Episode 250 You know me, right? (4)
As Lois remained silent, Heidel’s condescending voice continued.
“We have recovered a broken Transcendent Airplane from the winter continent, so you can check it out. However, it may not be easy to determine the cause. Don’t you know that the technical wizards in our Palace Tower are also skilled because they are from the Tower of Desire? But they couldn’t find the cause either.”
“joy! Just compare us with those guys… … .”
“quiet.”
“… … .”
Lois, who silenced Harold who was about to convulse, looked at Heidel and asked.
“Well, okay. But even if it’s broken, if there’s a problem, you have to come to us and let us know. Why did you go to the Meldenic royal family and report it? And why didn’t the Meldenic royal family tell us about it until now?”
Heidel smiled and answered as if he had been waiting for that question.
“It is said that as many as 2,000 transcendental aircraft exhibited abnormalities and did not function, causing astronomical amounts of damage to property as well as people in the empire.”
“… … .”
“As the amount expected to be compensation for damage was so large, the empire requested advice, and our royal family was conducting an investigation, so delivery was only slightly delayed. “Isn’t a thorough investigation necessary to determine the exact amount of compensation for damages?”
Heidel said that, but no one here in the Tower of Desire believed what he said.
A Dominant Empire would be able to demand compensation for damages from the Tower of Desire on its own.
Nevertheless, there must be some reason why the empire asked the Meldenic royal family for help first.
Lois had a vague idea what their deal was.
‘It must be taxes.’
What the Dominant Empire currently needs urgently is gold, but it is also a transcendence period to maintain immediate national defense power.
Therefore, the Dominant Empire may have been thinking of demanding a transcendental machine that can be operated immediately along with gold as compensation.
And that’s a huge number of transcendence periods.
However, will the Meldenic Kingdom, which imposes taxes on all goods imported, exported, and distributed within the country, just observe this great opportunity?
There will probably be huge taxes levied.
‘They say even a dog eats half his house, so even if it’s an empire, there’s no need to be afraid of the Dominant on the other side of the sea.’
On the contrary, the Dominant Empire was in a situation where it had to somehow please the Meldenic Kingdom in order to receive the Transcendence Period.
If the Meldenic Kingdom decides to block it, the Transcendence Period will not even be able to cross the sea.
‘see… So what did the Dominant Empire give you?’
If the Dominant Empire had been promised a tax reduction, what would the Meldenic royal family have gotten in return?
Lois was curious about that.
And in Heidel’s story that followed, Royce’s curiosity was immediately answered.
“This damage compensation will probably be quite a burden on the Tower of Desire. but… “I think we can come up with a pretty good compromise if we have the royal family’s protection, which is ‘the only thing’.”
Lois was able to understand clearly.
The Duke of Heidel was always relaxed.
This is the weapon he holds.
This means that the amount of compensation will change significantly with just one word from the Duke of Heidel.
‘They gave me the right to negotiate.’
The Meldenic Kingdom holds the negotiating power on behalf of the Dominant Empire.
Maybe they would try to put a leash on the Tower of Desire through this game of weaving and hitting.
No, Lois’ intuition told her that this was definitely the case.
The owner who holds the leash of the richest castle tower.
Is there anything else as attractive as that?
“What do you think, tower owner?”
As if he had said all he wanted to say, the Duke of Heidel leaned against the back of the sofa.
He looked at Lois as if to tell me that my story is over, so now you can tell yours.
Lois also laughed at this.
Very brutally.
“… “It’s fun.”
It was really fun.
How will that face that thinks of itself as ‘Ap’ change now?
Just thinking about that made me smile.
“Oh, before that.”
Royce’s gaze landed on Duke Danius, who was still frozen next to Duke Heidel.
Danius finally came to his senses after seeing the cold gaze directed at him.
Lois’ voice flowed into his ears.
“You’re not answering?”
“… yes?”
“I asked you earlier.”
“yes?”
“You know me, right?”
“… … ?!”
“Is your spout clogged? Would you like me to give you a cool piercing?”
At that bloody threat, Danius jumped up from his seat and shouted.
“Oh, of course! Oh, I know!”
Duke Danius nodded eagerly.
He didn’t know that the moment he said he didn’t know, another mouth would appear on his face.
Of course, it wasn’t clear that it would happen on the face.
If it were a cult leader he knew, he was a man who might have made a mouth on the back of his head instead of his face.
