CH 80

"Still, they won't return with the dwarves  ?"

The angry voice of an elderly dark elf resounded through the mansion.

His name was Marein Kondroy.

He is the head of the trading association in Renalute and a low-ranking nobleman.

He was in a hurry to get out of the kingdom as soon as possible.

The reason is simple: Norris, the man who was supporting him, has been taken to the "Yumei no Chabu" (the room of the dead).

Whoever is taken to that room will die in the near future.

And he immediately understood that this was Norris's fate, and that it was an example to his followers and those who had belonged to his faction.

The reason Norris was so powerful within his faction was because he was in a position to voice his opinions to the king.

A member of Norris's blood became queen and took possession of the prince.

In terms of political power, belonging to his faction was like riding a winning horse.

He also had the resources, and Norris became the center of the faction with his influence and money.

Incidentally, Norris's financial power was backed by those who had his political power behind them.

One of them was Marein Kondroy.

It was him.

It was Rid who turned the situation upside down.

The kid called Rid made arguments that were inappropriate for his age and broke through all of Norris's schemes by showing unorthodox martial arts and magic.

But from Marein's point of view, Norris was also a fool.

From Marein's point of view, Norris, who was too obsessed with marrying off the princess to the royal family, seemed to have gone off the track halfway.

As a lower-class nobleman, Marein was only using Norris to survive.

He was not enthralled by the factions or his ideals.

But once Marein had Norris's back, he was doing gray, almost black, things to collect the political donations he needed to maintain it.

Of course, he was able to do this because he had the backing of Norris.

However, now that the backing was gone, Marein's position was in danger if it became an issue.

Marein had never harmed a member of his own tribe.

However, he was not afraid to do bad things to people outside of his own tribe.

He would first assess the value of a visitor from another country to determine what was valuable, what talent, and what race, then lend money to the visitor, treating him kindly at first.

Then, he would put pressure on them through the association to make their business fail.

Then he takes things from them as a form of debt.

They use their talent.

Depending on the race, he sells them off.

They did very resentful things like this.

And especially in Renalute, the actions of Marein are especially detestable because of the Balusto Incident that occurred a few years ago.

Therefore, gray that was close to black could be declared black.

However, the reason he was able to do so was because he had the backing of Norris.

But that support is no longer there.

Those who knew about Marein's actions reacted rapidly.

Even though it was only only yesterday that Norris entered the " Yumei no Kyomei" room, there are already some places that have offered to suspend transactions with him.

If things continued as it was, there was a fear that the country would eventually turn its back on him.

The only thing he could do before that happened was to gather up his money and flee the country.

At that moment, the steward of the mansion finally came to inform us in a panic at the sound of Marein's angry voice.

"I am sorry, sir. It looks like we are not there yet. ......"

"We're running out of time for this kind of thing, and they're useless!"

The "them" and the "useless men" that Marein refers to are a certain trio of men.

They are the subordinate men that Marein hires.

What Marein is doing is an act that is detested by the dark elves, so he needs another race of men to act as his limbs.

These are men who are somewhat skilled, despite their conspicuous appearance.

So why not bring the dwarf novice right along?　

Marein had planned to leave the kingdom after retrieving the dwarf child.

That is why he was in such a hurry.

While Marein was thinking about it in an irritated manner, the butler said with a frightened look.

"I am sorry, Master ...... Marein. Actually, both of the "products" that we caught in the Demon Forest escaped a while ago. I'm sending the men I hired to retrieve them now. ......"

"What the hell⁉ There is already a potential buyer for them.'

The butler heard Marein's shouts of anger, bowed, and immediately left the place.

Malain wrinkled his brow and muttered with a grim look on his face.

'Damn ‼, this is like a damn bad day ...... ‼.'

At this moment, no one noticed that every second the flow of cause and effect .