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219Count of Tu Rondon (4)
Early moning.
The Count of Rondon immediately got into the carriage..
The meeting with the Golden Bank was scheduled within the same city, but the 100,000 gold coins could not be transported on foot..
The carriage shook every time it passed over uneven ground..
Due to the failure to use the country's budget correctly, Redford, despite being the capital, did not have a good environment like any rural city..
Inside the carriage.
Count Rondon stared at the gold coins..
The money earned through hard work, including risking Rondon's land and heirlooms, will be used to overcome the country's crisis..
Those who know the truth.
They called Count Rondon crazy..
If he takes a step back from the reality of the country and observes the situation, the Count of Rondon will be able to live a comfortable life regardless of Redford's fate..
The Kronos Empire is tolerant of renegades..
If you betray your country and raise your voice to live for the empire, there is no need to live as hard as you do now..
I knew it too.
Merchants were smart about their interests, but there were things in the world that had to be done even at the cost of loss..
‘Golden Bank's debt is only the beginning. With this incident, I will change the game for Redford..’
If you pay off your debt.
I will visit the king.
If they did not accept my choice for the country this time, I was planning to overthrow the country, even if it meant becoming what people called a traitor..
For the time being, I suppressed any thoughts of rebellion..
However, a few days ago, I received the consent of the king's successor, the prince, regarding this matter..
“Count Rondon. This country is pushed to the brink. If my father's reign leads to the downfall of this country, I, who have the duty to inherit the country, must make a decision for Redford..”
actually.
Redford's King wasn't a bad guy from the beginning..
Before falling into the deviance of gambling addiction, King Redford was a very human king..
People respected King Redford and followed him wholeheartedly, but a few years ago an accident occurred that broke his spirit..
Three children born to the king.
Among Lee Nam's daughters, the eldest son died in a fall from a horse while practicing horseback riding, and some time later, the youngest daughter suffered from the death of her eldest son and hanged herself..
A series of accidents.
The king was in despair..
He was consumed with alcohol every day, but found joy in life by turning to gambling..
The pleasure of earning money.
The intense stimulation of blowing away the sorrow of losing a child became a bondage that King Redford could not escape..
for that reason.
Count Rondon did not want to give up on the king until the end..
Aside from the situational reason that the country would be ruined by traitors if they rebelled, it was difficult to accept the situation itself of pointing the sword at King Redford..
But now it was the limit.
Now that he has settled the Golden Bank's debt by borrowing money from the Dmitry family, if he blows his last chance into a new pile of debt, Redford will truly fall off a cliff..
Rebellion.
It was complicated.
Memories of the past complicated my mind..
It was then.
rattle, rattle.
The carriage shook violently..
The carriage stopped with the sound of horses neighing, and it started to get noisy outside..
yet.
“protect the carriage!”
“attack!”
knight's cry.
The outside of the carriage suddenly fell into chaos..
* * *
wide road.
It was still a quiet time when there were few people coming and going, and people came out from all over the alleys and rushed at once..
“attack!”
“There's a gold coin in there!”
Hundreds of people.
Their eyes were shining with desire.
Although they looked shabby and the weapons they were carrying were quite crude, the sheer number of them that filled the field of vision embarrassed the Rondon family soldiers..
The soldiers hastily raised their shields..
They banded together to protect each other, but what they didn't expect was that they would be attacked right in the middle of Redford's capital city..
at last.
people came rushing in.
Seeing them radiating heat right in front of us, the knight of the Rondon family raised an aura and screamed..
Crumbling rumbling.
“protect the carriage!”
“attack!”
It was the beginning of the battle.
As soon as the soldiers encountered the people, dozens of people started screaming..
He looked shabby, not even wearing leather armor..
The soldiers' spear knives cut off the fluttering clothes and took the lives of their opponents in one go, but the people did not stop rushing towards them, trampling on the corpses with mad faces..
puck-
arm flew off.
Some had their throats cut..
In a situation filled with blood and death, someone finally plunged a knife into a soldier's heart..
Phuwak.
Blood splattering everywhere.
The surroundings fell into chaos.
Soldiers who could not overcome the number began to die, and the knights of the Rondon family gritted their teeth and actively showed their force..
The other party is just an ordinary person..
Although it is impossible to deal with aura swordsmen, there are some who take advantage of the confusion and move..
deeply.
“……?!”
The knight widened his eyes..
thorn stuck in the neck.
Someone had fired it..
It meant that an unusual being was mixed among the people, but there was nothing he could do about his already fading mind..
My body stumbled..
The knight, who was swinging his sword and cutting down his enemies until the moment he collapsed, had blood splattered from his face and his entire body cut to pieces by people attacking him from all directions..
dump.
knight's death.
The color of defeat deepened..
Count Rondon, who checked the situation outside the carriage, shouted with a pale face..
“Stop right now! The wealth of the carriage is important money that will solve the country's problems! If you are Redford's people, you must not attack us! Please, please stop! If this money is stolen, Redford has no future.!”
opponent's purpose.
I felt it was money.
The Count of Rondon shouted, the blood in his neck rising, but no one listened to him.
That moment.
puck.
beetle.
The world was shaken.
Count Rondon sank his face to the floor with his eyes unfocused..
Blood flowed from the back of my head..
As my sense of reality gradually faded, I had difficulty identifying the face of the person who attacked me..
