The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 84

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84.

 

For Casian, subduing Samuel Moti was far too easy.

 

Clang-!

 

As Samuel Moti’s sword broke in half, Casian kicked him away from us and then launched magical restraints at him.

 

“You think something like this would work-, urgh?!”

 

He hurriedly waved his hands, trying to create some kind of black barrier for defense.

 

However, the magical restraints devoured the dark energy greedily before completely neutralizing Samuel Moti.

 

“Wh-what is this…! H-how could you!”

 

“How could I, you ask. For a criminal who claims to gather information, you’re quite sloppy, wouldn’t you say?”

 

I smiled brightly as I activated another magical device.

 

Simultaneously, both the interior and exterior became bright.

 

Samuel Moti looked around as if he couldn’t believe it even more.

 

Of course, his reaction was also within our expectations.

 

He was a rare spirit mage who had supposedly disappeared from this world long ago.

 

That’s precisely why we needed to meet with Samuel Moti that day.

 

To eliminate uncertainty.

 

I kindly decided to explain this situation to him.

 

“Do you know? The method to block spirits’ power is easier than you’d think.”

 

“Uh, uhh…”

 

“Our long-absent spirit mage, the wicked mages already discovered your weakness long ago.”

 

For someone who claimed to be an information merchant guild master, he looked completely dumbfounded as if he knew nothing about it.

 

‘In the original story, since mages didn’t have much significance, he was practically invincible.’

 

But the reality we live in has changed quite a bit since I’ve been devouring too much of the original’s sweetness.

 

While it was somewhat unfortunate for Samuel Moti, I didn’t need to sympathize with him.

 

“Well then, Mr. Moti, from now on I’ll kindly inform you of what you’ve done, so open your ears wide and listen carefully?”

 

From minor privacy violations to tax evasion, and since he attacked knowing today’s target was Second Prince Casian Artez, he even won the attempted assassination of royalty jackpot.

 

*

 

Samuel Moti listened to my continuous explanation with a soul-drained expression.

 

Then, when his mind briefly returned.

 

‘Information, can’t you tell me that information? You royals don’t need it anyway! I have to clear my father’s unjust grievances!’

 

His pleading appearance was somewhat pitiful.

 

All the more so because he had the wrong target for revenge.

 

Samuel Moti’s father was the Empress’s younger brother.

 

He wasn’t exactly a saint, but he was reluctant to do cowardly things.

 

This had always been an obstacle for the ambitious Empress.

 

The more the late Duke Zamoti, the Empress’s father, cherished his younger son.

 

To her, her siblings had to be chess pieces that would move exactly according to her will.

 

Meanwhile, an incident occurred where her younger brother nearly ruined her chances of becoming the Emperor’s concubine.

 

To the Empress, her younger brother’s appeals were nothing but naive righteous words from someone ignorant of worldly affairs.

 

So she decided to eliminate the younger brother who blocked her path.

 

But the Empress was someone excellent at concealing herself.

 

Instead of using her own hands, she moved her older brother, the current Duke Zamoti, to expel his father.

 

Samuel’s father, who wasn’t as cunning as the Empress, was driven out penniless and only resented his older brother.

 

And Samuel Moti grew up constantly hearing that story.

 

He even lost both parents in succession due to poverty preventing proper medical treatment, building up even more resentment toward the Zamoti Duchy.

 

Both Samuel Moti and even his father had thrown away all their pride to seek help from the Zamoti Duchy, only to be ignored.

 

Therefore, I didn’t give him the information immediately, but I did leave him one opportunity.

 

‘Among the ways to pay for your crimes, there’s also working for the Imperial Court. Since you’re a spirit mage with potential for rehabilitation, it would be possible if your value is recognized.’

 

‘What does that mean to me…’

 

‘Her Majesty the Empress is the key figure of the Zamoti Duchy, isn’t she?’

 

Light returned to his face, which had been dazed throughout my kind explanation.

 

He’d have to go to the capital for a proper trial, but Samuel Moti would probably become a worker at the Winter Palace without much trouble.

 

Once he learns the truth, he’ll do well to keep the Empress in check.

 

My mouth felt slightly bitter.

 

‘In the original story, Rozelita won him over during his childhood, so he didn’t become a criminal and lived as an information merchant guild master.’

 

But honestly speaking, my sympathy for him was limited only to his childhood.

 

When his parents were dying, I was only about five or six years old, so there was no way to help from the physically distant Salice Barony.

