A small accident could very well cause the course of a war to veer off track!
When angry Kent and the others who couldn't withdraw their money surrounded the private bank on the island where he lived, the news quickly spread across the entire island.
People became extremely sensitive when society was unstable.
They grew fearful over the slightest changes.
Everyone seemed to suffer from paranoia. They began trying to withdraw money from the banks. Some withdrew money from the National Bank, which made them sigh in relief.
Because they could withdraw the money they had deposited in the National Bank, they quickly deposited it back there.
However, the depositors trying to withdraw money from private banks almost all encountered problems—
At first, everyone who came to withdraw money was able to get it. But after withdrawing it, they didn't deposit it back. Instead, they put it into the National Bank.
The reason was simple: the interest on private-bank savings was far lower than that of the National Bank—two or three times lower. That was no small difference.
Depositing money in the National Bank was the right thing to do.
But those who continued withdrawing money later discovered that they couldn't withdraw anything either. A terrifying mood quickly spread throughout the Lehrmar Islands!
This was not a large country. It was merely an island nation made up of many islands.
It had only a few million people, and those people were scattered across many islands...
So spreading certain news until it reached everyone's ears was not particularly difficult! That very night, all the private banks closed early, which further heightened the public's anxiety. Some extremists had already begun trying to smash the banks. They wanted to rush inside and take their money back.
Unfortunately, such actions were illegal. This day