How to Turn a Kind Savior into an Emperor (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 117

“You will fail. You’ll be buried so deep in ruin that there’ll be no hope of recovery.”

“Is this truly a matter for a mere handmaiden to bring up!”

At Bonifax’s anger, Ines’s face, which had been smiling until now, hardened as if that smile had been a lie. She snatched up the documents lying before him and spread them wide open right in front of his eyes.

“Is this really the time to quibble over that? Look properly—understand what this truly means.”

After meeting Lady Manisut, Ines had kept only a single word in her mind.

That word was “foundation.”

Most of Angeliana’s words had been wrong, but that one point had been correct: the Emperor absolutely needed a foundation of support.

Until now, the most effective method the imperial family had used to hold onto power was to split the existing nobles into two factions and set them against each other.

But what difference would it make to divide that pitch-black water, already steeped in greed, and force them to fight?

It was all rotten water anyway. If power tilted to one side, the outcome would be the same—nothing but a mudslinging brawl.

Chancellor Bonifax twitched his nose and lips as if he had something to say, but in the end, he remained silent.

Still holding the documents aloft, Ines continued.

“The central bank.”

“…What?”

“If Lord Mondray resolves this crisis, please designate Mondray Bank as the Empire’s sole central bank.”

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