Glaster's words had naturally come from Arthur.
Baron Harold was dead.
Harold Manor no longer had a master.
As it happened, Arthur thought he needed a manor-Malinda already had Caesar Manor, so why couldn't he have a Credos Manor?
Besides, he wasn't seizing it by force!
He would simply consider it the protection fee Cosette Harold paid him.
At worst, he could return it once Cosette Harold came of age.
I, Arthur, am not borrowing something I never intend to return.
And beyond that, there was the matter of manpower!
Harold Manor was empty and needed plenty of staff. As it happened, Arthur would soon have a large number of people at his disposal-separate from those in the Miss Qiu Security Company, the Mr. Five Exchange, and the fleet.
And as time passed, his people would inevitably grow in number.
By then, they would draw far too much attention.
So housing them at Harold Manor couldn't have been more ideal.
A manor this large could easily accommodate three to five hundred people.
You say I'm raising death warriors?
Who can prove that everyone in this manor is a death warrior?
They're simply the Creados family's loyal servants.
As for manufacturing weapons?
Who said anything about setting up a weapons factory here?
Utter slander!
Credos Manor merely set up two small weapons workshops to defend against rampant thieves.
They can only make things like musket balls and flintlocks.
Cannons?
Those were all purchased through the Mr. Five Exchange, and we have the transaction records.
The Mr. Five Exchange is a lawful, compliant trading company that pays its taxes on time.
Arthur kept refining his "Shadow Count" plan.
As for whether Titon would refuse?
Impossible.
The steward was undoubtedly a clever man.
And that was indeed the case.
When he first heard