161. Bad News

"The Archpriest is… he's a man of the people, Gab. He scammed the money out of the Count's pockets and helped people set up businesses. All this loan is, in reality, some of the misplaced money from the direct donations the Count makes to the monastery. But since, by law, the monastery must reveal the spending of this money, they had to find loopholes.

"They did so by showing the missing money as miscellaneous expenses that added up in time to more than three million gold graces. This man is a genius at embezzling money, and he's doing it for good. But… it seems he's in trouble with the Count's Prima, who has likely found out the folly."

Gabriel sipped in some cold breeze. Three million was an absolutely crazy number. "I don't know if he's a genius or mad. But, even if he's caught, I don't think he should worry. Because in the end, he did make the Count rich by making the people rich. More business means more tax."