"Hire a thief? Since Osenfort is so persistent, do those photos mean a lot to him?"
Shard asked, and the old captain snorted, leading the conversation in another direction:
"I know his past just as he knows mine. When he was a sailor on the ship, he was just as he is now—rough and violent. But it's precisely such people that I need."
The old man squinted at the fields around, pointing them out to Shard with his finger:
"These fields are all mine, from here all the way to that spot. Besides what we see now, I own properties in the Randall Valley and many cities in the southwestern part of the Kingdom."
"Impressive."
Shard dryly complimented, then Captain Allen posed the question that crossed his mind:
"Do you think just operating inland waterway shipping businesses can make this much money?"
The captain asked, then answered himself:
