Chapter 241.2
Chapter 241.2. Currents
-???’s POV-
“Apologies. For now, I’ve given everyone their upfront paynt. But it seems it’ll take so ti to arrange the remaining funds.”
“But it’s the prestigious Kanna Dukedom, right? How could sothing like this happen?”
Certainly, the reward this ti was substantial, but checking Kanna Dukedom’s assets before the mission, Annal felt it wouldn’t impact them much.
They likely had hidden reserves that they could utilize for paynts, and even without those, they had enough flexibility to make the paynts.
“Take a look at this.”
The captain manipulated his wrist device, projecting a hologram.
“This is… the stock price of Dog Puppy Company.’ It’s fluctuating wildly.”
The stock price was fluctuating between limit down and limit up. Annaal wasn’t well-versed in stocks, but they could tell it wasn’t the typical market movent.
“What’s this?”
“Even in the Kanna faction, nou Marquisate, who owns Dog Puppy Company, went through a massive short selling, and now they’re being bought back. Not just that, but there’s also an attempted takeover.”
“Huh? Didn’t nou Marquisate recover?”
This sudden turn left Annal puzzled. The captain’s voice turned bitter as they explained.
“The magical nullification technology that absorbed mana surprisingly beca useless. Astonishingly, investors who had bought in, touting it as a revolutionary technology, abruptly sold off. Taking advantage of this, Kohaku, Teijou, Aguni, Aburage, and Takano families started buying up Dog Puppy Company’s shares.”
“Oh, I rember now! It was because of sothing used by Takano Miu! That’s why Aegir-danna fled!”
Recalling that Takano Miu had used perfu, causing the particles to dissipate, Annal realized Aegir-danna panicked and fled.
Miu had said the perfu’s price is 10,000 yen. 10,000 yen magic tool beat worth 300 billion yen. It was catastrophic for Dog Puppy Company.
Since it wasn’t his concern, Annal had forgotten about it. It seed like sothing worth rembering, yet it had slipped his mind.
“Your head is as empty as ever, huh?”
“Ugh, can’t argue with that…”
Eri’s mocking expression led Annaal to feel frustrated and take a seat. They were surprised at themselves for forgetting sothing so important.
“To prevent the takeover, Kanna Dukedom is also investing funds. As a result, our available funds are starting to run low. We’ll just have to wait until this situation settles.”
“I see… But that ans we won’t be assigned reckless jobs for a while, right? Maybe it’s ti for a relaxing vacation.”
If they couldn’t get their hands on the money, there was no point in worrying.
Besides, if it ca to a money-based battle, they had no chance, and without Nidhogg’s movent, they were safe to stay here.
“That sounds about right… I have so things to attend to, so I’ll be absent for a while. Annal, I’ll leave the managent of the rcenary group to you during that ti.”
“Captain, are you going sowhere? If you are, I’ll go too!”
Eri, who adored the captain, imdiately offered to accompany them.
However, surprisingly, the captain shook their head to decline.
“Apologies. I need to handle this on my own. I want you and the others to rest for a while. You must be exhausted from the Solomon operation.”
“That kind of operation is no big deal. I’m still fresh and well-rested!”
“Still, I want you to enjoy your vacation. You’ve never taken an extended break, have you? You have the money for it. You can even go to the mainland. Did you manage to secure your new identities?”
“Oh, that’s all set. I can confidently stroll around town now.”
Eri responded, patting her chest, but the captain didn’t nod in agreent.
It was unusual for the captain to suggest taking a vacation for a while.
“What will you be doing, Captain?”
“I have a little research to conduct. Don’t worry. There’s no danger involved.”
“Ugh, fine, understood. If anything happens, call us, okay?”
“Yeah, I promise.”
Though grumbling, Eri reluctantly agreed. After all, the captain was skilled in using various types of magic and excelled at concealnt. It seed like she thought she might be a burden.
“However, Kanna Dukedom is also going through a lot. This success might all go down the drain due to their current situation.”
“…You’re right, that’s true. We tend not to consider Takano County’s involvent. We’ll have to be more cautious than ever.”
Feeling a sense of dissonance from that statent, Annal furrowed his brows slightly.
We? The captain’s tone makes it seem like they have so connection to Kanna Dukedom…
If that’s the case, it would make sense for him to support Kanna Dukedom.
Annal had never heard about the captain’s past. It was an unspoken rule among rcenaries not to pry into each other’s history.
But if the captain was sohow part of Kanna Dukedom, could they even be of noble birth?
The captain is a noble… An unsettling feeling began to stir within Annal.
“Sothing feels off… Isn’t catching one butterfly supposed to end it?”
The captain’s muttering soft words went mostly unheard by Annal, who was lost in thought, feeling unease.
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