That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 105
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Chapter 105
I asked with a bright smile.
“Well, shall I sit back down? If you want to make a deal?”
“…Please sit down for now.”
Right. That’s how you should respond.
I sat back down in my seat.
“Just building up an information guild of this scale must have taken enormous manpower and time. Did you think I’d believe you’d easily throw it away?”
“…”
Any ignorant noble might have lost the initiative to Ramus Jeremiah’s leisurely composure, but I’m Han Ina.
Han Ina who has played NNNN times!
“…The 10 billion was half a joke, but even so, the personnel costs are truly enormous.”
“Cut out some of the fluff and give me a new estimate. How much would it be then?”
“About 7 billion gold.”
Hmm. That’s a bit expensive.
But Ramus Jeremiah’s words made sense too.
If a prince of a nation dies, he’ll inform me within 3 hours.
No matter how much Benjamin is a prince from a lowly concubine, lacking presence and being bullied, he’s still a prince living in the royal palace.
It would indeed cost a considerable amount for information fees.
And anyway, I needed Ramus Jeremiah.
‘Though I hope it won’t come to that.’
Because I have no idea what will happen if Coriko appears later.
Thanks to possessing Tulia’s body early, I didn’t get involved in all sorts of evil deeds in the back alleys.
So there shouldn’t be any need to create conflict with Coriko.
But why do “what ifs” exist in life?
So at least within this continent, I needed to make Ramus Jeremiah, who’s considered the best when it comes to information, into my ally, subordinate, or even my slave.
To continue making deals, I needed a reason to see him for 3 years. And it would be even better if large sums of money were involved.
The problem was that I didn’t have the huge sum of 7 billion right now.
“Fine. Let’s make a deal.”
When I agreed, Ramus Jeremiah pulled out several documents with cautious eyes.
“Add one special clause.”
“What kind of special clause?”
“If you fail to inform me of Benjamin Fluas’s death within 3 hours.”
I glanced once at the star flying around me and said.
“You’ll have to pay me 100 times the transaction amount.”
Immediately, Ramus Jeremiah’s eyes bulged out.
“700 billion gold! Even if we emptied all the information guilds combined, that money doesn’t exist!”
“That’s why you should do your best to ensure such a thing never happens.”
“Don’t one-in-ten-thousand chances exist in this world? If by any chance a mistake occurs.”
“A mistake?”
I tilted my head up. And spoke with eyes filled with madness.
“There’s no such thing as a one-in-ten-thousand chance in this matter.”
“…”
“If such a thing existed…”
I’d be killed by the system window.
Ramus Jeremiah seemed to look at me a bit eerily, but I didn’t care.
“When I return to the main castle, I’ll designate an appropriate person to work outside so you can contact them anytime. That should be fine, right?”
“…”
After pondering for over 3 minutes, Ramus Jeremiah finally nodded in agreement.
“Will you pay immediately?”
“I can’t pay right now.”
“Then who will…? If Grand Duke Frazier is going to pay, this deal is void.”
Ramus Jeremiah spoke with a truly serious expression, different from before.
He seemed to have tremendous wariness toward Grandfather.
Well, he’s literally the head of a guild that collects all information on the continent.
He must have heard many frightening rumors about Grandfather.
He probably knows that even the rumor about tearing people apart barehanded isn’t just a rumor but the truth.
Getting involved with a tremendously powerful figure positioned in the light was something all shadows in the shade would decline.
“It’s not that His Grace Grand Duke Frazier will pay.”
“Then who will pay? Ah, your twin brothers?”
‘I really need to replace all the servants in the Grand Duchy.’
I said with a sly smile.
“Not my older brothers, but the future Tulia Frazier.”
“Pardon?”
Finally, Ramus Jeremiah exploded and slammed the desk.
“You’re talking about credit!”
“Don’t get angry. Instead, I’ll sell you one more piece of information. You can even listen first and judge without conditions.”
“…What information?”
“I’ll tell you about a newly emerging wealthy person who will appear in the Empire within a year. Their wealth scale is, let me see…”
After counting on my fingers, I continued with an “ah.”
“About half of the Grand Ducal House’s current assets?”
An enormous amount by any measure.
Especially this man, who was the head of an information guild, seemed to have his heart beating violently.
As evidence, both his eyes were shaking greatly.
“Who… is that?”
I smiled brightly.
“Me.”
“…Pardon?”
“Me. Tulia Frazier.”
I’ve sorted out the household.
I’ve gained the Grand Ducal House’s power.
I’ve roughly checked the Male Leads’ conditions.
Now I should make money too, right?
* * *
Meanwhile, in the Sorsen Kingdom.
A shabby palace located at the northern edge.
The outer walls had long since had their paint peeled off by rainwater and heavy snow, and with no one to tend the garden, it was a gloomy separate palace overgrown only with grass and trees.
It was also Benjamin Fluas’s residence.
“You’ve come.”
Upon entering the modest, almost shabby palace, a woman lying in a worn bedroom smiled.
Her face was deeply marked by illness. A woman with the gloominess of a patient who had been bedridden for a long time, like the scent of withered flowers.
“Mother.”
She was Benjamin’s birth mother and Iris, the lowest-ranking concubine of the Sorsen royal family.
After examining Benjamin’s complexion, she spoke in a relieved voice.
“You look a little healthier today, thank goodness.”
Tulia’s personal physician truly treated Benjamin with sincere care.
And in a way that would be as inconspicuous as possible.
To others’ eyes, it would only appear as if ointment had been moderately applied and bandages lightly wrapped.
Even that much consideration was tear-inducing, so Benjamin cried while laughing.
He was curious.
Whether even this consideration was arranged by that noble young lady of House Frazier.
How she could be so kind.
“I was very worried when I heard you were going to the Empire, my lord.”
According to the laws of the Sorsen Kingdom, all concubines except the Queen had to speak respectfully to their own children.
That was the original etiquette of the palace.
However, it was a dead custom, so no concubine spoke formally to their own children.
They simply spoke casually and called names like ordinary mothers and children.
But…
Only his mother faithfully observed that dead etiquette.
She never spoke casually to her young child, always addressing him as ‘my lord.’
Though he felt distance, he was already past the age to feel sad about it.
Growing up constantly beaten by his half-brothers, he had no leisure for such luxurious sadness.
Benjamin fed medicine to his mother, who lay with a haggard face.
Fortunately, there was an old well near the separate palace, so they could always drink clean and fresh water.
Everything else was nothing but old and broken things.
Like his mother.
Like her, who spent one night with the King, became pregnant with him, was made a lowly concubine, and withered away day by day.
“Dirty bastard!”
“Your mother was lewd and seduced our father! Our mother said so! Wahaha!”
His mother was not a dirty woman.
In the first place, if you think about it that way.
His father…
So wouldn’t His Majesty the King of this Sorsen Kingdom be the dirty bastard?
This woman, that woman. Touching anyone even slightly pretty.
Either pressing down with power or gently coaxing.
Even neglecting women who bore his children like this…
It was the worst.
His father was the worst man among all the people he could imagine.
Even his mother, who must have clearly refused…
“Mother.”
Benjamin murmured toward his mother, who had her eyes closed like a withered flower.
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Why are all the kings in this story trash? Like straight dookie from a butt?