It was midsummer. The heat in Dulin City was dry and unbearable. The seasonal wind had not arrived in the Capital of Titan Empire that was located at the center of the land. The scorching sun turned the rocky road into burning oven.
It was already in the afternoon. The streets at the Lair was surprisingly empty. Only wild dogs and escaped chicken were roaming about the streets. There was a small shop that sold fruits and cold drinks not far away from the opera house in the Lair. The owner was really good at maintaining his business. According to sayings, he had a background in a mafia. Thus, the beggars and those engaged in dangerous business did not dare at all to mess with this southern old man who held fruits knife.
The owner was not old actually, only the wrinkles on his face were etched deeper than those of his age. He most often leaned on the door and flaunted his advanced technique of peeling skin of fruits to the pedestrians and children. However, he was a little odd today. He did not hold his knife today and also seemed reluctant to deal with those dirty children. He only stood by the door and kept looking at the opera house, seemingly waiting for someone.
Around two in the afternoon, when the sun was highest in the sky, a clumsy person crashed into the street two meters away from the shop. This pale-looking guy was dashing forward, wearing a large cloak under the scorching sun. He did not concern himself with the yells coming from behind him.
The shop owner suddenly raised his hands and did some slight movements with his fingers. Under usual circumstances, no one would care what an old man selling fruits was doing. However, in Dulin, especially for the Secret Service Department, any agent who saw this hand sign would know someone was about to get into some deep trouble.
In front of the opera house, the secretive person who was dashing about stopped. He threw a few glances at the huge opera house that was decorated terribly by the local gangsters. When he noticed the prostitutes were gathering around him, he banged on the door of the opera house that was heavily vandalized by obscene words. The one who opened the door for him was the infamous ax-killer Godot in the Underworld. Godot's bear-like figure completely blocked the door crack and the sunlight. It was pitch black in the opera house, a well-suited depiction of the image of this city of sins. The secretive visitor exchanged a few words with Godot in low voice. Then, the tall ax-killer nodded and welcomed him inside.
The door to the opera house closed. A bunch of seemingly bored guys immediately gathered together. They sat on the stairs and blocked the door with their bodies. Even if these local gangsters who were chatting loudly did not wear any odd expressions, the weapons that glowed coldly from their pockets already warned the passersby that the people should not mess with Brother Domingo in the opera house.
After getting out of prison, Domingo had taken control of the Lair. The previous head had built a good foundation for him, so Domingo's work had been rather easy. To be fair, this was unrelated to whether he was able to take up this responsibility because everyone knew there was another more powerful person behind Domingo. Everyone respected this person. Take the Underworld, for example, people had never heard of any ultimate criminal from the Damorga Prison that was given the title of 'holy disciple' by the Pope. So... Respecting this person was the same as respecting Domingo, and respecting Domingo meant being responsible for their own lives.
Domingo despised the guy in front of him from the bottom of his heart. He did not like his official tone of ordering others, neither did he like his way of commenting on his afternoon tea, asking what sort of rubbish that was.
However, Dominga naturally knew that there was no need to bother with him, as soon someone would eliminate this guy from this world.
Baron Larlton from the Mint Bureau of the Ministry of Finance was not good at dealing with gangsters. In his eyes, the Lair was the symbol of all sins in this world. Those with a high status and a good reputation should never set foot in this place in their lives. However, only those mafia bosses in the Lair and that man enjoying himself in Italia could solve this troublesome matter for him and his master in the whole Titan.
Since the guy did not favor the afternoon tea, Domingo immediately went into the main topic. He asked, "Have you brought the stuff?"
"Yeah!" Baron Larlton took off his cloak and put on his glasses. He searched for a bit in his cloak and took a wooden box from some unknown places after a while. The wooden box was only three fingers wide and about eight centimeters long. Facing the legendary mafia boss, the officer from the Ministry of Finance handed the wooden box over. Domingo was getting a little impatient. He snatched the box and opened up the ink sealing the opening. After opening the box, two shiny metals flashed upon the boss's face. Domingo nodded in satisfaction.
