Chapter 1: Life of a Debtor (1) (2/2)
“The repay of next year”
“The beginning of next year?”
It was a situation where there was less than a year left for repayment
The representative from Charlotte Merchant Company was all about business as he continued hat he had to say, “Yes If we can’t receive over half of the repayment by then, ill seize the territory which was put into the contract as collateral”
Milton had to cal the representative speak in a business-like tone of voice
“Wait, wait just a moment,” Milton calmly started the conversation
“I’ve never heard that my father borrowed any money I don’t even knohy he borrowed the money or what he used it for Does it htlessly?”
The representative from the company pushed forward a document form the previous Forrest Viscount filled out Please verify the Forrest house’s seal that is stamped here”
“…damn it”
Upon inspection, Milton saw that the stamped seal was the real deal
A noble house’s seal was ic, so it was possible to spot counterfeits i the seal, Milton was able to verify without doubt the stae of why the previous Viscount borrowed money nor the purpose of it However, we lent hi the territory he put down as collateral”
Milton was furious, but his opponent had co to the law The house’s seal was real There was even the Marquis’ signature as the notary It was highly likely that the collection would be n country The conclusion was that the debt needed to be paid no ht Captain and the Administrator immediately Hurry!”
“Yes, Master”
Once the representative from Charlotte Merchant Company left, Milton immediately had the chae house would havespecialties, but a household in a province like the Forrest house didn’t have ht Captain’s duties included keeping the territory safe, training soldiers, and raising other Knights Then, there was the Ad tax, distributing the taxthe tax to be sent to the capital To add one more person to the list, the Cha after the personal assets of the lord’s household and eneral employees
These three people were Milton’s direct subordinates Once the three were gathered, Milton went straight into interrogating the Ad to eat the Administrator alive
“The household’s debt is an astounding 8,500 gold 8,500 gold! Are you telling me you, the Administrator, didn’t know about this!?” Milton loudly questioned
The Ad bullets as he replied, “That is… I knew the previous lord had left some debt, but I didn’t know of the proper time to tell My Lord about it…”
“The proper time? When is there a proper tis immediately!”
“That is… I’m sorry I didn’t want to disturb your state of mind…”
“My state of ot a good feel for the type of person the Ad a few sentences with hi in society The kind who knew of a ticking time bomb, but would hide it and not report it to their superiors for fear of getting repri time bomb that could blow up at any time, but he was too foolish and held onto it the whole time To put it simply, the Administrator was a useless coward
Milton’s assessment was accurate The Administrator of Viscount Forrest’s household had served for quite a long time, but one couldn’t say he was a talented individual even in passing The for time That’s because the administrative work for Viscount Forrest’s household wasn't too difficult and the Administrator never couy didn’t have the guts to couts to e it At the very least, a person needs one of the two to even attempt it In that sense, the household’s Ad some work
‘damn it…’
If only the situation wasn’t so perilous Whatever the case may be, the bomb had already detonated
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1 The author specifies memories from a previous life and doesn’t say he reincarnated
2 The Korean passage here is ‘이건 꿀이다’, it’s athat I translated al that’s easy or comfortable
3 85 billion Korean won (₩) is about 725 million USD ()