Chapter 281: Power inflation (1)
One quiet weekend. At sunset.
A carriage departed from the Colosseo Academy, heading for the Bourgeois Family.
Dolores. Piggy. Sinclair.
The trio were honored to be hosted and dined by the Bourgeois family, the most prestigious family in the Empire.
Naturally, Piggy and Sinclair were excited.
"Didn't our Oracle Club do great this ti! 1st place in mock investnt competition! And surprisingly, all of this was actually a real rate of return!"
"And we even hosted a party that was so spectacular it made my eyes roll back in my head. My God, how much did it all cost? I have no idea."
"Did you hear about the place we're going to for dinner tonight? It's a Bourgeois family vault!"
"Yeah, I heard that, too. There's jewelry, gold bars, coins, bills, checks, drafts, real estate titles, art, antiques, all kinds of expensive stuff near the table. They say it goes beyond the mountains."
"Hiig- that's a bit of an exaggeration, to say the least. Why would anyone put that stuff there?"
"If you put your money in a vault, then where else would you put it?"
"What if soone cos in to eat and steals it?"
"I can't imagine stealing all that stuff."
"Oh, yes, that, too, and I wonder if these gifts we have prepared will be part of that pile of treasure, and It would be an honor to do so."
With that, Piggy looked back at the back of the carriage.
There lay several treasure chests. A gift for the Patriarch of the Bourgeois Family.
Sinclair looked at these gifts, which had been carefully and painstakingly prepared, and muttered to herself.
"... I wish my brother could have co with us."
"What? You an Vikir? Why all of a sudden?"
"...Just."
Sinclair replied, flicking her white short hair in the wind.
"He was supposed to co over to my place soti. To eat."
"?"
Piggy scratched his head.
Why was she saying that now?
Then Sinclair smiled bitterly.
"I just suddenly felt regretful. I think it's really hard to eat a al, looking at how busy he's been lately."
"Oh, is that what you're talking about? I agree, it's hard to eat with Vikir these days. Except for breakfast."
Piggy went on and on about how busy Vikir was these days.
But Sinclair's mind was elsewhere as she listened.
'Brother. You don't pay?'
'... I have no money.'
'Money? Why don't you have money? You're an academy student. Don't you think you're being too harsh? The poor kids here don't have parents, and we should help them.'
'They don't need parents.'
'Huh?'
'They have to deal with the world on their own. Parents are only functional in childhood, when they are essential, but otherwise they are unnecessary.'
Sinclair recall a conversation she had with Vikir many years ago when she was volunteering at a orphanage.
anwhile.
"...."
Up front, Dolores was not paying attention to the conversation between Piggy and Sinclair behind her.
All her attention was focused on the treasure chest in the back of the wagon, the gift she would be giving to the Bourgeois patriarch today.
'I'm sorry, guys.'
Unfortunately, the gift sets that Piggy and Sinclair had picked and chosen are not in that box.
They had already been moved elsewhere, and the empty box contained sothing else entirely.
Night Hound.
An assassin lying in ambush for the Bourgeois family patriarch.
'The Bourgeois family patriarch said he doesn't bother searching people when he lets them into the vault.'
It's a confidence peculiar to the demon, perhaps.
An arrogant attitude that no matter what assassins co, they're just toys.
But it's also his weakness.
'I must get the kids to bed before the battle begins.'
Dolores squeezed the vial in her hand.
It contained a sleeping pill that was harmless to humans.
When the carriage arrived at the Bourgeois family's residence, Dolores, Piggy, and Sinclair would be escorted to the parlor, where they would wait for dinner.
Dolores planned to slip the drug into their teacups to put Piggy and Sinclair to sleep and then hide it elsewhere.
'It would have been best if they hadn't co along in the first place....'
But Piggy and Sinclair had been looking forward to eting the Bourgeois family for days, and Bourgeois had invited the entire "Oracle investnt circle
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