Wizard Earl

Chapter 290 Ungrateful Wolves

"Bastards! Trash! This bunch of ungrateful wretches!..." In the top suite of the Rune Empire Hotel, the usually gentle and refined Mr. Descilio was roaring madly. It was hard to imagine that such a big figure would spew out so many vicious curses from the Kaman Empire!

After venting his emotions for a full ten minutes in the luxurious suite, Mr. De Sciglio gradually regained his composure and calm from his anger. He leaned back on the soft sofa, took out a top-quality cigar, and began to puff away. When the cigar shrank to only half its original size in his mouth, De Sciglio said in a low voice, "Bring Barzagli here!"

"Yes, sir!" A hoarse male voice rang out in the luxurious suite that appeared to be occupied by only De Sciglio.

"Knock! Knock!" A moment later, there was a gentle knock on the door of the luxury suite where De Sciglio was.

"Go in!" De Sciglio threw his half-finished expensive cigar into the trash can without hesitation, and said coldly:

The door slowly opened, and an elderly man with gray hair, who looked like he had experienced many hardships, walked into the room. Judging from his skin color, although his skin was pale, he was not a pure white person like the people of the Byzantine continent, but more like a person of color from the Hoy continent.

"Lord De Sciglio, you wanted to see me?" the old man asked De Sciglio respectfully.

"Contact those vampires at the shareholders' meeting as soon as possible. I will set off for the Bernabéu immediately to meet with them!" De Sciglio said calmly. It was hard to imagine from his calm voice that just a dozen minutes ago, he was in this room venting his anger.

Nevertheless, when De Sciglio said the word "vampire," his tone became noticeably more forceful. It was clear that he disliked the group of vampires at the shareholders' meeting he was referring to, and that as a high-ranking executive of East Hoy Corporation, De Sciglio harbored deep resentment towards his company's shareholders!

Upon hearing De Sciglio's instructions, the old man known as "Barzagli" did not respond with a yes, but instead fell silent.

De Sciglio wasn't angered by the old man Barzagli's silence, nor was he angered by Barzagli's disobedience. Instead, he gave Barzagli a deep look before speaking, "Barzagli, say what you want to say! Since you chose to come to the Imperial mainland with me, you should know me. I, De Sciglio, am not one of Alfonso's fanatical followers of bloodline supremacy. I won't discriminate against you because you have Hoy blood!"

De Sciglio's words revealed the real reason for the old man's silence. In the eyes of the Kaman people, who considered themselves to be a superior civilization, and even the people of the vast Byzantine continent, the Hoy people, who were still in primitive tribes, could not be considered "people" like them. They regarded the Hoy people as "human beasts" and "born slaves," and were very discriminatory towards the Hoy people!

The East Hoy Company had been based on the Hoy Continent for hundreds of years. In the early days, the male employees of the East Hoy Company settled down on the Hoy Continent because the shipping industry was underdeveloped and the stormy seas made it too risky for them to return to the empire. They married, had children, and started to reproduce.

Although the brown and black skin of women on the Hoy continent does not conform to the general aesthetic of the Kaman people, because there were too few Kaman women who came to Hoy in the early days, many male employees of the East Hoy Company were forced to choose local natives as their partners, which resulted in their offspring being Kaman-Hoy mixed-race children.

According to the "one-drop-of-blood principle" prevalent in Kaman Empire society, although the vast majority of these mixed-race children had Kaman paternal lineage, their maternal lineage consisted of the Hoi people, whom the Kaman considered "born slaves." The stubborn and arrogant orthodox Kaman people believed that these mixed-race children's bloodline was polluted and unworthy of being citizens of the glorious and great Kaman Empire. They were born to be like the Hoi people, unworthy of the right to education, and destined to perform menial work for life…

Even more terrifying is the custom of "glorious murder" on the continent of Hoy. Glorious murder means that if a woman from the Kaman Empire marries a man from the continent of Hoy or has a consensual relationship with him, her relatives and friends are considered obligated to end her life and use her blood to wash away the shame and defend the honor of the Kaman people!

Judging from the skin color of the old man called "Barzagli," it was clear that Barzagli was of mixed race. Upon hearing De Sciglio's words, a look of gratitude immediately appeared on Barzagli's aged face, whether genuine or feigned. He bowed deeply to De Sciglio and said, "Thank you very much for your understanding, sir. To repay you, I am willing to dedicate everything I have to you..."

Seemingly noticing the impatience in De Sciglio's eyes from his flattery, Barzagli immediately stopped praising De Sciglio and changed the subject, saying, "Although there's been no news from the capital, Bernabéu, the current situation and the media coverage in Ruen's newspapers are very unfavorable to the company. It seems the various factions within the Kaman Empire have reached a consensus, limiting the conflict in North Lecce to the company and the Lance tribe, making no mention of the powerful Fast and Persis foreign legions that have appeared in Lecce!"

"Therefore, I believe that even if you, sir, were to arrive at the Bernabéu in the capital now and meet those powerful shareholders, it would be difficult to achieve any progress or gain any support. After all, for the Empire, the company has already become an independent little kingdom. Whether it's the Cabinet, the Upper House, or the Lower House, they have all reached a consensus that the company needs to be put in a good position. So even if you, sir, were willing to make a promise on behalf of the company and cede some profits to the Empire, it would be difficult to get the Empire to take any concrete action to support the company right now!" A shrewd glint flashed in Barzagli's cloudy eyes as he slowly spoke:

"Sigh..." After listening to Barzagli's explanation, De Sciglio sighed and nodded silently. He was no fool to have reached his current position, so how could he not understand what Barzagli was saying? If he really didn't understand, he wouldn't have lost his composure in the room just now. But given the current situation, what good solutions could De Sciglio possibly have?

(End of this chapter)