The wooden box was laid on the table, and there were two strange-looking coins with an inverted design inside. If those greedy people saw it, they would definitely realize that these two coins had the design of the Empire's common golden Ti. They were strange because the signs and words on the coins were all inverted which meant that...
"This is molded?"
"Yeah, that's right!" The person from the Ministry of Finance nodded with conviction.
"I can ask experts to--"
"Are you kidding me?" Baron Larlton was the one who got impatient this time. "I have worked with these things for my whole life. When I say it's real, it must be real. What better experts do you need?"
"That is true..." Doming shrugged without concern. He played with the two precious metals that were sufficient to turn the whole world around like a child. It was terrifying to even think about it. What if such things were in the hands of the enemy... No matter what, such corrupted officer in the Ministry of Finance truly opened his mind!
"Alright! You got what you want! The Prince promised that--"
"Wait!" Domingo suddenly interrupted him. He glared at the officer who ran his mouth too easily with a threatening gaze, "Sir! Just as you won't mention Marquis Almodovar Godzilla in the trading, in my case... the whole trading does not relate to Prince O'Neil in any way!"
"But our trading must be guaranteed by the Prince. He must..."
"No! No!" Domingo shook his head, "You must have misunderstood! The Prince has no idea of this matter since the beginning. Why will he give his promises for something he does not know about?"
"You? You..." Baron Larlton opened his mouth wide. His stammering loyally expressed his helplessness. This was completely different from the trading conditions which they discussed before. According to Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, his mission was to send the molded metals here, then to instruct the Prince to build an underground foundry at a secretive place...
The sound of opening doors and boots surprised the stunned Baron Larlton. This noble gentleman leaned on his chair stiffly. If it was unacceptable for Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette to have nothing to do with this matter, then the agents of Secret Service Department who suddenly crashed inside were undoubtedly the last people he would want to see here!
Facing the weapons that were about to approach him, the boss of the Lair raised his hands as he chuckled, "Please, sir... This is a private property, please do not break anything..."
The eastern plate, Persian's glass utensils and the exquisite ceramic from Feru... These valuable high-class products were all smashed into pieces on the floor.
Women's cries were low like the breathing of nightingale. They were often mixed with a few yells in between.
After destroying the room, Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, the finance minister, finally calmed down to take a breath. The intense actions of throwing things exhausted him, "Think about it! Think more!" The smart Lord Sea Creature kept advising himself. There must be a reason why this matter had come to this day! Even if there was no sign from before, if O'Neil Andrew Morisette dared to mess with him, then this little guy had planned this action since half a year ago.
Half a year ago. Or even earlier! The advancement of the manufacturing industry in the south had pushed the Titan nobles into having second thoughts. Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, who was accountable for the financial affairs of the Empire, naturally knew the current situation. During the chaotic period, the Sea Creature's representatives in the south were all eliminated (by the Sea Creature himself). After the Prince had calmed the situation down, even though the industry had a hard time recovering, this did not affect the finance minister from resuming his previous position in a certain area.
After communicating with the infamous Havink family in the south, his fiancée's family, Almodovar Godzilla realized wholeheartedly how stupid his tricks to deal with underground trading were to the real businessmen. Along with the increase of discussion, the finance minister kept feeling that he had wasted all of his life doing his job.
Havink could be considered taking in a grade-schooler who bore a lot of money and power. The actions of these business families made the Sea Creature realized that he did not need to indulge in dangerous businesses to earn a lot of money. Once he was able to keep a huge amount of money flowing into the finance market, the coins were able to produce more coins! Without seeing it for himself, the Sea Creature probably would not have believed it!
One day, the Sea Creature suddenly found himself sleeping on a gold mountain! That was the day to evaluate the country's wealth for the first half of the year. The tax and donations submitted by the United Government of Southern Five Provinces had passed through the Imperial Tax Bureau, the Accounting Department and the Finance Clearing Committee. At last, it was gathered in the file of Almodovar Godzilla! Looking at those bags of gold, the Sea Creature would be able to estimate how much one percent of the United Government's profit was without even thinking.
