Chapters Chapter 171: Pangaea World (pt. 1) (1/2)
“This is probably the biggest crisis you’ve ever faced, huh Rothschild?”
Inside his office, Kang Chul-In stared at the clone Rothschild’s decapitated head, and thought of how he could screw Rothschild up.
Now was a good time if he wanted to catch Rothschild.
Not only had Alex Rothschild just fought a war for the Esmerelda territory, but he had also lost Lee Gong-Myung. He was basically crippled right now.
However, since they had just fought a big war up in the North, it was a bit of a stretch to ask his army to fight another war right away.
It was also too risky to create a small squad in order to sneak into the Cyamodus territory.
“How do I screw him up…? Hmm… Maybe… I can assassinate him by myself?”
Kang Chul-In turned his gaze towards the windows. It was as if he was going to jump out at any moment.
“M-Milord…!”
Startled, Alfred stopped Kang Chul-In before he could move.
From his experience, whenever Kang Chul-In had that look on his face, that window had always shattered, and bad things had always happened.
“Don’t tell me that Milord is thinking of breaking into Alex Rothschild’s territory alone?”
“Why not?”
“Milord, have you forgotten? Alex Rothschild can create puppets or clones of himself. Since we don’t have a way of telling them apart, it is highly possible that Milord will fall in danger.”
“Oh, right.”
Kang Chul-In nodded.
“It’ll probably be a fake, even if I kill him. Stupid c.o.c.kroach.”
“Milord!”
At that moment.
“It’s Timothy, Milord!”
“...”
“Can I come in?”
Kang Chul-In’s face stiffened immediately.
Whenever Timothy came in, doc.u.ments would pile up in front of his desk again. And after that?
He would have to spend the whole night looking through the doc.u.ments.
“Milord~! I don’t have doc.u.ments! I have good news this time!”
At this unexpected news Kang Chul-In wondered for a moment whether Timothy was lying or not, but discarded the thought soon after.
“Come in.”
“Milord!”
“...?”
“Congratulations!”
As soon as Timothy came into the room, he congratulated Kang Chul-In with a happy expression.
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Sir Adrian… he has finally…”
“Don’t tell me…”
“Yes, that’s right! He has finally managed to mass-produce the ‘hair-growth weeds’!”
It was incredible news.
This weed was the hope for the many bald people around the world and it was Kang Chul-In’s way to rake in tons of money.
“Adrian has done something big this time. Make sure to give him 50,000 gold as a reward, and tell him that I was greatly satisfied… Actually, no, tell him to come to the castle soon so I can give him a medal of honor.”
“Yes, Milord!”
Just like he did with James, Kang Chul-In rewarded subordinates well if they made a great contribution to the territory. Kang Chul-In thought that it would be good encouragement for the other subordinates to work harder.
“M-Milord…! Congratulations… Sob…”
Tears started to fill Alfred’s eyes.
Now, and even before, Kang Chul-In had always been plagued by a lack of money, so he knew how much this meant for Kang Chul-In.
“Thanks, Alfred.”
Kang Chul-In said.
“Milord…”
“There will only be happy days from now. I promise that I won’t fail like I did last time.”
“Kuhuk… Yes, milord.”
After calming down Alfred, Kang Chul-In quickly packed his stuff.
“First, I’ll go back to Earth.”
He had to visit Earth soon, anyway.
He had to go visit his mom and get the money from the bounties on the heads of Baruk Al-Yusuf and Abubakar.
In addition,
I’m sure that old man will be happy.
He needed to spread this good news to his business partner, Old Man Kwon. He was sure that Old Man Kwon would go crazy with happiness when he found out that they could finally mass-produce the ‘Hair Bro’.
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The first thing Kang Chul-In did when he got back to Earth was visit his mother, Park Sun-Ja.
“Grandmother~!”
Arshelly quickly embraced Park Sun-Ja when she saw her.
When she was with Park Sun-Ja, Arshelly became a normal girl, not the famed ‘Princess of Laputa’.
“Oh~! My granddaughter is here?”
“Yeah!”
“Haha~! So cute.”
“Hehe…”
Even though Arshelly and Park Sun-Ja weren’t blood-related, their relationship was akin to that of an actual family.
“Son.”
“Yes, mother?”
“Have you been busy recently?”
“Well…”
“Come visit more often, Okay? I thought I would die waiting so long for you and my granddaughter to come.”
“...Sorry.”
Without making any excuses, Kang Chul-In apologized.
He couldn’t tell her the truth.
How could he tell his mother that Arshelly had been kidnapped, and that he had to start a war because of that?
At times like these, it was better to go over it by just apologizing.
“Right, son.”
Park Sun-Ja opened her mouth again.
“Yes?”
“When are you going to send my granddaughter to school?”
“...?”
“She’s so smart, so even if the other world is good, why not send her to school here?”
It made sense when he listened.
Although it would be different if Arshelly lived in Pangaea forever, it wasn’t a bad idea to send her to school since she had already gotten used to the culture.
They would be able to send her back if need be using the ‘recall stones’ anyway.
“Daughter?”
Kang Chul-In asked Arshelly.
“I want to go!”
“...!”
“I’m confident that I can study hard!”
Kang Chul-In was startled at Arshelly’s quick response, but quickly realized that Arshelly had wanted to go to school from the very beginning.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“Hehe…”
“Fine, I’ll send you to school.”
“Thanks, dad!”
Arshelly hugged Kang Chul-In.
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“Kuhahaha! Finally, the mass production of the Hair Bro! Hahaha!”
Just like Kang Chul-In had expected, Old Man Kwon went crazy with happiness when he received the good news.
“Oh, and this.”
Kang Chul-In handed a box towards Old Man Kwon.
“What’s this?”