Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 17: The First Steps in the Capital

I have been in Venz for a week, in addition to attending Lili's birthday party, I also do various other activities including once again visiting the orphanage I had visited with Lili. but this time I was not with him but with a staff member.

there I talked about a few things with the orphanage's nanny, a woman about 40 years old. she is a nun from the temple who decides to serve and focus her time on taking care of the abandoned children.

I love his sincerity.more or less he has the same opinion as me that children, wherever they are, deserve the opportunity to organize their future.

it's just that compared to me who thinks that children can be a long-term investment, he is much more sincere.as if he expects nothing but to see his foster children grow well.

when I volunteered to be the main donor of the orphanage, Theresa, the orphanage's nanny, agreed.

somehow, his orphanage was short of money. indeed, initially this orphanage got funding from the Temple. But since three years ago the fund was suddenly cut off. as a nurse at the temple of course she complained why the orphanage no longer get input. however, it was not covered at all by the temple.

in the end he was forced to work to cover the operational costs of the orphanage, which is what made me honor Sister Theresa. in addition to her busy life as an orphanage nanny and as a nurse from the temple she still works hard to be responsible for meeting the needs of her foster children.

" as good faith.." I said, "I'll give you 200 gold coins. I hope this can cover the operating costs. I can also pay the debt if you have it." looking at the money bag containing 200 gold coins, Sister Theresa was shocked.

" it's not even as big as the funds the temple gave for three years" he said with tears in his eyes.

" it's okay.from now on I'm the main donor and remain this orphanage. It's my duty to take care of things like this. but there's one thing I ask of the sisters. please give my staff this financial report.he'll help you manage the orphanage." I'm getting out of my seat.

" there's still some other business I need to get done. The rest of you can talk about some technical matters with my staff. Excuse me." I left the orphanage immediately.

now, let's finish another business.

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in a shabby corner of the capital, stood a small house that was quite striking from other houses in the slum area.not large indeed, but clearly looks more tidy and clean.

Issac along with his men walked towards the house.Honestly Issac was amazed to see the house.although small and located in a slum area, it did not make it the same as other houses. there are some flowers that are arranged neatly.

Issac knocked on the door of the house. Before long, a little girl who might be ten years old opened the door. tilting her head he asked, "excuse me if I may know, who are you?

Uncle said I shouldn't accept just any guests." hearing the girl's question Issac smiled slightly. It seems Alfred taught his nephew well.

" we are your uncle's guests.is he inside?" the little girl nodded.

" no uncle is inside. he hasn't been home for three days."

" can we wait inside? we're a little tired so we need a place to rest."

the little girl thought for a moment and nodded. "well, but only you can enter."

Issac agreed to that.

" it doesn't matter. you guys go first. Let me wait for Alfred here."

issac's subordinates nodded then they left the house.

following the girl, Issac entered the house, as he expected, not only the yard was neat, but also the inside of the house was no less clean.

"please sit down sir, I'll make you a drink." the girl went to the kitchen.

soon he finally returned from the kitchen and brought a tray containing two drinks.

Issac rather surprised to smell this fragrant aroma.the aroma is very familiar.this is the aroma of tea tong dji. very similar to the tea in his country, Indonesia. Issac began to sip the tea with a nostalgic expression, but he suddenly scrunched his forehead, stopped sipping and placed his glass on the table.

" you know, miss, I really like your tea. somehow it feels like taking me to my hometown, but..."

Issac took a deep breath and continued, "it would be a little better if you mixed it with sugar rather than poison."

at once the girl stood up and shot towards Issac with a knife pointing right at the heart of Issac.

"soon!!" Issac did not expect that even though she was a little girl, but her movements were like a professional assassin.

but that's it, if it's about speed, we all know that Issac is much faster.

just before the knife pierced Issac's heart, the girl's movements suddenly came to a halt. Issac caught his wrist first.

" a nice move for a girl. As expected of the best assassin I've ever met, she taught her nephew well."

hearing the words of Issac the girl lowered her head.Suddenly a tear fell into the hands of Issac.at first only one, two, but became increasingly heavy.the girl sobbed.