“Check inside the carriage!”
“Gold coin! There is a gold coin!”
people shouting for joy.
among them.
there was jacqueline.
At first he was just a needle thief, but he boldly attacked the carriage of the Rondon family in the center of the capital..
“……Please, please.”
My mouth didn't drop anymore.
I wanted to stop people, but my dying voice was not heard by the excited people..
suddenly.
Roman Dmitry's words came to mind:.
When told that there was no need to help with the meeting with the Golden Bank, Roman Dmitry handed over a box of 100,000 gold coins and said:.
“Be careful. The Count made the mistake of being lenient when he should have played his part. It doesn't matter what the story behind the people who attacked the mansion was. A family called Rondon, the Kingdom of Redford. The moment you realize that the wall is not as high as you think, from then on, it won't be strange for anything to happen..”
his words.
Even though I knew what it meant, I turned away..
At least I didn't want to accept the fact that this country had fallen so far into the abyss..
and now.
I was out of breath on the cold floor..
I looked at Jacqueline picking up the gold coins, my mouth speechless..
like that.
With his mind fading, Count Rondon lost his mind..
* * *
this attack.
It originated from information from the owner of a pub..
“Jacqueline. Early tomorrow morning, I received information that the Rondon family is planning to embezzle the country's wealth. This is information given by a servant who works for the Rondon family, and the intention is probably to move the property to a safe location in preparation for Redford's downfall. Meeting Dmitry was also an extension of him. It is clear that he intends to go into exile not in the Kronos Empire, but in the Principality of Dmitry..”
In those words.
Jacqueline was furious..
The people of Redford know that the country is collapsing, but there is nothing they can do about it, but the richest person in Redford is even thinking about running away..
I couldn't tolerate it..
The money the Rondon family made by destroying others needed to be taken back for the good of the country at least..
“You dirty traitor. We can no longer stand by and watch the atrocities of traitors..”
past events.
Count Rondon took a step back..
Jacqueline's willingness to compromise even when crude farm equipment was used instilled confidence in her..
That's how I robbed the carriage..
Jacqueline's eyes widened as she moved to another location and checked the gold coin box..
“Hey, how much is this??”
“It must be at least tens of thousands of gold.?”
Moment.
I was angry.
Tens of thousands of gold is enough money for many people to not have to worry about making a living for at least a year, but Count Rondon tried to embezzle such a huge amount of money..
Your judgment was right.
It was not in line with the justice of the world for this money, which contained the blood and sweat of the Redford people, to be used for a scum of a traitor..
he headed to the square.
Looking at the people starting the morning, I screamed loudly..
“Everyone gather here! From now on, I will hand out the gold coins I robbed from the traitor Count Rondon one by one.!”
jacqueline.
He didn't think of himself as a common thief.
Righteous enemy).
An entity that returns money stolen from evildoers to its original place..
people flocked.
At the mention of gold coins, people with gaunt faces from not being able to eat came running for a month, wondering where they got the strength from..
gave them gold coins.
one by one.
A bright smile appeared on Jacqueline's face as she looked at the rapidly shrinking box of gold coins..
Even back then.
Jacqueline firmly believed that she was doing the right thing..
* * *
Tick tock.
time has passed.
When the Count of Rondon did not show up past 9 o'clock when he had promised to meet, a man showed a displeased look..
“Mr. Treasurer. I think that Golden Bank, in its own way, understood the situation of the Redford Kingdom. We trusted His Majesty the King and lent him a large amount of money, waived some of the interest, and waited patiently until the end even though he had not even paid the interest, let alone the principal. But what on earth are we going to do now? Even after the scheduled time has passed, why has Count Rondon not appeared?!”
belonging to golden bank.
He was a bailiff..
He was a powerful man who could plunge Redford into the abyss with a single word, and that is why the treasurer spoke urgently..
“I'm really sorry. Count Rondon is not one to break his promises. Something definitely happened on the way here.…….”
“Stop talking nonsense.!”
Pak.
threw away the documents.
The treasurer's eyes were greatly shaken by the documents being scattered in all directions..
the bailiff said.
“We are not unaware of the reputation of the Earl of Rondon in Redford. He has a reputation as a person who destroys those around him with his cruel business skills and takes care of his own interests. Even so, Golden Bank does not judge people based solely on reputation. If our relationship had been good, I might have trusted the Treasurer's word and waited in his personal capacity as an executive officer. however. So far, has the Count of Rondon made good on his promise? He took on this matter on behalf of Redford and has been delaying the time to repay the money, and today, when he promised to meet, he has not even made an appearance. Trust is not formed in an instant. Rather than the Treasurer saying something might happen, my first thought is that Count Rondon abandoned Redford and found his own way..”
Squeak.
got up from my seat.
There was no reason to wait here any longer..
“From now on, Golden Bank will classify ‘Redford Kingdom’ as a bad debtor. We will do whatever it takes to repay the debt, and we will formally protest this issue to the international community as soon as possible..”
“Oh, bailiff!”
sudden.
I took a step back.
Seeing the attendants following him, the treasurer quickly stood up and tried to grab the leg of his pants..
It was then.
“Roman Dmitry, heir to the Duchy of Dmitry, enters..”
beyond the door.
I heard the servant's voice.
And as the door opened wide, people's eyes turned to one place at the same time..
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