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The Story of a Gold Spoon in Another World 149

Chapter 149 – Violet

I lit a candle in a place where only the moonlight shined.

“It’s romantic.”
“Is that so?”

The man who said he came from Violet, startled by my words, clearly showed signs of nervousness.

“Of course. After a while, one of them could die.”
“… !”

Startle!
I could see the tips of my fingers trembling as I touched the teacup on the table.

“What are you so afraid of?”
“Yeah?”

He met eyes with the one sitting across from him.
Light purple eyes behind the thin cloth wrapped around the two.

“If you had come this far, would you have prepared for death?”
“…”

At my words, the eyes looking at me became intense.
A smile formed on his lips at that sight.

“If you came all this way thinking that you were going to die anyway, wouldn’t it be better to say everything you can’t say? I won’t wait that long.”

Slurp!

While enjoying my sweet tea, I looked at the person sitting across from me.
In my gaze, a brief silence dominated the room.

Late night
An assassin sneaked into this room so secretly that even the knights escorting him from the other side of the door wouldn’t notice.
It would be good to say that his skills are of aristocratic level.
In particular, the quality and quantity of magic attribute is taken up, and the level of precise control is comparable to mine.

“Yes. After all, you came all the way here…”

He said that and slowly began to unfasten the cloth covering his face.

Softly!

It began to appear in the moonlight with the characteristic sound of cloth.
There was a woman with light purple hair and eyes similar to the name of the Violet organization.

“I am Violet of the Violet faction.”
“… Hmm.”

I’ve thought about it before, but is it symbolic to use the direct names Purple and Violet even if it’s blood red?

“Like you said. The chiefs of our clique carry that name from generation to generation.”

It does.

“Hmm. Let’s get to the point.”
“Yes. Tell me where.”

After a brief moment, Violet opened her mouth.

“There are several factions in the red bloods.”
“I know that much.”
“Then did you know that the factions are almost separate organizations?”

Hmm.
I know roughly.
I don’t know detailed information.

“Yeah. There may be those who are in personal contact with each other. But at an organizational level, we are strictly a separate organization.”
“In what sense?”
“The idea, ideology, system of a group. All of them are different. It can’t be the same organization, can it?”

Knock knock.
The sound of fingers hitting the table echoed through the room.
Words are plausible

“You believe that?”
“Let me explain.”

With her sigh she opened her mouth.

“We, Violet, are largely divided into two, but one of them is in charge of trade. This is called a trade group.”
“Trade.”

There is something about that word.
Let’s be quiet, she continued.

“Bahne and Brahms. It acts as an intermediary between the two countries, trading goods between the numerous factions of red blood that exist in the two countries.”
“Heh. Is that smuggling? Or are you legally paying your taxes?”
“Mu, of course it is legal! By arranging deals with the factions disguised as the Merchant, they are paying their taxes properly!”

They reacted with fright at my joke, as if they were aware of the news that they were punishing public officials who had recently received bribes, including smuggling.
His husky voice grew loud enough to be mistaken for a man’s.

“Really! If you want, I will prepare the books of account!”
“No, you can’t go there. So, what next?”
“Kuh, kuhm!”

She said she didn’t care, but she hesitated for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“Of course, there may be some bribes or illegal things, but at most the sentences are fines. I’m telling you because you seem to misunderstand, but we really don’t touch the illegal kind that crosses the line.”
“Five? Why? Wouldn’t that be more profitable?”

Especially illegal human trafficking. Commoners with magical blood, who are the main target of trade, can benefit quite a bit. If it’s legal, you pay a lot of taxes.

“It’s because there are many factions that were caught and subjugated in places that had nothing to do with red blood.”
Haha.”

Violet sighed.

“As I said, each faction has a different principle of action, and there are many factions that do not choose any means or methods. There are a lot of places like that that move rashly, so we don’t really want to do business with them.”

