Chapter 100 – Mysterious Expenditures (1)
The first thing that ca to Eugene’s mind was a ball—the man that entered with her servant wore clothes that made him look like one. His stature was short, face plump, and the wide waist contrasted with his thin torso and legs.
The president of the bank, Jas as he was called, bowed his head towards her, a few paces away from where she sat on the sofa.
“It’s an honor to et with you, Your Majesty. I hope you’ve been well.” He humbly greeted her.
Eugene had heard about him before, and despite the fact that Jin never visited him before, he regularly ca to give her a report every ti the dry period ended. Sarah never attended any of their etings, and thus couldn’t provide any details about their conversations, but she did note they never lasted long.
Thus, it was safe to assu that Jin and the president had little to no relationship with each other.
For this year, the dry period hadn’t even started yet, this ant that their last eting had been roughly six months ago. Which was fortunate, because that ant it was still Jin he reported to. Had they t at a much later ti, Eugene would’ve been anxious for this first eting.
“Welco,” she finally said, “Please, take a seat.” She gestured to the sofa in front of her.
He gave her a brisk nod. “Thank you, my queen… Anika.” He corrected after a mont.
He must have been forewarned to greet her with a different title just before he ca to the eting.
“I have asked you to co today because I have questions about a few matters.” Eugene began as soon as he sat down.
“Of course, Your Majesty. Please ask anything.”
“When did we first et?” She imdiately prodded.
He blinked in surprise at the question, before he answered. “Three years ago, Your Majesty, just shortly after you arrived.”
“Ah, of course!” she said, nodding as she pretended to know the answer.
“And so, you’ve been handling my account for that exact ti, haven’t you?”
He nodded in agreent.
“Then I would like to request a report on my money transfers. After all, it has been a while.”
“I-I don’t understand, has there been so trouble with the accounts, Your Majesty?” he asked with great confusion.
Eugene could see the seeds of panic in his eyes. “Oh no, I just wanted a refresher,” she assured him.
He had been jittery ever since he stepped foot in the room. Looking at him now, Eugene was reminded of the fact that Mahar was a society largely based on their social status.
Apart from Rodrigo, whose relationship with Jin was of a special nature, Jas was the first man Eugene had t with from outside of the palace. While she was uncertain, whether or not everyone outside of the palace acted like him, she figured it wasn’t entirely out of place for him to be so nervous in front of her.
Furthermore, had he been overreacting, Marianne would’ve probably said sothing for his nerves, but she remained silent.
Still, as a president of the bank, he’s very much an accomplished man, she mused.
Perhaps his nerves most probably stemd from the fact that he wasn’t of noble birth. It didn’t an it wasn’t uncomfortable witnessing soone middle-aged be frightened of her.
“Would it be possible to see them now?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. I can provide them with my utmost confidence in their sincerity.”
He then turned around, nodding at the boy who was behind him, standing by the door. At an instant, he walked over, handing over a black leather briefcase to Jas, before standing straight once more.
Jas took the bag, opened it up, and pulled out a pile of docunts inside. Eugene blinked at his efficiency. She was pleasantly amazed by his preparedness for their eting. He even brought all the reports she might have been expecting, including the ones she did want.
“Right here it shows the initial balance of your accounts, and then this one is the final balance, all calculated and updated from your last withdrawal.” He explained to her, neatly laying out each sheet of paper on the table. After that, he placed a thicker pile beside them. “And this is the withdrawal history from the past three years.”
Eugene blinked at the pile of papers in front of her. It was a lot more than she was expecting to look at. She only initially wanted to know how much money Jin left, but for now, she thought there was also rit to go over the docunts as well.
“I see, I shall take ti reviewing them. You can leave them here.” She inford him but noted the slight hesitance over her request. “Is there a problem?”
“It’s just, Your Majesty, without those docunts, no one can withdraw from your accounts.” He inford her.
She nodded in understanding. “If so, then freeze my accounts. Don’t let anyone else make a withdrawal, even from postdated checks,” she said.
Postdated checks were controlled by the bank and carried a lot of credibility for the bank’s na on how they handled them. Had it been anyone else asking this of him, Jas would have half a mind to scold them for a preposterous demand. However, as Queen, he couldn’t dare refuse her.
“Of course, Your Majesty,” he finally said, bowing to her.
Eugene imdiately had everyone leave the room before she picked up the certificate of deposit with great trepidation.
Mahar used a number system similar to that of Arabic Nurals. And as they used a decimal system the sa as from her world, she had no trouble understanding the rows of numbers in front of her.
Each of these numbers signified the sa number of gold coins. If she were to convert it to the currency in her howorld, well then, she found herself incredibly rich as her mouth fell agape as soon as she was done crunching the numbers…
Two hundred billion dollars?! She was shocked.
Are they sure this was only pocket money?! It’s enough to beco a business empire’s entire wealth!
Then it doesn’t make sense why she’d marry the Desert King just to buy ancient books!
Would she really use all of her money just to buy books for a petty hobby? Well, she could understand why she felt like it would be such a waste.
I wonder how much is left. She mumbled as she picked up a different sheet of paper. She couldn’t possibly have used it much after all the kingdom pays for her food and clothing.
As soon as she saw the numbers for the final balance, her hands began to tremble…
Only half is left!
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