To attain the advantageous position of gaining financial independence, the United Government, headed by the Havink, allowed in silence for the Finance Minister to receive one-hundredth of the profit of the government. To be safe, this money was laundered into Vielonna Trading Hall via a trading company under the name of the Havink family. Due to the lack of supervision (mostly because the committee of Vielonna Trading Hall did not concern themselves with this matter), the flow of this large sum with unknown origins did not stand out in particular in the finance market of Vielonna. Also, it had become much more convenient to withdraw the money. However, the surprising thing was this trading company of the Havink family had earned a large amount themselves while dealing with this money! What Sea Creature received was no longer the one-hundredth of the government profit. It was triple the original amount!
At that time, Almodovar said to his wife, "Oh, God of Light! This large amount of financial capital added to my administration action... We will be so rich, and our wealth will be comparable to a country in the near future!"
At one time, the Sea Creature had gained a lot from the southern finance market! The Finance Minister, who had lost himself, had invested his own capital into the Vielonna Trading Hall that the huge amount even made Havink lose its speech! However, the good times did not last long, for something had gone wrong during the process. The trading company that dealt with the Sea Creature's capital actually made the wrong bet. Since Slovenia Kingdom's gold production had received immeasurable shock due to the war, all noble metal on land had increased by 9 percent in one night. This was naturally the best chance to bet with gold, but, for some reason, the increase suddenly halted when it reached 24 percent. Following that, the intellects of the southern business world began their defense towards the golden opportunists!
The war broke out! It was the Potimisino War that was largely talked about in the southern newspaper! The Havink family took the Finance Minister's large amount of money and fooled around in the market. At last, the venture ended up with defeat! No one knew the workings in between and where those profits had gone to in the end. Only the Sea Creature knew that not only had he lose his capital during this business sparring, the reserve capital of the finance department adding up to 12 million was stuck in the stock market.
If it was under usual circumstances, the Sea Creature would have found a way to recover it! It was not impossible to even snatch it back from the south under the name of the Ministry of Finance, but everything was too late! The Finance Minister forgot the most important thing. Not only was the south of Titan engaging in a trade war, the whole land was going into a real armed war. The arrangement of the Guards needed a large number of golden Ti while the Secret Service Department and the Military Intelligence Bureau needed the support of all currencies in their local missions. The Sea Creature suddenly found that if he could not gather the money that he lost in a short amount of time, the Finance Minister would then be sent to the guillotine by the furious Empress.
Alanis had her weakness in some aspects, but she was exceptionally good at being cautious. Titan's financial capital was not abundant, so the Empress had been keeping a limit on her luxurious life. Alanis knew at least this in her heart. Even the officers of the Tax Bureau were of no use, the head of the Accounting Department was known to be smart and tough.
Almodovar Godzilla was rushing for solutions. Everyone was asking money from him and all of which could not be rejected! He asked for assistance from the United Government. The reply he got was that this season's government profit had all been taken by the Prince who needed it for war. He went to his fiancée's family then. Havink replied that their sources were coming to an end as well, and the gold war had rendered the family unable to care for other matters... However, Almodovar was able to get a business from the Havink. The key was to see if the Finance Minister had the guts to do it.
He had to make use of the mold of the Foundry Division of the Ministry of Finance. Once he was given a few days' time by the Army Division, the secret foundry under the name of the United Government would be able to produce a large amount of counterfeit money! Then, the underground force governed by Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette would be responsible for money laundering. This was to ensure that the Ministry of Finance would be able to provide the sufficient amount in the shortest time possible!
It was an important matter! Almodovar Godzilla thought about it carefully and repeatedly from the beginning until the end... For one minute! The critical situation at that moment did not allow him to think otherwise at all. To return what was lost and keep his head safe on his neck was the origin of all matters. With these goals in mind, minting fake money did not count as a sin at all! Moreover, he had always maintained a good relationship with O'Neil Andrew Morisette, so Oscar would probably not reject such an opportunity to earn money... However, even though Prince O'Neil was in Italia when it happened, it was Georgio Verones who discussed this matter with the Sea Creature! Who could be sure that Prince O'Neil truly knew about this matter? Or... Who could be sure that O'Neil Andrew Morisette did not plan this trap together with the southern people?