 

After that, looking back at the original content, he didn’t have any life-threatening crises to overcome or a particularly twisted fate, so I didn’t pay attention to him.

 

But to think he grew up splendidly into a criminal – didn’t he twist his own fate?

 

‘If someone becomes a criminal because no one influenced them positively, they were rotten from the start.’

 

Some people lived their entire lives hiding their gender, and others were treated as non-existent children, yet they didn’t become criminals.

 

Besides that!

 

There were many people closely connected to Rozelita whom I didn’t interfere with for similar reasons.

 

Unlike me, who lived faithfully as an extra, the very protagonist-like original Rozelita had male supporting characters who had unrequited love for her.

 

Notably, the sons of the three ducal families.

 

Among them, was there anyone who voluntarily became a criminal…?

 

‘Francis Ashwood became a solid aide, and Wilma’s male siblings are only seen during performance presentations.’

 

Every time during presentations, they just growl with competitive spirit whenever they see me?

 

And the problematic Zamoti Duchy side is also in a criminal state, but it wasn’t voluntary.

 

‘They became scapegoats while trying to frame His Majesty for embezzling sacred stones.’

 

They’re probably living a good, frugal life in some remote area by now.

 

So there was really no reason for me to sympathize with Samuel Moti, except for his childhood misfortunes.

 

*

 

After finishing our conversation with Samuel Moti and coming outside, natural darkness had already fallen.

 

“The train that went ahead seems to have arrived at the capital without any problems.”

 

“It was worth receiving strange looks from the station staff.”

 

“Yes, our first-class car was cleanly separated.”

 

Since we had lured Samuel Moti, we had prepared for various contingencies.

 

We requested the station to position the first-class car at the very end of the train.

 

Deliberately ignoring the troubled station staff, we even prepared in advance so that only our first-class car could be detached in case of emergency.

 

“Our knights naturally seem to have done their job well.”

 

Of course, we had Winter Palace knights standing by at the right time.

 

As a result, the dark guild members who had ambushed us were subdued and tied up in a row before our eyes.

 

In addition, they were dragging along the lurking dark guild members like stringing dried fish, and when I extended my hand toward them as if to say they were the best, loud cheers echoed.

 

“Our Winter Palace knights would even go to overthrow temples if Rose ordered it.”

 

“But it’s not Ian’s command?”

 

At my question, Casian looked at me as if asking what nonsense I was talking about.

 

“Rose’s will is my will, so why would we need to distinguish?”

 

Really…

 

It was truly troublesome that my boss was trying to eliminate his ego these days.

 

*

 

[Dark Guild Subjugation! Where Will the Winter Palace Demons Head Next?]

 

[What’s the Fate of the Guild Master Who Fell into the Winter Palace Demons’ Hands?]

 

[Dark Guild Compensation and Fines Summary! Prison Term of 66 Years!]

 

After arriving at the capital, we immediately put the captured dark guild on trial.

 

Finding their hideout by interrogating the captured guild members and Samuel was no trouble at all.

 

The guild members were dealt with according to their respective positions and the severity of their crimes, ranging from light fines to some imprisonment.

 

And Samuel Moti, the person of interest, through legitimate dealings with His Majesty the Emperor,

 

‘Where did you bring such a cute cat from? To think that the Clupea Margrave would prepare such an adorable gift on top of subjugating a dark guild while traveling.’

 

‘Quite lovely, isn’t it? Though it does dislike people a bit.’

 

‘A haughty cat has its own charm.’

 

I pulled strings to have him assigned to the Winter Palace.

 

The Palace Servant from the Sun Palace casually mentioned that the white-furred cat who had captured Emperor’s heart had been named ‘Coco’.

 

In any case, Samuel Moti was destined to be Prince Casian’s faithful worker for the next 66 years.

 

‘If he’s truly as skilled an information broker as in the original story, he’ll figure it out on his own while working here.’

 

Both his father’s true injustice and the direction he should be heading.

 

That would be something he’d have to pioneer well on his own in due time.

 

And since I’m also a person with a kind heart, I decided to treat him as a newcomer for the initial period.

 

I still had some sympathy left over from his childhood circumstances.

 

So to help him adjust, I kindly gave him only a very small amount of work compared to what our Criminal Mages handle.

 

But Samuel Moti was excessively shocked and said,

 

“Just let me serve my sentence through physical labor instead! How can Imperial Palace work be harder than a Dark Guild?”

 

His outcry was truly incomprehensible.

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