‘How can that monster get here?!’
I still haven’t forgotten the sights of that day.
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The divine power of the former religious leader who even split the sun.
And the astronomical amount of debt that was strapped to the neck of the empire, the owner of that leash.
To the Prime Minister, Duke Danius, Royce was someone more fearful than the Reaper.
But why did the leader of the Telegraph Church appear when I came to meet the owner of the pagoda of my dreams?
Even the leader of the cult is the head of the tower.
‘finished… done.’
Danius did not have the courage to negotiate with the religious leader.
No, it would be the same even if you brought anyone from the empire.
Meanwhile, Danius’ reaction changed the mood of the crowd.
The people of the Tower of Desire are confused.
And the person who was more perplexed than anyone else was, of course, the Duke of Heidel.
“What… now?” … ?!”
In response to Duke Heidel’s question, which was filled with confusion, Duke Danius cursed harshly with his eyes.
‘shut up! Quiet!’
When the Duke of Heidel sensed this and closed his mouth in absurdity, Royce smiled in satisfaction.
“Okay, what’s your name?”
“It’s Danius!”
“Oh, yes, Danius. “How is the Emperor?”
Emperor? The emperor I know?
… The thought was read on the faces of the audience.
Lois treats the owner of a huge empire as if she were the bachelor next door.
But what was even more surprising was Danius’ reaction.
“Oh, of course! “You are well!”
People could not help but be confused by the reaction of Duke Danius, who accepted Royce’s attitude as if it was natural.
“Well then, you should be fine. If the emperor and his children have even the slightest problem… “You will have to take care of it.”
“No need to worry! “Your Majesty’s health is always our top priority!”
“Okay, I’m doing great. Just keep doing that in the future.”
“Oh, I understand.”
“Oh, and you came to the Autumn Continent because of the Transcendental Period problem?”
“That’s right!”
“I’ll send some of my kids to deal with that problem. Unlike the quacks of the Meldenic royal family, our children will be able to cure it. And the loss you suffered… Let’s negotiate to pay one month’s interest. “Do you have any objections?”
Of course, how could there be such an objection?
Even if they went back empty-handed, everyone would comfort them by saying that they were just glad they came back alive.
However, one month’s interest is written off.
The empire’s debt was only a penny or two.
Just being able to not pay interest for that month was enough of a benefit for the empire.
Danius couldn’t even bring up the ‘i’ part of the objection.
Lois just quickly nodded, wondering if her mind would change.
“doesn’t exist! Absolutely not! “Nothing!”
“step.”
“yes?”
“Give me a week. “If your feet are still on the Autumn Continent a week later, what we talked about today will have never happened.”
“Huh?!”
“What are you doing?”
“Yes, yes?”
“Aren’t you going? Do you have time to sit here leisurely now?”
Even if we packed our bags and left right now, we were running out of time to find a ship and leave for the winter continent.
Danius, realizing this, rushed out.
“bye. “There will be no see-off.”
Lois waved her hand behind Danius’ back as he walked away.
Everyone was speechless and gaped at what happened so quickly.
Meanwhile, Lois turned her gaze to look at Heidel.
“Did you say the second reason you came was to talk about a compensation plan?”
“… … .”
“But what should I do with this?”
“… … .”
“The person you were talking to just left?”
The Duke of Heidel came to his senses at Royce’s twitching.
“W-What?!”
“Then shall we go back to the first reason? What did you say? “The royal family will arbitrate and you should apologize?”
“… … .”
“apologize?”
Lois’ smile turned cold.
“Even if I bring all the marquis who are currently hiding as gifts, it won’t be enough… “Are you going to apologize to us?”
“Come on, tower owner, calm down… … .”
Heidel’s expression of ‘Isn’t this right?’ was clearly visible on Heidel’s face as he tried to diffuse the situation somehow.
Ignoring this, Lois’ story continued.
“What did you say earlier? “A symbiotic relationship between Cyron and us?”
“… … .”
“Even bullshit is very creative. symbiosis? Do not be ridiculous. It is the Tower of Our Wish that turned a corner of the countryside that we didn’t even know was on the map into what it is today. How do you think this is symbiosis? Siron was living in our Tower of Desire. Isn’t that right?”
Everyone at the Tower of Desire nodded enthusiastically to Royce’s question.
Douglas and Erica’s reactions were especially passionate.
“No problem!”
