Conviction

On this day, Virtya could be seen seated on his seat in the meeting room, he didn't sleep on the night of the day before today because he remained seated here with an empty mind and he didn't say anything and he couldn't even eat well. What he was doing was simply gulping down sip after sip of wine. However, he was not intoxicated because Tanya who was beside him had quickly snatched the wine gourd from his grip and refused to give it back to him.

"Tanya... please give it to me." Virtya begged. He was haggard and weak for not eating well and he didn't have much energy in him in that even raising up his hand was so difficult. However, what Virtya didn't want to hear about was the projects that he was supposed to deliver, but even if he was ignoring this call, deep down inside him, it was still there, even if he closed his eyes and thought of nothing, his mind would simply come back to the book of technology inside him. That book had become a horrible object than a helper in that he even feared closing his eyes as he didn't want to see it.

Actually, even if Virtya was trying to ignore the book of technology and his role in bringing technology to this world. His unwavering conviction to this role was still burning with the hottest flame. He couldn't ignore his role even if he wanted to. It was haunting him day and night and Virtya was becoming sick because of it. If he continued to reject the call, he would become weak, completely emaciated, sickness would come upon him and he might certainly die once again in this world, thus Virtya only had one option and that was to try as hard as he might to make sure that his projects continued to move forward.

His conviction overshadowed everything.

"I must get 20 million gold coins no matter what!" Virtya hollered. He had been shouting like this from time to time in that both Catalina and Tanya were starting to be afraid that he had became a retardant.

He had even thought of becoming a villain once by doing what Alexandre said and if he would not get enough money from it, then he would go to the kingdom of Magyo and steal assets from there, he would them engage massively in slave trade while not paying his workers just so that he could raise 20 million gold coins but Virtya quickly dropped that thought because that would definitely bring about the fall of his reign. His enemies would take that chance when he had lost it all and then they struck him hard, Virtya didn't want that, he was still hopeful.

"Tanya... You are the only person that I trust. Please don't leave me. When I see your face each day, it gives me solace and the enthusiasm to continue fighting. I can't give up. I must live so that I can continue to watch your face everyday." Virtya uttered. His eyes were bloodshot and he had dark circles around his eyes but he could still afford a weak smile when he stared at the beautiful Tanya, though, his smile was a forced one.

Virtya rubbed his eyes with his fist and relaxed before he turned to Catalina and continued,

"Little Catalina... You are still a small baby. You are like my child. I will not allow anybody to gawk at you with malicious intentions... I Virtya... I will kill anyone that talk bad things to little Catalina. Poor thing... Her father gave her away like she is an invaluable asset."

Virtya hit his glabella onto the table and relaxed, he then hugged himself and pretended to be asleep.

At this moment, Alexandre walked into the meeting room only to find Tanya standing while staring at Virtya with an empty expression while Catalina just sat there while staring at an empty space, She didn't utter a word.

"I feel like there is a forlorn aura around here... What is not happening? Can someone explain it to me." Alexandre asked. He plodded for another a few steps and sat beside Catalina.

"Hey... Little Catalina. Don't tell me that you guys have already eaten breakfast without me. I want my share." Alexandre paused for a moment and when he didn't receive a response from Catalina, he turned to Virtya...