Chapter 161: Finance (1/2)

Once Persephone had his accord, she stood up and walked toward her closest while grinning,

”Let's play a little game, shall we?”

Opening her closet wide, she turned to face Sol,

”So? What tickled your fancy?”

Sol gulped, heat spreading through his body.

In this closet, uniforms of all kinds could be seen.

Nurse, maid, bikini armor, sexy lingeries, kimono, qipao, cat ears and tails, Nun, and so on.

Knowing what Sol was wondering about, Persephone murmured, ”I like role-playing.”

She swept her hair and asked once again, ”So, which one?”

This time Sol simply shook his head.

”Why is there a need to choose one? We have all night to try them all.”

This promised to be a very interesting night.

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[Highland Mansion.]

While Sol was enjoying an agreeable moment, someone else was being swamped in paperwork.

”Grandfather, you really won't help me?”

Sitting behind a thick stack of paper, Athena asked softly.

Meanwhile, sitting in the place reserved for guests, the duke was sipping gently the tea that had been prepared by one of Athena's spirits, Aegis.

The way Athena treated Aegis and Nike, two of the three spirits his granddaughter was contracted with, had been one of the reasons Try had thought that she was into women.

Even though he wasn't against love in any form, he had been quite troubled when he thought about the matter of a future heir.

But at least he didn't have to worry about that anymore.

Athena was exasperated by her grandfather's nonchalance and could only go back to work.

On her head stood an owl who was quietly reading each document as Athena went through them.

”There is a mistake in the account of what must be paid to the deceased soldiers' families.”

Athena and Tyr's expressions darkened.

Neither of them doubted the owl's words. After all, even though it lacked combat power, its computing power was unmatched.

”They dare!?”

All nonchalance vanished from Tyr's face as he stood in anger. His body was trembling so much it seemed that he was about to have a stroke.

Athena wasn't much better.

The fight against the Wings of Freedom thankfully did not particularly affect the civilians.

But many soldiers died on this night. Soldiers who fought to protect their homes while believing that their families would be taken care of after their death.

This was the reality. Few if any people would join the army out of simple patriotism.

People joined the army because of the many advantages it provided.

One of which was the handsome reward that should be delivered to the family of the dead.

Even though it was nothing more than a few Lust Gold coins, it was enough for a normal family to live a few years without having to worry about food and clothing.

Tyr understood very well, that money was a meager consolation for losing one's son or daughter but even that meager consolation was taken away?

Looking at the owl with a fierce expression, he asked, ”Can you trace who are the culprits?”

The owl scoffed, how an owl could scoff and show such an expression of disdain was something beyond Tyr understanding but he had long since stopped trying to understand.

”Of course I can. What do you take me for? Those guys are clearly greedy amateurs. Still, even if we trace them, we have actually no authority to arrest them. They should be from the financial department and some nobles who don't understand the situation.”