Chapter 32

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Translated by Sylph

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“We have to save them!”

At Tie’s words, Basto furrowed his brow.

Right after Rudy had guided Marianne, who was on the verge of fainting, to an empty guest room.

Only Basto, Nordix, Veil, and Tie remained in the dining room.

“Save what? Can’t you see that?”

Veil pointed toward the upper part of the wall.

There was a small window there.

Beyond the blurred glass, they could see the pouring rain.

“I’ve never been on a boat, but there’s one thing I know for sure. If you go out to sea on a day like this, you die a dog’s death.”

“But Oppa. Listen to Tie, juss once.”

Veil closed his mouth.

As if worried, Tie counted off on her fingers as she spoke.

“Right now, we don’t have money, and we’re still a super not-famous fresh mercenary company. But……”

Tie looked around seriously once, then whispered to the other three.

“Guv’nor is super rich.”

Silence fell.

As everyone froze with bewildered expressions, Tie hurriedly continued.

“Tie saw it earlier, and everything on Guv’nor’s wrist is gold! Her earrings are gold too! Her necklace is gold too!”

“……”

“Also, she doesn’t have a single wrinkle on her face! That’s because she smoothed out all the wrinkles with money. I learned that when I lived in Jongno District.”

In Tie’s head, the neighbors who used to sigh about their lives while watching TV came to mind.

“‘Yeonseo, how does that woman never age!'”

“‘Goodness, of course she doesn’t age. Just think how much treatment she must get every single day.'”

“‘Tell me about it, if only I could plaster money on my face like that and get all my wrinkles stretched smooth, I’d have no wish left in life!'”

Tie had learned it then.

That if you ‘plastered money’ on your face, people did not grow old.

That they could have fewer wrinkles than others, and firmer skin too.

Just like the governor!

“If we help, Guv’nor might become a Guv’nor who repays grace.”

In Korea she had been an ordinary kindergartener, but the current Tie was a mercenary.

And the commander of the newly founded ‘Agabert,’ at that.

Tie thought mercenaries were somehow similar to entertainers or idols in Korea.

“‘It’s the same that if you get famous, you earn lots of money.'”

But the problem was how you became famous,

“Bachelor in room 101, is work going okay?”

“……Not really. There are fewer people willing to invest than I expected.”

“That agency thing or whatever still isn’t sorted out?”

“We’re still trying to line up our opinions, but they keep putting weird clauses in the contract. From their side, I must be a hassle, I guess.”

Was it singer-songwriter?

Singer-song…… anyway, that older brother in room 101 who did something like that had struggled with that point too.

He wanted to become famous, but strangely enough, to become famous, you first needed money.

“‘It’s not just money. School ties, regional ties, blood ties. I’m so sick of all of it I could die. Tie, when you grow up later, make sure you line yourself up with rich people or politicians first. Someday you’ll thank this oppa for it.'”

Remembering the older brother from room 101 who had said that, Tie continued.

“Let’s line ourselves up with Guv’nor!”

“……Line up what?”

“We’re making connections! They said life is all netuok!”

“……”

“We can turn our lives around with netuok!”

Actually, if she asked her bone friends to bring her jewels, she could get money.

But that meant stealing from other people’s graves, and there was a limit.

“‘Also, if there aren’t any graves nearby, then they can’t bring it, right.'”

But if she got close to rich people and received money under the name of investment, there was no limit to that!

“Even when we go to the Holy Knights headquarters, if we say we’re acquainted with Guv’nor, they might let us in right away.”

Why else would lines like ‘Do you know who I am!’ appear so much in movies and dramas.

The mouth of Nordix, who was listening to this story, fell open slightly.

There was not a single wrong point in what Tie said.

His eyes shone calmly.

“‘In reality, the governor’s husband really had been a high-ranking figure at the knight commander level.'”

And was that all.

Marianne’s two missing sons had also once been part of the Holy Knights.

Though they had resigned now.

“Tie, you are right.”

Basto and Veil turned their heads.

