect each other, but they didn’t expect to be attacked in the middle of the Redford capital.
at last.
people came in
Seeing them radiate heat right in front of their noses, the Rondon family knight raised an aura and screamed.
Qurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
“Protect the wagon!”
“Attack!”
It was the beginning of a battle.
As soon as the soldiers met people, dozens of people screamed.
It was a shabby look that didn’t even wear leather armor.
The swords of the soldiers cut off the fluttering clothes and took the life of the opponent at once, but the people did not stop running at them, trampled on the corpse with mad faces.
Puck-
My arm flew off.
Some had their throats cut.
In a situation of blood and death, someone finally drove a knife through the heart of a soldier.
Pooh.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The surroundings were thrown into chaos.
The soldiers who couldn’t overcome the number began to die, and the knights of the Rondon family actively demonstrated their strength by gritting their teeth.
The opponent is just a normal person.
It was impossible to deal with the Aura swordsmen, but there were those who took advantage of the chaos to move.
hooked
“… ?!”
The knight widened his eyes.
A thorn stuck in his neck.
It was fired by someone.
It meant that an unusual being was mixed among people, but there was nothing he could do about his already faded mind.
My body staggered.
The knight, who swung his sword and slashed enemies until the moment he collapsed, had his face splattered with blood and his whole body hacked to pieces by people rushing at him from all sides.
dump.
death of a knight.
The defeat deepened.
Count Rondon, who checked the situation outside the carriage, screamed with a pale face.
“Stop it right now! The wealth of the wagon is an important money to solve the country’s problems! If you people of Redford, you must not attack us! please please stop! If this money is stolen, there is no future for Redford!”
opponent’s purpose.
I felt it was money.
The Earl of Rondon shouted with a blood clot in his throat, but no one listened to him at
that moment.
puck.
Beetle.
The world was shaken.
Count Rondon fell facedown on the floor, his eyes unfocused.
Blood flowed from the back of the head.
With a sense of reality that was gradually fading, he struggled to check the face of the person who attacked him.
“Check inside the carriage!”
“Gold coins! There are gold coins!”
People screaming for joy.
among them.
Jacqueline was there.
Initially no more than a needle thief, he boldly attacked the Rondon carriage in the middle of the capital.
“… please.”
No more mouth drop.
He wanted to stop people, but his dying voice could not be heard by the excited people.
suddenly.
The words of Roman Dmitry came to mind.
When he said that he didn’t have to help with the meeting with the Golden Bank, Roman Dmitri handed over the box of 100,000 gold coins and said.
“Be careful. The Count made the mistake of being lenient when a hand had to be used. It doesn’t matter what story the people who attacked the mansion had. A family called Rondon became the kingdom of Redford. The moment you realize that the wall is not as high as you thought, it won’t be strange no matter what happens from then on.”
his words.
I ignored it even though I knew what it meant.
At least I didn’t want to accept the fact that this country had gone down that far.
And now.
He gasped for breath on the cold floor.
He looked at Jacqueline, who was collecting the gold coins, and his speechless mouth twitched.
like that.
The Earl of Rondon lost consciousness in his fading spirit.
* * *
This attack.
It originated from the information of the owner of the pub.
“Jacqueline. Early tomorrow morning I got word that the Rondons are trying to steal the country’s wealth. This information was given to me by a servant working for the Rondon family, and he must be trying to move the property to a safe place in case of Redford’s fall. Meeting Dmitri is also an extension of him. It is clear that he intends to leave for exile in the Principality of Dmitri, not the Kronos Empire.”
at that point.
Jacqueline was furious.
The people of Redford know that the country is collapsing, but there is no way to use their hands, but the person called Redford’s greatest man is thinking of running away.
I just couldn’t tolerate it.
The money the Rondons had earned by toppling others needed to be taken back, at least for this country.
“A dirty fabric cub. We can no longer stand by and stand by the atrocities of traitors.”
past incident.
The Earl of Rondon took a step back.
The willingness to compromise despite the use of crude farm implements instilled confidence in Jacqueline’s heart.
That’s how I robbed the wagon.
Jacqueline’s eyes widened when she moved to another place and checked the gold box.
“How much is this?”
“At least tens of thousands of gold, right?”
Moment.
I was angry.
Tens of thousands of gold is enough money for many people to not have to worry about living for at least a year, but Count Rondon tried to siphon off such a huge amount of money.
His judgment was right.
It did not conform to the justice of the world that this money, which contained the blood and sweat of the people of Redford, was used for traitors like trash.
He headed to the square.
I screamed at the people starting the morning.
“Everyone gather here! From now on, I will give you one gold coin stolen from the traitor Count Rondon!”
Jacqueline.
He didn’t consider himself an ordinary rogue.
Righteous enemy.
An existence that returns the money stolen from the wicked back to its original place.
People flocked.
People with scrawny faces who couldn’t eat at the word gold coins came running in a month to see where they got strength.
He gave them gold coins.
one by one.
A bright smile appeared on Jacqueline’s face as she watched the rapidly shrinking box of gold coins.
Even then.
Jacqueline firmly believed that she was doing the right thing.
* * *
Tick tock.
Time passed.
One man showed a disapproving look when the Earl of Rondon did not show up after nine o’clock when they had promised to meet.
“Treasurer. I think Golden Bank understood the circumstances of Redford Kingdom in its own way. Trusting His Majesty’s words, he lent a large sum of money, waived part of the interest, and waited patiently until the end even though he hadn’t even repaid the interest, let alone repaid the principal. But what are you going to do now? Why doesn’t Count Rondon show up after the scheduled time!”
Member of Golden Bank.
was an executive officer.
He was a man of power who could plunge Redford into abyss with a single word, so the treasurer spoke urgently.
“I’m really sorry. The Earl of Rondon is not one to break promises of time. Apparently something happened on the way here… … .”
“Stop the nonsense!”
Pak.
I threw out the papers.
The treasurer’s eyes widened at the papers scattered in all directions.
said the bailiff.
“We are not ignorant of the Earl of Rondon’s reputation in Redford. He has a reputation as a person who destroys people around him with his cruel business skills and takes care of his own interests. Even so, Golden Bank does not judge people based solely on their reputation. If the relationship with us had been smooth, I might have believed the words of the treasurer and waited with the personal capacity of an executor. however. In the meantime, what has the Earl of Rondon properly fulfilled his promise? He took on this job on behalf of Redford and delayed the time to repay the money, and today, when he promised to meet, he hasn’t even revealed himself. Trust is not built in an instant. Rather than the treasurer saying something might happen, I think that the Earl of Rondon has abandoned Redford and found his own way.”
Sigh.
got up from the seat
There was no reason to wait here any longer.
“From now on, Golden Bank will classify the ‘Kingdom of Redford’ as a bad debtor.
“Executor Ji!”
sudden.
I turned my steps.
Seeing the attendants following him, the treasurer hurriedly stood up and tried to grab at least the crotch of his trousers.
It was then.
“Dmitri’s heir, Roman Dmitri, is entering.”
over the door.
A servant’s voice was heard.
And people’s eyes were directed to one place at the same time as the wide open door.