Thinking about this, the Sea Creature could not help but found himself in shock! A young and beautiful lady in love with him...
His fiancée came from the Havink family... The southern people attained their aim by using government profit as a bait... This profit was put into the stock market to gain yet another large profit... Almodovar was fascinated and had lost himself in the stock market... Huge losses in investment... War broke out and the burden of the country increased... The losses could not be recovered and Almodovar had to find another solution... The Secret Service Department suddenly went to the trading site and caught his man...
"My god... My god..." The Finance Minister moaned unknowingly. He had indulged in the political and the business world for half a century. He had always been the one to destroy other people! No one had never dared to mess with the deep-sea creature that devoured people!
The Sea Creature suddenly had a suicidal thought. The southern people had surely planned to break off with him even before they began the talk. Meanwhile, O'Neil Andrew Morisette... The Sea Creature only recalled that dagger that was once put on his neck! Those who had invaded Andrew would definitely not live their lives peacefully. Since Deiss' conspiracy did not kill the Prince, he should have been cautious against him wholeheartedly since the beginning instead of believing dumbly that nothing had happened!
If O'Neil Andrew Morisette had intended to eliminate him since he returned from Deiss, then the Sea Creature thought... This little guy was the final monster! His previous compromise and all stances he had taken were simply his performance! The killing moves were all placed at the very end!
If this was the case... At that time, O'Neil Andrew Morisette had not controlled the south yet. The Sea Creature suddenly realized this: Why would the southern noble and the businessmen be willing to give up a part of their government profit? His previous actions in the south were seen by everyone! So... Prince O'Neil and the southern people had the same goal, then...
Almodovar Godzilla suddenly laughed in self-mockery. What was the use of thinking about this? It had already been five hours since the incident. Wouldn't the Secret Service Department had already gotten what they needed to know?
"Eda... Eda..." The depressed Finance Minister called his wife's name. Only the echoes were replying his calling in the empty room.
"Edamorl! You lowly b*tch... Where are you? Edamorl!" The Sea Creature dashed about yelling like a mad dog in the huge mansion. His tears were strolling down his ugly face. Since he had already understood everything, he did not care much about it. He only wanted to know whether the woman, whom he had cared for and protected wholeheartedly, love him or not.
The Sea Creature lost his shoes when he ran. He knew Eda had left as strange as the way she had come! The once Finance Minister deeply regretted his actions. Hadn't he known what that woman truly was?
Hadn't he smelled danger from the blacklist of the Military Intelligence Bureau?
Hagrid died first. Kachev family disappeared from the wanted list of the Empire. The Boustead family who was once the leader of the south was slaughtered. Queen Rolyn Kate was murdered in Weden. The first Princes of the Empire died oddly from a suicidal bombing! On what basis did Almodovar Godzilla think that the monstrous Prince O'Neil would let him live? Just by Miss Edamorl Havink's gentleness? By his fiancée's favorite things? By his lover's family? By a woman's love?
"Where are you going?" Godzilla stopped his fiancée's carriage at the gate of the mansion. He wanted to stop the agents of the Secret Service from transporting Eda's belongings, but these people actually pushed him away roughly.
"Eda... Where are you going? Please don't go..."
Miss Edamorl Havink... Oh, no! The Havink family did have a daughter, but she was not Eda. No one knew the true name of this lady, neither did anyone know where she learned those spying techniques and skills to control men.
Eda did not speak. She kept silent.
"Go home with me!" The Sea Creature became impatient. He rushed in front of the woman and took hold of his wife's hand.
The elbow of the Finance Minister was then hit by a baton. The Sea Creature released his hand in pain. Just when he was about to get into a tantrum, he was extremely shocked by the person's face.
"Federick Roxes Morisette... Head of the Secret Service Department?"
The young officer opened up an arrest order issued directly by Her Majesty the Empress for the panic-stricken Finance Minister.
"Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, what are you trying to do to our witness?"
The Sea Creature looked at the arrest order and then at his wife who was now the witness. He finally understood that all love that she talked about... were all fricking fake!