Looking at the two of them, Nordix continued in a serious voice.

“House Waveril is one of the five wealthiest noble families in the imperial capital. And when the current marquis passes away, the one who will inherit that enormous estate is Marianne Waveril, whom we just met.”

A faint gleam came into Veil’s eyes, which had looked uninterested the whole time.

“Really?”

“Indeed. If we help her find her sons, it will be useful in many ways later. And if we could even conquer the magic stone that rose from the sea, all the better.”

Tie nodded.

“That’s what Tie meant too!”

“And if we form a personal connection with Marianne Waveril, it will be useful anywhere. It may even help spread Agabert’s standing more widely……”

But at that moment, Basto raised one hand.

“I understand what you mean. And I agree with the idea of searching for the governor’s two sons.”

“Is there something else that bothers you?”

“The magic stone outside bothers me.”

Nordix’s eyes widened.

After hesitating, Basto continued.

“As for the idea of conquering that magic stone…… I am honestly skeptical.”

“Same here. The fact that I almost died in Tenebraum Cave still shows up in my dreams.”

Veil stepped in too.

Veil was shuddering as if even thinking about what happened then was horrifying.

“And it’s not even land, it’s the sea. How are we supposed to kill monsters in the sea? With a storm raging like that outside, we’d be lucky just to stay standing……”

“Then let’s not conquer the magic stone!”

At that moment, Tie said brightly.

At the unexpected answer, the three of them looked at Tie.

“If it’s dangerous, then we shouldn’t do it! We just have to hurry and save Guv’nor’s sons, and persuade the people to leave the village!”

Nordix touched his forehead with a low hum.

“But will the people who have homes and boats here really agree to run away so easily……”

“They’re trying to protect their houses and boats and then die. If they die, then they can’t take their houses and boats or anything else anyway!”

“Th-that’s true.”

“Also, since we have Guv’nor too, if we ask Guv’nor to say it super super scary like a tiger, everyone will run away.”

Veil nodded.

As if he understood, he looked around at the members and summed it up.

“Then we look for the governor’s sons as much as we can before sunset? And give up on conquering the magic stone.”

“Good. Once we’ve evacuated the residents first, the imperial family will dispatch holy knights or something.”

Nordix nodded.

“Okay! Let’s go!”

Before long, with Tie’s bright shout as the last thing heard, the four left the dining room.

And so dozens of minutes later.

“Thank you, truly thank you……”

Standing at the dock, Marianne repeated herself.

In that short time, both her eyes had become bloodshot red.

The surging waves reached all the way inside the dock and soaked her ankles, but she did not care about getting wet.

“If they didn’t return to the government office, then they must still be at sea. According to the shipowners, when a storm hits, the currents change and it becomes difficult to control the rudder.”

So the boat Raul and Enzo were on might have been swept all the way to another nearby coast or island.

“Please, please……”

Unable to continue, Marianne squeezed her eyes shut.

She worried that, in saying they would go look for her two sons, she was driving people with no connection to them out into a rough sea.

“Do not worry, Guv’nor!”

But at that moment, once again, that childish voice rang out.

When she lowered her gaze, the little child from earlier, no, Agabert’s commander, was looking up at her.

“Basto says he’s driven boats a lot! Because Ban-Anra Village was a coastal village, and Veil’s eyes are good too, so he can see things that are far away!”

Before she could find words to answer, the sailors nearby crowded in.

“That’s right, Governor. Please don’t worry. There’s still a little time before sunset, so we’ll do our utmost to find them!”

“Your sons will be safe!”

Feeling somewhat reassured, Marianne nodded.

Before long, a boat docked at the pier.

First, the agreed-upon people climbed onto the boat.

Two shipowners belonging to the shipowners’ union, five sailors, Basto, and Veil.

“Commander. Then we’ll see you a little later at the government office building.”

At the moment Basto gave Tie a brief bow.

“Well now, you vermin. Where are you all hurrying off to?”

A large ship docked beside them.