CH 31.1

It was ridiculous.

“If you’re going to talk nonsense, you’d better go out and do your work. I want to finish the Phoenix Bank case within this week.”

If the Phoenix Bank came to us, we could get rid of all the documents related to the twilight mansion.

Writing off false debts wouldn’t harm Phoenix Bank anyway.

‘I could clean the papers of the twilight mansion and give it to Cassion, and obtain the Phoenix Bank somehow.’

It was a bank that I bought to have a twilight mansion, but I just couldn’t leave it unattended.

‘I have to run it properly.’

It would take a lot of time to recover from the bad credit and image, but it would be great if I could make the business solid.

We needed to find someone who had something to do with Julia

To do so, banks, including the bankers, must be acquired. I didn’t really want to do it, but I had to.

“I’m too lazy to do meddlesome things, should we just sell the bank?”

“That won’t do.”

Rumdrax reacted immediately to my own words.

“Why not?”

“Where else is the best place to launder money like a bank? It’s really good to spin it and not know whose money it is.…”

“Rumdrax!”

He brought up crimes again.

A few days after signing a contract with Rumdrax, we coordinated the details.

I asked him to refrain from crime while working with me. No matter how good he was at disguising and scamming, I didn’t want him to cause trouble if possible.

Surprisingly, Rumdrax accepted it.

‘Instead of committing a crime, I decided to pay him a lot of money.’

And eventually I would give him the Dragon’s Pledge.

“It’s a breach of contract.”

When I brought it up, Rumdrax shrugged.

“Can’t I even have a say?”

“You’d better be careful what you say.”

Rumdrax told me how strict I was. I wasn’t sure whether he was talking to himself or telling me to listen, but he drank the milk in a gulp,

“Oh, that’s for my Lady!”

Janice, who was sitting next to me and embroidering, threw out her wicket and protested.

Rumdrax and Janice quarreled for a long time.

My office had never been quiet since Rumdrax came. He couldn’t bear a moment of silence.

I was sometimes confused whether it was a good thing to hire him.

“By the way, I don’t have all day tomorrow.”

“Where are you going?”

Ignoring Janice, Rumdrax was basically telling Janice to get lost when he finally saw the bottom of the snack plate.

His hand fell regretfully as he fumbled the plate.

“To the palace.”

Rumdrax straightened up. Suddenly, he dragged a chair to my side.

“When can I enter the palace?”

“Wait a little bit. Let’s start with the bank. But why are you so obsessed with holy relics?”

I asked what I had been curious about for a long time.

“Do you have a reason?”

Rumdrax’s eyes were moistened.

Seeing her eyes filled with melancholy, Janice looked with anticipation as if she thought Rumdrax had a secret story that he could not tell.

Rumdrax leaned against the window. He stood against the sun, creating a shadow on his face.

‘He’s doing a show.’

I looked at him in anticipation. I had to admit that he had excellent acting skills.

“I guess it’s a sad story.”

Janice spoke to Rumdrax in a gentle voice as if they had never had a fight before.

He sighed low and swept up his hair. Janice put her hands together and focused on him.

‘Well, people said you’d get attached to each other when you fight a lot. He needs to crack down on Janice first.’

I brought him here to deceive the enemy, and he seemed to fool his friend first.

I pulled Janice’s skirt and sat her down next to me.

“It’s frustrating, so hurry up and tell me quickly.”

Rumdrax stared at Janice without even listening to my urging.

“To me, the relics are… Do you really want to hear it, lady?”

Janice focused on his lips. Rumdrax came up to Janice and lifted the tip of her chin.

Janice nodded as if she was possessed.

“If you want to hear it, come to my room tonight…… Ugh!”

I put up with it and swung the cushion. The cushion hit him in the side and he fell to the floor.

“Hey, Diana!”

The sound of yelping Rumdrax returned Janice’s mind.

As Janice leaned back, Rumdrax smacked her lips as if she were disappointed.

“Janice, don’t forget that Rumdrax is a conman.”

Janice was furious when she found out that Loomdrax had deceived her.

“Hurry up and meet the president of Phoenix Bank.”

I kicked him out. It was only after he grumbled out of the room that my office became quiet.

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