Chapter 77 (1)

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The Lyon Guild (5)

Bishop Verkis's face showed doubt.

"Help?"

"Yes. If I continue to hold the church's property, pressure from the guild will begin in some way. First, I would be expelled from the guild."

"I can't stop you from being expelled from the guild. That's not something I can do."

"I'm not asking you to stop me from being expelled from the guild. I know very well that you can't stop it."

"Then how do you want me to help?"

Rockefeller had thought about it earlier.

If he were to join hands with one of the two, he might have to wage war with the other one.

'Maybe this was the path I should have taken.'

As a result of giving up the path to becoming a remote lord, Rockefeller's current status was neither more nor less than that of a commoner.

However, the position of the Lyon Guild Master, which held one of the two alliances in Banco, was not overlooked by the Empire.

In any case, they could provide a large amount of money to the empire and the royal family, and for that reason, they had a deep connection with the royal family. The empire also gave some courtesy to the Lyon Guild Master.

Anyway.

If he became the Lyon Guild Master, he could become a higher-ranking noble than a remote lord, and Rockefeller began to think about taking the position.

'I didn't think about it, but this was a position I had to take eventually if I wanted to control the empire's finances.'

Fortunately, the position of the Lyon Guild Master was not hereditary.

Traditionally, the Lyon Guild Master was chosen by gathering all the Banco operators belonging to the Lyon Guild, holding a meeting, and voting.

So, if several Banco operators belonging to the Lyon Guild strongly supported him, it would be no problem for Rockefeller to take the position of the Guild Master.

'And I can't work properly under such a guy. How can I make money if he's so tight? I can't make it.'

With that in mind, Rockefeller continued.

"In order to make the interest payment on the gold deposit a matter of course, I have no choice but to change the thinking of the Guild Master here. However, after talking with Guild Master Benjamin, I concluded that interest payment on gold deposits is absolutely impossible as long as he exists. You probably know this as well. You know more about the Guild Master here than I do."

"You're right. The guy is too greedy for money and will try to rip off the gold storage fee. He's not the kind of person to give interest."

"Then what do you think is the right thing to do in this situation?"

Bishop Verkis's face tightened slightly.

"So... what do you want to say?"

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