Chapter 23
“…No.”
“Then have you ever been late on paying the interest?”
“Never!”
Of course not.
At least here, the interest had never once been missed—that much was already confirmed.
In fact, there wasn’t even a need to check. With just a little thought, the answer was obvious.
‘The original Seres was never the bold type.’
Would someone like that ever dare to withhold money from the infamous Croy gang, known for their viciousness?
She hadn’t been able to repay even a penny of the principal, but the interest—she must have somehow managed to scrape it together on time without fail.
“Then why did you mess with our employee?”
“……”
Croy swallowed hard.
If he admitted that he’d tried to ruin the shop and snatch it up cheap for himself, he’d probably get beaten even more, right?
He at least had that much sense, so he just kept his mouth shut.
Smack!
“Are you ignoring me?”
“N-no, sir!”
Of course, keeping his mouth shut still got him beaten all the same.
“From now on, if you’ve got something to say, say it to me. Don’t go bothering our decent employees. If you’re going to cause trouble, then come to me directly.”
“……”
Didn’t that basically mean don’t do it at all?
After getting pummeled like this, no matter how brainless they were, who’d dare come back again? Would they come looking just to get beaten up more?
“Answer.”
“Y-yes, sir!”
Having wrapped up the situation, Seres then looked over the men still holding their hands up.
Even though it was by his own orders, seeing them groaning and sitting on the floor, covered in injuries, was really quite a sight.
“Come here one by one, starting from over there. I’ll heal you.”
“Huh?”
Heal? What healing?
At those words, everyone instinctively flinched.
What if it wasn’t healing, but another excuse to beat them?
Seres didn’t care. He just looked at Croy, the boss, and gave a bright smile.
“But you know… my treatment’s pretty expensive.”
Meaning—
“Let’s count next month’s interest as payment.”
“……”
“Answer.”
“Y-yes, sir!”
Do whatever you want!
Croy and everyone else there nodded furiously, as if their very lives depended on it.
