The old tax official was making sense with every word he spoke. It was no wonder he had managed to stay a tax official from the time of Old Baron Leyan until today; he had truly seen through Ian's intentions.
But the fact that a wise person speaks reasonably doesn't mean that others love to listen.
Most people in this world are not inclined to listen to what's right.
——"Old Farl, you've made enough money that you couldn't care less, but we haven't made our fortune yet!"
"Maybe he's just planning to give us a warning?"
A female tax officer commented, the eldest daughter of the Dole family: "The other party is an Alchemist Lord, and that's quite expensive. Maybe it's just a warning to stop us from being greedy, or to cough up a part of the money we've taken in the past... This is not difficult, paying some money will make us feel more at ease."
