Now that she mentioned stone sculptures, his interest was naturally piqued. He said, "Oh? Then I'll send someone to ask."
The woman also said, "Mm-hmm, go ahead and ask. They should probably be delivered soon."
The Feilin Family's second young master summoned one of his lackeys to ask what had happened. The one who came was the underling who had accompanied the woman's older brother to Lucas's home. As soon as he entered, he dropped to his knees and kowtowed, trembling. "Young master, we failed in our duties."
The young master was displeased as well. He waved a hand and said, "Our Feilin Family is a great family. We observe proper etiquette! Stand up and explain what happened."
The underling stood up shakily and said, "Yesterday, we went to that slum to get the stone sculptures for you, young master, but that man simply didn't know what was good for him. We offered three hundred gold coins and told him we were buying them for the Feilin Family's second young master. Who would have thought he would show us no respect at all and kill Pula outright?"
Once the young master heard that the sculptures came from a slum, he immediately lost more than half his interest. In his view, commoners struggled even to feed themselves. How could they possibly have such refined stone artwork? But Pula, the older brother of the woman in his arms, had represented his dignity as the Feilin Family's second young master.
So he asked angrily, "Are you sure you mentioned our Feilin Family's name?"
Hearing the young master's tone, the underling was so frightened that he dropped straight to his knees again. He assured him, "Y-yes, we did."
Although the young master knew only eating, drinking, and making merry, he was not stupid. These