Williams Street, the villa's study.
"Ah... if I'd known, I wouldn't have rushed back from the sea."
Lorne looked at the ledger detailing the budget for factory expansion and production line maintenance, sighed softly, and rubbed his brow in frustration.
"With my abilities, a few rounds at a casino out at sea would've gotten me this money without any trouble..."
"And I might even become those casinos' worst nightmare. Spreading bad luck and plundering good luck like that might count as acting, to some extent."
Within the Loen Kingdom's mainland territory, openly operating casinos was strictly prohibited by law. Although underground casinos were everywhere, their credibility depended entirely on the gangs running them, and their pools of funds were extremely limited.
But across the vast Southern Continent and the colonies of the Sonia Sea, things were completely different. There, large casinos were a legal pillar industry, and their true owners were often colonial governors and the authorities, contributing enormous amounts of tax revenue to the empire every year.
Those places were full of reckless gamblers and pirates who threw money around, people who could genuinely slam thousands or even tens of thousands of gold pounds onto the table in a single bet.
With the abilities of a demigod of the Wheel of Fortune Pathway, wouldn't a trip to one of those places be like picking up money blown in by the wind?
Of course, winning too much would definitely attract the casino's attention and might even get him blacklisted. He could disguise himself or find a proxy, but large casinos generally had some experience dealing with Beyonder factors. Quite a few even secretly cooperated with the Mandated Punishers or other secret organizations...
"But there's plenty of treasure at sea, too... the Sunken Laurel, the Ghost Empire, and Roselle's treasure..."
"Roselle