It was midsummer. The heat in Dulin City was dry and unbearable. The seasonal wind had not arrived in the Capital of Titan Empire that was located at the center of the land. The scorching sun turned the rocky road into burning oven.
It was already in the afternoon. The streets at the Lair was surprisingly empty. Only wild dogs and escaped chicken were roaming about the streets. There was a small shop that sold fruits and cold drinks not far away from the opera house in the Lair. The owner was really good at maintaining his business. According to sayings, he had a background in a mafia. Thus, the beggars and those engaged in dangerous business did not dare at all to mess with this southern old man who held fruits knife.
The owner was not old actually, only the wrinkles on his face were etched deeper than those of his age. He most often leaned on the door and flaunted his advanced technique of peeling skin of fruits to the pedestrians and children. However, he was a little odd today. He did not hold his knife today and also seemed reluctant to deal with those dirty children. He only stood by the door and kept looking at the opera house, seemingly waiting for someone.
Around two in the afternoon, when the sun was highest in the sky, a clumsy person crashed into the street two meters away from the shop. This pale-looking guy was dashing forward, wearing a large cloak under the scorching sun. He did not concern himself with the yells coming from behind him.
The shop owner suddenly raised his hands and did some slight movements with his fingers. Under usual circumstances, no one would care what an old man selling fruits was doing. However, in Dulin, especially for the Secret Service Department, any agent who saw this hand sign would know someone was about to get into some deep trouble.
In front of the opera house, the secretive person who was dashing about stopped. He threw a few glances at the huge opera house that was decorated terribly by the local gangsters. When he noticed the prostitutes were gathering around him, he banged on the door of the opera house that was heavily vandalized by obscene words. The one who opened the door for him was the infamous ax-killer Godot in the Underworld. Godot's bear-like figure completely blocked the door crack and the sunlight. It was pitch black in the opera house, a well-suited depiction of the image of this city of sins. The secretive visitor exchanged a few words with Godot in low voice. Then, the tall ax-killer nodded and welcomed him inside.
The door to the opera house closed. A bunch of seemingly bored guys immediately gathered together. They sat on the stairs and blocked the door with their bodies. Even if these local gangsters who were chatting loudly did not wear any odd expressions, the weapons that glowed coldly from their pockets already warned the passersby that the people should not mess with Brother Domingo in the opera house.
After getting out of prison, Domingo had taken control of the Lair. The previous head had built a good foundation for him, so Domingo's work had been rather easy. To be fair, this was unrelated to whether he was able to take up this responsibility because everyone knew there was another more powerful person behind Domingo. Everyone respected this person. Take the Underworld, for example, people had never heard of any ultimate criminal from the Damorga Prison that was given the title of 'holy disciple' by the Pope. So... Respecting this person was the same as respecting Domingo, and respecting Domingo meant being responsible for their own lives.
Domingo despised the guy in front of him from the bottom of his heart. He did not like his official tone of ordering others, neither did he like his way of commenting on his afternoon tea, asking what sort of rubbish that was.
However, Dominga naturally knew that there was no need to bother with him, as soon someone would eliminate this guy from this world.
Baron Larlton from the Mint Bureau of the Ministry of Finance was not good at dealing with gangsters. In his eyes, the Lair was the symbol of all sins in this world. Those with a high status and a good reputation should never set foot in this place in their lives. However, only those mafia bosses in the Lair and that man enjoying himself in Italia could solve this troublesome matter for him and his master in the whole Titan.
Since the guy did not favor the afternoon tea, Domingo immediately went into the main topic. He asked, "Have you brought the stuff?"
"Yeah!" Baron Larlton took off his cloak and put on his glasses. He searched for a bit in his cloak and took a wooden box from some unknown places after a while. The wooden box was only three fingers wide and about eight centimeters long. Facing the legendary mafia boss, the officer from the Ministry of Finance handed the wooden box over. Domingo was getting a little impatient. He snatched the box and opened up the ink sealing the opening. After opening the box, two shiny metals flashed upon the boss's face. Domingo nodded in satisfaction.
