Backlund, 62 Queen's Avenue.
Hobart looked at the stack of gold pounds on the altar and smiled faintly. The income from this Tarot Club gathering was not much. The two information transactions had brought in a total of 3300 pounds, plus one Extraordinary Material.
At the same time, he had paid the Hermit and the Hanged Man 300 pounds each in information fees, leaving him with a final gain of 2700 pounds.
However, after Alger's cut was deducted from the bounties on the two pirates under Twilight Lieutenant General Bratov, Hobart received 11000 Pounds. According to their original agreement, Hobart should not have received that much. Alger had used part of his own agreed share to round it up to an even number, as a gesture of appreciation toward an old customer like the Emperor.
But Hobart felt that it was more like a gesture of goodwill. Alger was probably afraid that one day, if the Emperor was in a bad mood, he might haul the Hanged Man off to claim a bounty as well. Although Alger was not wanted, the Emperor did not seem to know that.
With the two sources of income combined, the amount of Gold Pounds on the altar was quite considerable: 13700 Pounds in total! After praising The Fool, Hobart stacked the money on his desk. This time, he did not sacrifice it to the Country of Disorder, because any money taken out of the Country of Disorder now needed time to air out before it could be spent, lest members of Backlund's Royal Family notice it.
That was too troublesome. It was even more troublesome when he urgently needed money.
He went out and told Doffis to buy a safe, specifically instructing him to get a large one.
Just as Hobart had expected, before