Chapter 67: Forcing him
The next day, the local newspapers in Velharthe and all over the Empire were filled with news.
News covering the race grabbed the front pages of the newscasts, even more so because the previous record in this long-running race had been broken.
While other news stories dealt with the explosion heard the night before the race in the City of Velfast. The Kingdom seemed to be investigating, but the preliminary news remained to be confirmed: some magicians were battling.
Although many were suspicious about that claim, the destruction of the area and the lack of traces led them to believe that it had been so.
Among shocking news, there was one that did not go unnoticed among the curious and among journalists who made a lot of fuss about it.
The news of the Man in the Yellow Straw Hat being the number 1 among bettors in different bookmakers.
Being so wealthy, but without giving his name, many tried to speculate on his identity, but getting to a particular person was difficult. The Empire has many rich and powerful people.
Although they are not an overly powerful or wealthy Empire, they have many prominent people among their ranks.
But the news went around the entire Empire.
Those who won bets were jubilant, and those who lost were sad. But the mood could not have been as bad as it was for the members of the Ancient Moon House.
They were in a terrible state of mind, where their leader, Theos, had to be forced to borrow money from his sworn enemy.