nownovels Chapter 636: She Looks Fine Now
Chapter 636: She Looks Fine Now
So... After I gave her the money, Emilia pretty much did a one eighty and she was completely fine again.
Like seriously, she literally recovered and went back to her old self again after that, almost like she didn't just blow up her ship and lost everything yesterday.
At least, that was what it might look like to outsiders.
But I've seen her enough times to know that she was definitely still hung up about the money she lost back on the ship.
Still, this is much better than the mopey and depressed Emilia from this morning I guess, especially since I can finally talk to her normally without her feeling sorry for herself.
I looked at the Nekomata merchant seated across from me who was busy sorting the pile of coins in front of her.
She really didn't waste any time and got right to work organising the money I loaned her.
Meanwhile, I sipped on the tea that Katsuki had served me, enjoying the taste of the beverage.
For today, we did not have any plans so everyone else was just taking a break in the manor. Not the city's in any state for us to go out anyway since there's still an uproar about Emilia's ship right now.
From what Mary had told us, it was determined to be a terrorist attack that burned down half the ship and the harbour was still closed off right now.
At least they already put out the fire so there's no danger to the city right now.
I set down my tea cup, "So... Can we talk about it now?"
She set down one of the coins on top of another coin before tilting her head at me, "Talk about what?"
"You know what. The explosion on your ship of course."
"Oh, that... What do you want to know?"
"You did blow up your entire ship that's pretty much the size of a small city, you know? How many people died?"
She shrugged, "Probably in the dozens I would say. But all of them are those stupid traitors though, I gave the order as the captain that the ship had to be cleared for security inspections the day before so no passengers were on board when I blew it up."
Oh... So she did properly evacuate the ship before she blew it up... Not gonna lie, I wouldn't have been surprised if she had just blown the passengers along with the ship yesterday.
"I see... So what actually happened yesterday? If you don't mind talking about it of course."
She paused for a moment before pushing the pile of coins aside, though she was still careful to keep the pile intact so that they did not topple over.
Emilia then sighed, "I suppose you should know, since now you're basically my boss anyway..."
I shook my head, "I'm fine with not knowing if you don't want to talk about it."
She smirked, "Simple actually. Mana Crystals imbued with fire and air mana stuffed in barrels. Put enough mana in them to cause a few of them to blow and then it would cause a chain reaction throughout the entire ship as long as you placed them correctly."
Right... I remember back when I was experimenting with them before and something like that happened too...
"And you can get barrels of these easily?" I asked.
"Easily? Definitely not. If you have the money and know the right people? Definitely possible. Why? Are you looking to bomb something too?
Just saying, one barrel costs like... Ten thousand Creas or so."
Ok, yeah... That's pretty expensive.
"And how many barrels did you use?"
"Hmm... I think it was about a hundred and fifty? Give or take a few dozen."
Damn, she really wasn't playing around huh? I'm more surprised that they even had more than a hundred of these just lying around for her to buy...
"Any chance of your family coming to find you for revenge after that?"
She shook her head, "I don't believe they will. At least... I don't think they would for the next few weeks or months at least."
"Eh? Why?"
"After an explosion like that, they should be expecting me to be dead already. Coupled with the fact that there's multiple dead bodies in my previous quarters, there shouldn't be any reason why they think I survived the explosion."
"And the time limit you gave is because...?"
"Well, once I start doing business again, they would most likely figure out I'm behind it when some new company starts rising up through the ranks rapidly and maybe even start rivalling their fortunes after a few months."
She's that confident huh?
Then again, I'm also quite confident that she could pull it off as well. Otherwise, I wouldn't have entrusted my entire savings to her either.
"And after that, they'll retaliate and seek trouble with your business?" I asked.
"Heh, I can deal with them when that time comes, you need not worry about it, Aster. I said I would triple the investment you made in me after three years. I do not intend to break the trust you have had in me."
Well... I guess I can just leave things to her then.
Now for the most important question...
Can I head pat her?