"Part of the loan had to be repaid every calendar month, at least 2,000 Gold Pounds each time."
Klein's heart instantly sank halfway.
"Then... if I can't repay it, will control over Source Castle be taken away?"
"That's right."
"..."
Klein clenched his fists. There was a saying: a penny could stump a hero. He had only just arrived in Backlund—where was he supposed to conjure up 2,000 Gold Pounds?
Even if he neither ate, drank, nor paid for lodging, and poured every last bit of money he had into it, it would not even cover half.
"If you're desperately short of money... go find Tiga."
Noah's eyes flickered as he suddenly spoke.
"Tiga?"
Klein paused, then revealed a somewhat subtle expression.
"You aren't telling me to... borrow money to repay another loan, are you?"
He would use another transaction and loan from Tiga to repay the debt he owed Noah...
"You're overthinking it. The rules of equivalent exchange aren't that easy to fool. No matter who it is, the source of those rules is the same. Could you borrow from the same bank to repay a loan?"
Noah shook his head.
"For my sake, he should be able to offer you some work that can earn enough for repayment in a short time. It's just that... that guy sometimes has a rather twisted sense of humor, which is why I gave him the codename Tiga."
Huh?
What did Tiga have to do with a twisted sense of humor?
Klein had watched all sorts of Ultraman shows, but he clearly had not delved into the background settings and such as deeply as dedicated Ultraman fans had. Therefore, he did not know—
Among all the Ultramen, aside from being handsome, Ultraman Tiga's "darkness" was also one of his defining traits.
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