Chapter 2: What Was the Point of Crossing Over Without a Cheat
Two minutes later, Leon left the room holding a money pouch filled with gold and silver coins, feeling quite satisfied. He ignored the sounds of bitter crying behind him, as well as the repeated curses of “robber” that followed only after he had gone far away.
After turning into an alley, he made sure no one was around, then took out the pouch and opened it. Inside were three gold coins stamped with a shield, each worth ten thalers, and six one-thaler silver coins stamped with a wolf’s head.
He took two silver wolf coins from his own pocket and put them in, then took out two gold shields from the pouch and played with them in his hand.
The Church did indeed have a system for punishing malicious debt defaults, but if Leon chose not to report it, then naturally no one would know.
What he had said to Lia Foster earlier was basically all bluff. The days when you could just slip a heretical token on someone and have them thrown into the Inquisition were long gone; the Church’s laws had undergone multiple reforms.
The Inquisition was still not exactly a clean place, but trying witches was a major case that underwent strict scrutiny and required complete evidence.
If Leon really framed her using such methods, then when she counter-accused him, the one in trouble would actually be Leon.
But how would a woman who thought the Church staff coming to collect debts was just a menial worker know these inner workings? Such petty intimidation tricks were still very effective on most people.
Eighteen thalers—three thousand six hundred fenni. That was no small gain for Leon.