The wooden box was laid on the table, and there were two strange-looking coins with an inverted design inside. If those greedy people saw it, they would definitely realize that these two coins had the design of the Empire's common golden Ti. They were strange because the signs and words on the coins were all inverted which meant that...
"This is molded?"
"Yeah, that's right!" The person from the Ministry of Finance nodded with conviction.
"I can ask experts to--"
"Are you kidding me?" Baron Larlton was the one who got impatient this time. "I have worked with these things for my whole life. When I say it's real, it must be real. What better experts do you need?"
"That is true..." Doming shrugged without concern. He played with the two precious metals that were sufficient to turn the whole world around like a child. It was terrifying to even think about it. What if such things were in the hands of the enemy... No matter what, such corrupted officer in the Ministry of Finance truly opened his mind!
"Alright! You got what you want! The Prince promised that--"
"Wait!" Domingo suddenly interrupted him. He glared at the officer who ran his mouth too easily with a threatening gaze, "Sir! Just as you won't mention Marquis Almodovar Godzilla in the trading, in my case... the whole trading does not relate to Prince O'Neil in any way!"
"But our trading must be guaranteed by the Prince. He must..."
"No! No!" Domingo shook his head, "You must have misunderstood! The Prince has no idea of this matter since the beginning. Why will he give his promises for something he does not know about?"
"You? You..." Baron Larlton opened his mouth wide. His stammering loyally expressed his helplessness. This was completely different from the trading conditions which they discussed before. According to Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, his mission was to send the molded metals here, then to instruct the Prince to build an underground foundry at a secretive place...
The sound of opening doors and boots surprised the stunned Baron Larlton. This noble gentleman leaned on his chair stiffly. If it was unacceptable for Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette to have nothing to do with this matter, then the agents of Secret Service Department who suddenly crashed inside were undoubtedly the last people he would want to see here!
Facing the weapons that were about to approach him, the boss of the Lair raised his hands as he chuckled, "Please, sir... This is a private property, please do not break anything..."
The eastern plate, Persian's glass utensils and the exquisite ceramic from Feru... These valuable high-class products were all smashed into pieces on the floor.
Women's cries were low like the breathing of nightingale. They were often mixed with a few yells in between.
After destroying the room, Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, the finance minister, finally calmed down to take a breath. The intense actions of throwing things exhausted him, "Think about it! Think more!" The smart Lord Sea Creature kept advising himself. There must be a reason why this matter had come to this day! Even if there was no sign from before, if O'Neil Andrew Morisette dared to mess with him, then this little guy had planned this action since half a year ago.
Half a year ago. Or even earlier! The advancement of the manufacturing industry in the south had pushed the Titan nobles into having second thoughts. Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, who was accountable for the financial affairs of the Empire, naturally knew the current situation. During the chaotic period, the Sea Creature's representatives in the south were all eliminated (by the Sea Creature himself). After the Prince had calmed the situation down, even though the industry had a hard time recovering, this did not affect the finance minister from resuming his previous position in a certain area.
After communicating with the infamous Havink family in the south, his fiancée's family, Almodovar Godzilla realized wholeheartedly how stupid his tricks to deal with underground trading were to the real businessmen. Along with the increase of discussion, the finance minister kept feeling that he had wasted all of his life doing his job.
Havink could be considered taking in a grade-schooler who bore a lot of money and power. The actions of these business families made the Sea Creature realized that he did not need to indulge in dangerous businesses to earn a lot of money. Once he was able to keep a huge amount of money flowing into the finance market, the coins were able to produce more coins! Without seeing it for himself, the Sea Creature probably would not have believed it!
One day, the Sea Creature suddenly found himself sleeping on a gold mountain! That was the day to evaluate the country's wealth for the first half of the year. The tax and donations submitted by the United Government of Southern Five Provinces had passed through the Imperial Tax Bureau, the Accounting Department and the Finance Clearing Committee. At last, it was gathered in the file of Almodovar Godzilla! Looking at those bags of gold, the Sea Creature would be able to estimate how much one percent of the United Government's profit was without even thinking.
