Chapters Chapter 23. Timothy’s loyalty, Kimura’s disappearance (1/2)
Kang Chul-In dove straight to post-war management. But as soon as he started, the veins in Kang Chul-In’s forehead bulged. It happened after he checked the amount of gold among the spoils.
What is this idiot?
Unfortunately, the gold that he had won from Kimura was only two thousand gold.
Two thousand gold.
If you estimated 1 gold to be about 400 dollars, two thousand gold would be about $800,000. It was a lot of money.
However, that was not enough. It was incomparable to the amount that Kang Chul-In had expected.
Control yourself, calm down!
Kang Chul-In had to fight the urge to run to Kimura and grab him by the collar. He mustered all his patience to calm himself.
It was too little.
The price of the Burrow lands would be at most 4,000 gold, but aside from the two thousand that he had acquired, where had the remaining four thousand gone?
“Lord.”
Lucia, who was holding Laputa’s Soul Core gingerly, asked carefully when she noticed Kang Chul-In shaking in anger.
“Is there something wrong?”
“There is too little.”
“What? What do you mean?”
“The gold that we took from him is too little. There is only two thousand gold.”
Lucia was also surprised at what Kang Chul-In said.
“Two thousand? There is no way! There needs to be at least four thousand!”
” I think he spent a lot. He probably spent excessively after seeing the money.”
“Oh my God!”
“There is nothing we can do. We can’t tell him to return gold he has already spent.”
“That is true.”
“Lucia.”
“Yes, Lord.”
“That’s why.”
“Please speak.”
“Can you get me 500 gold from my private reserves?”
Kang Chul-In said, a little embarrassed.
Private reserves.
It was personal money only for the Lord. More simply put, it was an allowance of sorts for the Lord. It was usually decided after consulting the Secretary, but Kang Chul-In was embarrassed because the financial state of Laputa was quite bad. They were very close to being in financial trouble, but as soon as some money came in, he had asked for personal money.
“Sigh.”
Lucia sighed.
Kang Chul-In, a bit embarrassed, pretended to do something else.
“Lord.”
“Speak.”
“I would have given you a thousand gold if you asked without hesitation.”
“There is a saying: a man is able to be proud if his wallet is full.”
“Yes.”
“If you were to maintain your dignity, you would need at least a thousand gold. I will give you a thousand.”
Lucia had big hands.
“This Lucia, even if we have to save and go without, will give you enough allowance! Even if all the people have to eat boiled cattle feed instead of bread!”
But she must have also known how to apply pressure.
“Give me only 500 gold.”
“Is that enough?”
“It is more than enough.”
Kang Chul-In successfully obtained 500 gold in allowance.
It was then.
From far away, Timothy ran with his short legs towards him and kneeled in front of Kang Chul-In.
“Lord!”
“This Timothy, after much thought, has decided to serve you, Lord! Although I am an unfaithful person who is changing Lords, I will give all I have to serve you! Please take me!”
“Stand, Timothy.”
Kang Chul-In smiled widely and raised Timothy to his feet.
“You are an important asset that will take care of my territory’s administrative duties and distributions.”
“I will appoint you as the territory’s executive official. Also, I will also entrust you with the military distributions. Your title…”
Kang Chul-In thought for a moment, then turned his head and smirked widely.
“…is administrative supply officer.”
“Administrative supply officer!”
“Yes.”
“Entrusting such an important task to me; I am truly grateful!”
Timothy was crying as he thanked Kang Chul-In again and again. However, Kang Chul-In’s intentions were black and evil.
Heh heh. I will bury you in papers.
Timothy had the skill of being more and more effective the more and more he was overworked. In order to make him the most productive, night shifts were a must.
“I will go attend to post-war management, so you rest well for the time being.”
“Yes, Lord!”
Kang Chul-In, after sending Timothy away, went immediately to his Royal Guard to reward them for their contributions.
“Hooray! Hooray!”
“Glory to the Lord!”
“Congratulations on the win!”
Laputa’s soldiers congratulated Kang Chul-In and celebrated their victory.
“Tonight, I will send beer and sausages, so everyone, eat and drink to your heart’s content!”
Kang Chul-In suggested a meal to comfort the soldiers and reward them for their hard work.
“Woah!!!”
“This is the best!”
As young, energetic men, the soldiers were extremely happy at the news of beer.
He met the people of the territory as well.
A couple of the women in the territory gifted Kang Chul-In bouquets of flowers or necklaces made from flowers. Amongst them was also Lana, Rustler’s daughter.
“Milord”
Lana, who was not yet of age, blushed and looked embarrassed.
What the? What’s wrong with her?
Kang Chul-In was taken aback by her, who was fidgeting, but he did not show it.
“Lord… Lana is”
Rustler’s only daughter spoke and lowered her eyes to the ground. Her ears were so red that it seemed like they would explode at any moment.
It was then.
Commander James quickly ran in and shouted towards Kang Chul-In, drowning out Lana’s voice.
“Lord! Lord!”
“What is it, James?”
“I have gathered the surviving Ants and the fire toad in the drill grounds!”