The "courier" who spoke was Abner.
After leaving Fors, he attended the dinner hosted by Fanny's father, Congressman Sari.
Abner had thought the man would take the opportunity to bring up Sushit Bank, but Mr. Sari was clearly very composed. Throughout the dinner, he merely tried to build rapport and display the "closeness" between the Sari family and Abner, without making any moves such as discussing terms.
Clearly, Mr. Sari was a skilled "politician" who understood how to use different methods on different people.
After learning of Abner's "relationship" with Fanny from Butler, he decisively played the emotional card...
At the same time, he released various true and false rumors about the dinner, deliberately emphasizing Abner's "stance" to reassure the small and medium shareholders on the Sari side.
Although Abner later guessed some of his calculations, he did not resent them. After all, this was also part of his plan.
The Sari family wanted to borrow his influence, while he wanted to use the Sari family's connections! Although the Sari family's Archbishop had fallen, they still had quite a few connections within the Church of Steam... Overall, he was not losing out.
Moreover, as his subsequent cooperation with Sari gradually unfolded, Fanny's importance within the Sari family would only continue to grow.
Abner had already prepared to make her his spokesperson and send her into politics. He had even invested a Briber characteristic in her so that she could thrive more easily in political circles... After all, Abner was a foreigner, and there would ultimately be a ceiling to his development in Intis.
—This Briber characteristic had come from the Shadow Saint. After Lilith separated it out, it had remained in Abner's possession.
After the dinner, Abner voluntarily spent the night at the Sari residence. Then, early Saturday morning, after