"The money I got from selling the treasures taken from the Order's warehouse, combined with the platinum coins you gave me, was enough to pay off all my debts and live comfortably for ten years without any worries."@@novelbin@@

The power the Starlight Order held was truly overwhelming, and considering how much she could have taken from their warehouse, even after accounting for the fence's fee, she must have made a considerable sum.

What I was curious about was what happened afterward.

"I went to the organization I owed money to and made sure to pay off the entire debt. Just in case, I even had their boss personally confirm several times that everything was settled, and I got the contract stamped with their seal… but…"

"But?"

"But they pulled a trick on the contract. I should have realized something was wrong when they handed it to me as evidence without me even asking for it."

"What kind of trick?"

"They inserted a clause that I had to pay for the paper and ink used to issue the contract as part of the debt. I thought I had paid for everything, but it turned out they had written a new contract as 'evidence' that required those amounts to be calculated separately. They tricked me with a play on words."

I heard her grinding her teeth in frustration.

"So when I went back to confront them, asking why they said the debt was fully repaid, they said it was true that I had paid everything at that time. However, the amount on the new contract would only convert into debt after a certain period, so it wasn't considered debt when I paid the first time."

"And just from that, you ended up with a debt of 20 platinum coins? How is that even legitimate?"

"There’s a clause in the new contract that says until the full amount is repaid, I have to prioritize their jobs. So whenever I took a job, they’d send their underlings with me, who would intentionally mess things up, causing the mission to fail. Since the mission failed, the payment I was supposed to get turned into more debt. Then, with interest added, it quickly piled up to that amount."

Io glanced at the secret door where her siblings were hiding.

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