Even if there is a case, it is always done by using outside personnel without any problems even if you temporarily remove your hands.

“Are you going to throw it away?”
“That kind of bully is everywhere. They do anything that makes money. Even if we don’t say that it’s red blood, we’re just commissioning those who do anything. It’s just legally subcontracting. If you get caught, that’s the end of the relationship.”

Mmm.
That’s reasonable.
I really like the word subcontracting.

“Of course, this kind of deal is also helpful to them, so if you ask them to be guilty, I have nothing to say.”

As you say that, look at me.
I asked her just one thing.

“Have you ever helped a merchant with a transaction before? It’s the corps that went to the Franz estate.”

The names of the top and the names of their masters were also said. Merchants who traded Barghun and Brahms. The gang that dared to kidnap the princess.
Violet pondered for a moment before shaking her head.

“I’ll have to go back and find out the details, but as far as I know at least, I’ve never helped with a deal at the top. While we say we act as traders and brokers, we don’t help all red blooded trade. There are many factions that do not like to interfere with each other, and it is not strange that there are factions that we do not know about.”
“Yes? Good luck then.”

Then let me forgive you the guilt of that.
Startled at my words, I shuddered.
I realized that my life depended on this one question. She took a moment to catch her breath.

“Yes. If you acted as a merchant or broker, let’s skip the fact that you helped various factions. Then what’s next?”
“… As I said, we are collecting materials at the same time as making a profit from such trade.”
“Ingredients.”

As if this was the main topic, her voice lowered even further.

“We, Violet, have a research group along with a trade group.”

Research.
There is something about that word.
The powder that summons monsters and the medicine that turns them into monsters.

“We make a profit from trade, whether formal or informal, and use the money we make to obtain materials. We are using it for research.”

Saying that, he took out a bottle from his bosom.

“This is the result of the centuries-old history of red blood.”

I remembered the medicine in the bottle.
An unpleasant feeling that can be felt, including color.
I could feel the presence of the medicine that the purple guys use.
But.

“Are you weak?”
“That’s right.”

The signs are faint.
The color was light, and the uneasy sign was so faint that I couldn’t notice it unless it was me.

“It’s not something we made, it’s a medicine that comes down from the existing red blood. The effect is simple. The artificial awakening of magical power… It is said that it was aimed at, but right now it is a temporary enhancement of magical power. And now I even lost the recipe.”

The red blood from before the previous era of war lost its homeland and was driven out due to continuous persecution and numerous wars.
In the meantime, a lot of data was lost, and it was inevitable that it would naturally lead to word of mouth.
This drug, which was carried on in this way, was distributed to numerous factions in a state of modification due to word of mouth or independently improved depending on the faction.

“That’s a headache.”

You’re saying that the effect of the medicine is different for each faction?

“Yeah. Of course, not all factions have them. Among them, there will be places that have been lost, and there will be places that have abandoned this medicine because there is no hope.”

However, there was a place where I continued to study and hang on to this drug.
Violet and purple were among them.

“This part is also classified as a faction, so we cannot know how much the other factions have improved, developed, or perfected this medicine. But the news came recently.”

Created a monster, summoned a monster.
In this era, it properly stabbed a troublesome place.

“From our point of view, it is still unfinished, but…”
“They probably see it as a finished product. Anyway, it means that you can attack the nobles.”

Even more recently, artificially large-scale monsters were created.
Even if it was a coincidence, even if the means to create it were limited.
It is the birth of a lethal biological weapon.

“I have heard claims that it has nothing to do with purple. Then let’s talk about Violet.”
“… Good. Then let’s start talking about us.”

Our eyes met.
Violet. Let’s start talking about the faction.

“Our ideology and ideology are only one.”

The omnipotent power of magic.
A faction that studies how to use that power equally for everyone.

The Story of a Gold Spoon in Another World

The Story of a Gold Spoon in Another World

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: , Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I don’t know why the main characters of this world live so hard.

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