Chapter 24 (2/2)

(Someday, I will become a hero and save the world. If I were to do that…)

Because he filled his hand with strength, with a crunching sound, the candy box was suddenly crushed.

「Abel-sama! That is a waste, you know!

「Ah! So-sorry Maria.」

「Mo~ … Since Abel-sama is a powerful person, please be careful, okay?」

Maria laughed brightly as she said so. She is the intermediary for him and his mother, and also his childhood friend. For him, with the exception of his mother, she was the only other person he could trust.

「Now, let’s drink some tea.」

While the tea was being diligently prepared, Abel took a seat.

「Right, ah~n」

「Ah~n」

It seemed Maria was devoted to Abel like a lover.

Several days later, a party was held to mark Eagle’s inauguration as the Prime Minister.

Because the king will also be in attendance, most of the country’s key figures came as well.

Here and there were gatherings of each faction, all lively conversing.

「Kufufu, thanks to Cabinet Minister Soleil-sama, it was possible to make large profits at the festival.」

「Next year we’ll find another pretext and hold another magnificent festival. That’s right, something like “The 300th Anniversary of the 3rd King’s birth.”」

On the right hand side of the party was the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Soleil, and the wealthy merchants happily conversing.

「Antoinette-sama, shall we go to the casino later on?」

「Those clothes are beautiful. Who was it tailored by?」

Then at the center of the hall, were gorgeously dressed ladies elegantly talking. The tall woman at the center is the King’s mistress Antoinette.

Their conversation is mostly about gambling and fas.h.i.+on, and also gossip about things such as adultery.

「The Great Knight Rudolf-sama said that he decided that, because of the high-interest rate taken from the loans by the merchants; it was possible to refinance it to one with no interest and save the country.」

On the left hand side of the party were muscular strong men who wore military knight uniforms congratulating themselves.

Thinking that they had found a clever way to get the country to shoulder their debts, they were feeling completely relieved.

They were people celebrating the spring of this world, but the situation changed shortly after.

That’s because standing on the platform, was the newly appointed Prime Minister, Eagle Shylock.

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