I Bought the Villains With Money - CH 26.1

“Voluntarily or for other reasons?”

“Do you want to know me personally?”

“I’m not interested in a little girl. I’m just curious.”

“What are you curious about?”

“From the fact that such a little lady thought of getting me out. Talking comfortably with me, it turned out that the extraordinary little lady wanted to have a bank, not a doll.”

“The world is full of interesting things. It’s worth living even if it’s hard.”

“That’s a wise saying.”

Rumdrax burst into laughter. He laughed for a long time about whatever he thought was so funny and then suddenly stopped laughing.

He’d better stop laughing and start telling me if he was going to work with me or not.

As I was thinking about it, Rumdrax got up, pushing his chair back.

Was the negotiation failed? That’s too bad.

It wasn’t a significant amount, but I burned him out of jail, so it was a given that I wanted him to repay me, right? Or should I threaten him that I would report him?

“Let’s go. To the bank.”

When I was thinking about how to contact the security forces, he said that and took the Pledge from my hand.

He took it as fast as a ghost.

“Do you accept my proposal?”

“Sure, I think it’ll be fun.”

“Then let’s write the contract first. Put down what you took.”

“This is a consultation fee. And let’s save it for later instead of writing it. Once you use it, you can’t use it. In return, I’ll help you twice.”

Rumdrax said calmly, even though he had just uttered words that contradicted his identity as a fraudster…

Rumdrax seemed to be reluctant to use the Dragon’s pledge.

Maybe he was taking the opportunity to steal it.

‘I’ll have to hide it well.’

I opened my mouth while putting the Dragon’s Pledge back in my bag.

“We have to make a contract. We can write something else if using the Dragon’s Pledge is a waste.”

I took out the contract that I had prepared separately.

I intended to use the Dragon’s Pledge to make him sign this contract with me anyway.

A trap contract.

It was one of the recently invented magic contracts, and if the contract was unilaterally breached, the breacher would receive physical restrictions for a few days.

“It’s not too much for you, is it?”

The trap contract was also one of the very powerful contracts that existed, but since I showed him the Dragon’s Pledge earlier, he would think this contract was standard.

And my prediction was correct.

“Okay, I can do this much.”

I wrote the contract details carefully in the blank of the contract and handed it out to Rumdrax.

Janice came up with a needle.

Unlike typical contracts, magic contracts required the blood of two contractors.

I had to poke my hand with a needle, and Janice grimaced.

“I’m going to poke your finger.”

He dropped a drop of blood on the contract and gave Rumdrax the needle.

He also had no hesitation and used the needle.

The trap contract glowed dimly as the Rumdrax’s blood dropped on where my blood was smeared.

***

“This way, Grandpa. This is the Phoenix Bank you are looking for.”

A funny situational play occurred since Rumdrax went out on the road dressed as an old man.

Now I was playing a nice and cute girl who showed the way to a grandfather who lost his way.

I changed into a modest dress and put my bonnet down to cover my face in case people recognized me.

I didn’t want to come to the bank, but I couldn’t help but come up with that idea when I saw the old man’s appearance.

“Just go with Janice.”

Rumdrax had no choice but to drag me along.

I had to listen to his theory of fraud all the way here. He compared fraud to the art of acting. I thought it was a nonsense philosophy, but I didn’t show it.

After we took a detour in a carriage, we arrived at Phoenix Bank. As we left the carriage in the distance, Rumdrax and I walked.

“This is the Phoenix Bank, Grandpa.”

I had been very attentive to Rumdrax, who imitated a grandfather from the countryside. Rumdrax palpated his nostrils.

“What a pleasant treatment from the lovely Irenberg young lady. You are pretty good.”

Rumdrax whispered in my ear. I awkwardly laughed as I made some distance.

“Grandpa, do you want me to come in with you?”

“The sweet girl also has a sweet heart. Ahem, ahem.”

Even the sound of clearing the throat was the same as an old man would have– Rumdrax was able to transform his voice at will for real.

“But the line is long. Can you go in by yourself?”

As I said, the front of Phoenix Bank was crowded. There was a long line to enter Phoenix Bank.

It seemed impossible to enter Phoenix Bank within business hours, even if you lined up.

“Let me in! I have my money here!”

“Please wait; there’s a lot of people inside. We’ll let you enter in the order you came.”

“Tell me one thing. Will the bank fail?”

The faces of the people lined up were full of irritation and fatigue.

People shouted at the employees who blocked the bank entrance.

Bank employees stopped people who were pushing blindly to get in.

‘It’s a mess.’

In the meantime, I earnestly prayed that no one would be hurt, but Rumdrax asked.

“What are all those people?”

“People who came to see the bank go bankrupt.”

Well, Rumdrax looked at the people with a nasal voice.

“You’re saying you created this situation?”

Rumdrax asked in confirmation. We had already talked about how we were going to shake up Phoenix Bank on our way to the bank.

I nodded my head.

Rumdrax confirmed my answer and tapped the floor with his cane. Then he gave a let’s go sign.

It was my turn to give another passionate performance.