To attain the advantageous position of gaining financial independence, the United Government, headed by the Havink, allowed in silence for the Finance Minister to receive one-hundredth of the profit of the government. To be safe, this money was laundered into Vielonna Trading Hall via a trading company under the name of the Havink family. Due to the lack of supervision (mostly because the committee of Vielonna Trading Hall did not concern themselves with this matter), the flow of this large sum with unknown origins did not stand out in particular in the finance market of Vielonna. Also, it had become much more convenient to withdraw the money. However, the surprising thing was this trading company of the Havink family had earned a large amount themselves while dealing with this money! What Sea Creature received was no longer the one-hundredth of the government profit. It was triple the original amount!
At that time, Almodovar said to his wife, "Oh, God of Light! This large amount of financial capital added to my administration action... We will be so rich, and our wealth will be comparable to a country in the near future!"
At one time, the Sea Creature had gained a lot from the southern finance market! The Finance Minister, who had lost himself, had invested his own capital into the Vielonna Trading Hall that the huge amount even made Havink lose its speech! However, the good times did not last long, for something had gone wrong during the process. The trading company that dealt with the Sea Creature's capital actually made the wrong bet. Since Slovenia Kingdom's gold production had received immeasurable shock due to the war, all noble metal on land had increased by 9 percent in one night. This was naturally the best chance to bet with gold, but, for some reason, the increase suddenly halted when it reached 24 percent. Following that, the intellects of the southern business world began their defense towards the golden opportunists!
The war broke out! It was the Potimisino War that was largely talked about in the southern newspaper! The Havink family took the Finance Minister's large amount of money and fooled around in the market. At last, the venture ended up with defeat! No one knew the workings in between and where those profits had gone to in the end. Only the Sea Creature knew that not only had he lose his capital during this business sparring, the reserve capital of the finance department adding up to 12 million was stuck in the stock market.
If it was under usual circumstances, the Sea Creature would have found a way to recover it! It was not impossible to even snatch it back from the south under the name of the Ministry of Finance, but everything was too late! The Finance Minister forgot the most important thing. Not only was the south of Titan engaging in a trade war, the whole land was going into a real armed war. The arrangement of the Guards needed a large number of golden Ti while the Secret Service Department and the Military Intelligence Bureau needed the support of all currencies in their local missions. The Sea Creature suddenly found that if he could not gather the money that he lost in a short amount of time, the Finance Minister would then be sent to the guillotine by the furious Empress.
Alanis had her weakness in some aspects, but she was exceptionally good at being cautious. Titan's financial capital was not abundant, so the Empress had been keeping a limit on her luxurious life. Alanis knew at least this in her heart. Even the officers of the Tax Bureau were of no use, the head of the Accounting Department was known to be smart and tough.
Almodovar Godzilla was rushing for solutions. Everyone was asking money from him and all of which could not be rejected! He asked for assistance from the United Government. The reply he got was that this season's government profit had all been taken by the Prince who needed it for war. He went to his fiancée's family then. Havink replied that their sources were coming to an end as well, and the gold war had rendered the family unable to care for other matters... However, Almodovar was able to get a business from the Havink. The key was to see if the Finance Minister had the guts to do it.
He had to make use of the mold of the Foundry Division of the Ministry of Finance. Once he was given a few days' time by the Army Division, the secret foundry under the name of the United Government would be able to produce a large amount of counterfeit money! Then, the underground force governed by Prince O'Neil Andrew Morisette would be responsible for money laundering. This was to ensure that the Ministry of Finance would be able to provide the sufficient amount in the shortest time possible!
It was an important matter! Almodovar Godzilla thought about it carefully and repeatedly from the beginning until the end... For one minute! The critical situation at that moment did not allow him to think otherwise at all. To return what was lost and keep his head safe on his neck was the origin of all matters. With these goals in mind, minting fake money did not count as a sin at all! Moreover, he had always maintained a good relationship with O'Neil Andrew Morisette, so Oscar would probably not reject such an opportunity to earn money... However, even though Prince O'Neil was in Italia when it happened, it was Georgio Verones who discussed this matter with the Sea Creature! Who could be sure that Prince O'Neil truly knew about this matter? Or... Who could be sure that O'Neil Andrew Morisette did not plan this trap together with the southern people?