" WHY.... WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN!! UNCLE'S DEAD AND I HAVE TO LIVE ANOTHER KARA!! WHY IS THE WORLD SO UNFAIR! WHY SHOULD I?!"

she used to look like this little girl.died both her parents and dangled.he remained in school but had to work extra to meet the needs of her life. there was no place to lean when she was sad, nor was there any place to celebrate her happiness.

the emptiness was only lost when he met his lovers.he had celebrated happiness and leaned on each other when sad, but war erupted and in the end they died.

in fact Issac did not directly meet with all his lovers.when one lover died there would be another woman who came in his life. you could say it was a blessing but also a curse because she had to see almost all of her lovers die before her.

Issac is aware of the pain and ultimately chooses to end his own life by bringing a plane filled with explosive material to the center of the enemy's arsenal to end the war.

he took the little girl into his arms.let her cry.wait until she finally calmed down.

" are you okay?" the little girl nodded. Issac pulled the girl by the hand and invited her to sit next to him.

" i haven't said it yet, but how do you know that your uncle is dead?" I don't want Issac to ask me about this.

" who knew uncle's real name was just me and him alone.When he decided to give his real name to a person who wasn't even who he was, surely he decided his life was over...I've been feeling bad feelings since yesterday."

again Issac was amazed by this girl.Is this what is called survival instinct? how incredible.

" ah, are you not vengeful to me? I mean I killed your uncle."

the girl sighed, "uncle's job is to kill others.there will be a time when he will also be in the position of his victims. I may hate you for killing my only remaining family but I think I have no right to a grudge."

again and again Issac was amazed by this girl.he was still a child but his mind had grown up. It seemed like people living in such a harsh environment had a tendency to mature faster.

" well, I've decided. come with me to Randall's territory. What's your name?"

"Olivia" he answered briefly.

"Olivia? great name.A wonderful person like you can't stay here continuously.Come with me. I intend to make you my personal servant.Olivia, I want you."

hearing the words of Issac somehow Olivia's heart was racing. She felt something warm from this person.

" if you need time to think about it no matter. Anyway I am the one who has taken your uncle. It's natural not to believe me. at least I'll wait until tomorrow."

"is this a request from my uncle?"

" not really, your uncle does have a request but this particular one is my personal request to you."

Olivia thought for a moment then nodded. "well I'll come with you sir."

hearing Olivia Issac's reply was so happy that even reflexes embraced Olivia. really looks like a child her age.of course Olivia's face flushed red.

" ah I'm sorry. I got too carried away.well how else because I managed to get a great person like you.well it's decided. I'll take you to my mansion right now to talk about my intentions to my father and mother.ah right, my name is Issac Randall.you can call me Issac."

" well, Mr. Issac."

after the agreement was finally formed, Issac carried out Alfred's will to give all the money he had saved to Olivia, in addition to giving 30 gold coins to Olivia, what he received with a shaking hand.For Olivia the amount of 30 gold coins was very much.enough to live for one more year.

" it's finally over as well" Issac said inwardly.it's time to resolve the final issue.

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Issac decided to organize his spies in the territory of the capital. Issac understood very well that information was a weapon, so he formed a special unit tasked with collecting various information circulating in the capital and verifying the truth of the information obtained.

he therefore formed this unit with a clear hierarchical structure and their respective functions.Gathering information, verifying its trueness and analyzing the possibility that would disrupt the stability of his business and the Randall region.

to facilitate their work, Issac gave them funding and the right to recruit local informants.

Crow Unit is the name that Issac gave to this unit.this unit contains from various professions.There are traders, administrators, as well as various other professions related to La-Sa guild.

Issac even bought a house in the commercial district to become the base of his Intelligence Operations. the unit was also responsible for passing on the information they had obtained and had them filtered to Issac through the La-Sa guild caravans as well as the crows he had prepared for this unit.

with the bird they could transmit very important and highly classified information to Issac within a day, and Issac could send instructions to them in a short time.

with the formation of this unit, Issac, unconsciously gripped his nails not only in the Randall region but also in the Capital

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