Chapter 189: Those Falling Have Wings (2)
“This is a huge mess...”
Ultima glanced at Aleron, who was kneeling meekly before him.
“H-hey, you’re going to keep your promise and let me live, right? I handed over the entire merchant company! I told you everything about Philip too!”
“I never said I would kill you. But are you sure everything you’re telling me is true?” Ultima said, pointing at the stack of documents, too thick to hold with one hand.
The papers laid out everything about how the once-small Aleron Merchant Company had suddenly exploded in growth.
Taming monsters from the Demon Capital as pets? That’s insane.
Aleron seemed like a self-made entrepreneur on the surface, but behind the scenes, he had built his wealth in disgusting ways, such as by trafficking monsters from the Demon Capital. Even Ultima, who came from Liqueur and had seen it all, was shocked.
Even if they’re weakened and branded into submission, they’re still monsters from the Demon Capital.
The method of trafficking was equally appalling because the military was involved as well. Rather than entering the Demon Capital to capture the monsters, corrupt soldiers stationed at the border were selling them off. By law, monsters that cross from the Demon Capital must be killed. But instead, the soldiers were subduing them and selling them to merchants.
Even the Transparent Slime known by various names like Philip, Dopema, and Norman, had originally been a monster captured at the border. Instead of selling it, Aleron tried to keep it for himself. And predictably, he failed to control it, and the master-servant dynamic was reversed.
“There’s a story of a rabbit from the Demon Capital that wiped out a whole three-star knight order. Everything that comes from there defies common sense. And you were distributing that filth to the world? You idiot!”
“Shriek!! I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!”