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Chapter 35 - Good and Evil

“Why did they want to do that childish thing…… Ha, that’s right.”

Kahel threw out the trial print of <Biography of Logos>, shedding something that was unknown whether it was a ridicule or a sigh.

“Recently, a ‘newsletter’ is emerging in the common people’s society. People who like rumors make and sell newsletters similar to the newspapers seen by nobles, and they write down rumors that are not even true as if they were true, and sell them for 50 luans a copy.”

“If it’s 50 luans, it wouldn’t be a very cheap price for commoners.”

“Sure. But even with that price, do you know what news the commoners want to know? That’s all about His Excellency, Duke Kahel Luave. A devil of temptation, a murderer without blood or tears, they gave it a very provocative title. Thanks to this, the image of the Duchy of Luave in commoners’ society is already a devil. But now even the scriptures are trying to associate the Luave with devils.”

“Maybe there are nobles who support the publication of that newsletter. Isn’t it?”

“Of course not! Surely, the Santella’s money would have flowed in. Hmph! An angel, what an angel! From what they do, they are very cunning like a snake.”

Contrary to the chilling Kahel, Gerard was agitated as if he had been insulted. After all, the attack on the Duchy of Luave, the head of the black faction nobles, was also a threat to the black faction nobles as a whole.

Of course, most of the politics were quarrels and trades between the nobility, but no matter how noble they were, they were human beings with eyes, ears, and mouths. Rumors that spread among the common people will soon flow among the nobles, and even if the rumors are not true, prejudice will arise.

To be honest, he thought that the Santella family, which has been building up the image of an angel for a long time, is really amazing. He may have been a little careless about that glamorous and vain appearance. If they’ve been competing with the Luaves since the beginning, it’s clear that they are not an easy enemy.

“But the Logos publishing business is the exclusive business of the Santella family. Just because we protest, there’s no way they’re going to say, ‘Yeah, we got it.’ They would not have secretly done the scripture revision work until the trial printing was finished.”

“The trouble is that the temple has already crossed to the Santella. Haha, white jade is the most commonly used to build the inside of the temple and statues, so they wouldn’t try to go against the largest producer of white jade. Other than that, seeing that Santella has invested quite a bit in the temple business, it can only be seen that the Santella family have been preparing for such a day.”

“I guess so. But what Santella is aiming for is not to our advantage. There’s no way they’re going to make such a fuss just to get more of the industry share in the Logos.”

Kahel recalled the recent rumors of the ‘Princess Santella and the 1st Prince Marriage’ that had been leaking out. It was an insistence that Liddell married the first prince and made Liddell the Queen. But he was skeptical that she would be satisfied with her role as a tool to succeed the Ardenia dynasty when he thought of Liddell, who usually smiled in front of the Queen and cleverly undermined the Queen’s prestige behind her. Perhaps Gerard thought the same, he shook his head with an absurd expression.

“As long as there are the Duchy of Luave and the black faction nobles, that won’t go their way. In any case, the scripture business is out of our control, so we’ll have to stop their work in a different direction. First of all, I brought it because I think Lord Kahel should know. The urgent thing right now is the development of a new product that combines lylok and bloodstone, so please focus on that. I will find a way to deal with this.”