Thinking about this, the Sea Creature could not help but found himself in shock! A young and beautiful lady in love with him...
His fiancée came from the Havink family... The southern people attained their aim by using government profit as a bait... This profit was put into the stock market to gain yet another large profit... Almodovar was fascinated and had lost himself in the stock market... Huge losses in investment... War broke out and the burden of the country increased... The losses could not be recovered and Almodovar had to find another solution... The Secret Service Department suddenly went to the trading site and caught his man...
"My god... My god..." The Finance Minister moaned unknowingly. He had indulged in the political and the business world for half a century. He had always been the one to destroy other people! No one had never dared to mess with the deep-sea creature that devoured people!
The Sea Creature suddenly had a suicidal thought. The southern people had surely planned to break off with him even before they began the talk. Meanwhile, O'Neil Andrew Morisette... The Sea Creature only recalled that dagger that was once put on his neck! Those who had invaded Andrew would definitely not live their lives peacefully. Since Deiss' conspiracy did not kill the Prince, he should have been cautious against him wholeheartedly since the beginning instead of believing dumbly that nothing had happened!
If O'Neil Andrew Morisette had intended to eliminate him since he returned from Deiss, then the Sea Creature thought... This little guy was the final monster! His previous compromise and all stances he had taken were simply his performance! The killing moves were all placed at the very end!
If this was the case... At that time, O'Neil Andrew Morisette had not controlled the south yet. The Sea Creature suddenly realized this: Why would the southern noble and the businessmen be willing to give up a part of their government profit? His previous actions in the south were seen by everyone! So... Prince O'Neil and the southern people had the same goal, then...
Almodovar Godzilla suddenly laughed in self-mockery. What was the use of thinking about this? It had already been five hours since the incident. Wouldn't the Secret Service Department had already gotten what they needed to know?
"Eda... Eda..." The depressed Finance Minister called his wife's name. Only the echoes were replying his calling in the empty room.
"Edamorl! You lowly b*tch... Where are you? Edamorl!" The Sea Creature dashed about yelling like a mad dog in the huge mansion. His tears were strolling down his ugly face. Since he had already understood everything, he did not care much about it. He only wanted to know whether the woman, whom he had cared for and protected wholeheartedly, love him or not.
The Sea Creature lost his shoes when he ran. He knew Eda had left as strange as the way she had come! The once Finance Minister deeply regretted his actions. Hadn't he known what that woman truly was?
Hadn't he smelled danger from the blacklist of the Military Intelligence Bureau?
Hagrid died first. Kachev family disappeared from the wanted list of the Empire. The Boustead family who was once the leader of the south was slaughtered. Queen Rolyn Kate was murdered in Weden. The first Princes of the Empire died oddly from a suicidal bombing! On what basis did Almodovar Godzilla think that the monstrous Prince O'Neil would let him live? Just by Miss Edamorl Havink's gentleness? By his fiancée's favorite things? By his lover's family? By a woman's love?
"Where are you going?" Godzilla stopped his fiancée's carriage at the gate of the mansion. He wanted to stop the agents of the Secret Service from transporting Eda's belongings, but these people actually pushed him away roughly.
"Eda... Where are you going? Please don't go..."
Miss Edamorl Havink... Oh, no! The Havink family did have a daughter, but she was not Eda. No one knew the true name of this lady, neither did anyone know where she learned those spying techniques and skills to control men.
Eda did not speak. She kept silent.
"Go home with me!" The Sea Creature became impatient. He rushed in front of the woman and took hold of his wife's hand.
The elbow of the Finance Minister was then hit by a baton. The Sea Creature released his hand in pain. Just when he was about to get into a tantrum, he was extremely shocked by the person's face.
"Federick Roxes Morisette... Head of the Secret Service Department?"
The young officer opened up an arrest order issued directly by Her Majesty the Empress for the panic-stricken Finance Minister.
"Marquis Almodovar Godzilla, what are you trying to do to our witness?"
The Sea Creature looked at the arrest order and then at his wife who was now the witness. He finally understood that all love that she talked about... were all fricking fake!