“Hehe, that’s right, a horseshoe show! It’s all thanks to us that Siron, which used to have cow dung rolling around on the streets, has become like this! What has Lord Siron done so far? “I filled my stomach with the wealth we created!”
If you were to go out and catch Siron Young Ji-min right now and ask him what created his current status, a hundred would answer that it was the Tower of Desire.
Douglas, Erica, and Floria were certain.
Heidel broke into a cold sweat as the living witnesses of history spoke.
Heidel’s upper body, which had been leaning back on the sofa just a moment ago, slightly protruded forward.
The arrogance he felt a moment ago had completely disappeared.
What filled his face right now was confusion, absurdity, and worry about how to sort out the current situation.
Heidel sighed softly.
“after… Of course, I will not deny that your help in creating the current Cyron was great. However, please do not forget that the entire foundation of the Tower of Desire is located in Cyron and the Kingdom of Meldenik.”
“so?”
“In this kingdom, nobles and… “There’s no good in being at odds with the royal family, is there?”
“Are you threatening us now?”
“You mean a threat? “I’m just saying this because I’m worried about the future of the Tower of Desire.”
“Why are you going to punish us if we don’t apologize?”
“… … .”
Heidel was silent.
But no one knew that it meant acknowledging Lois’ words.
Also, Heidel was putting unspoken pressure on him by acting like that.
His actions began with one thought.
As long as the foundation that the Tower of Wishes has been building for hundreds of years is in the Kingdom of Meldenik, I think that no matter how much the Tower of Wishes is, it will not be compared to the entire kingdom for no reason.
But that was an idea I could only do because I didn’t know much about Lois.
Lois, looking at Heidel with her mouth shut, blurted out a word.
“You’re being damned.”
“Tap owner… “You speak harshly.”
Heidel frowned.
However, his expression changed urgently at Lois’ next words.
“Guys, pack your bags. “We need to move.”
“yes? “Moving?”
When Erica asked that question, Lois smiled and said.
“The countrymen are openly saying they are going to interfere with my business, but I am so offended that I am going to do business here? “They’re pushing me to get out, but I have to get out.”
Erica’s eyes widened at Lois’ words.
“Really?”
“Do you think I’m joking?”
“That’s not it… There is a transcendental production facility here? It would cost a lot of money to reinstall it… … .”
“Why are we worried about that?”
“sure?”
“Right now, on the autumn continent… No, contact all over the world. The tower of our dreams is moving. “I will settle down in a place that promises to provide the most support for moving expenses.”
“ah… … !”
“It may take some time, but it doesn’t mean we’re doomed if we can’t make a transcendental device within 5 or 6 years, right?”
“Yes!”
“Let’s move now and make it a bigger facility.”
“and! “That’s nice!”
Heidel’s heart sank at the conversation between Lois and Erica.
‘Oh, no!’
It seemed like Tapju was sincere.
Also, I immediately felt how big of a loss this was for the Meldenic Kingdom.
In the present era, a transcendent period that determines national power.
And the Tower of Desire, which can produce the highest quality transcendental equipment of any kind.
The reason why the Meldenic Kingdom was able to maintain its current status was because the Tower of Desire was located there.
Wasn’t the reason they obtained the right to negotiate from the Dominant Empire this time to control and tie the Tower of Desire to the kingdom forever?
But what if there is a rumor going around that the long-desired tower is moving?
If so, there will be more than one country that will beg you to come back with gold.
The blood drained from the Duke of Heidel’s face every moment.
Looking at him like that, Lois sneered.
“A fool blinded by greed kills the goose that lays golden eggs.”
After saying those words, Lois stood up.
“Douglas, when guests leave, sprinkle salt in the room.”
“Why do you sprinkle salt?”
“Originally, when unclean things come, we sprinkle salt and wash them away. “Don’t cheat.”
“Oh, is that so? I will sprinkle it everywhere! “Kuuuuuuu!”
Leaving behind Douglas’ cheerful laughter, Lois headed to the door.
“Get on, Top Lord! Tower owner, please wait a moment!”
Heidel hurriedly stood up with a gloomy face and stretched out his hand, but Lois went out the door without even looking back.
“Get on, it’s Topjuni!”
Amid Heidel’s screams, Douglas smiled and opened his mouth.
“It’s Harold.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Go and get salt.”
“I’ll be back soon! “Kuuuuuuu!”
The teacher and the disciple.
Harold burst out laughing and left the room.
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