Black Knife also said, "It is not as if I am asking for the heart of your family. You can surely afford this much money. And if I manage to stop the small noble families from leaving, you will be able to earn more than you paid me from their lives and properties. So gamble on me."
What Black Knife said was reasonable. Bushwick could find many ways to refute his claims. But that won't change the fact that no one is willing to work with his family now.
Even the fate weaver has left the town. Black Knife is the only person he can count on to kill Silver Mirror.
In fact, he doesn't need Black Knife to succeed. As long as Black Knife can scare Silver Mirror away, the plan of the small nobles would be as good as foiled.
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he found it to be. But there was no way he was going to pay three times 1,800 for energy water.
