I'm the type who enjoys investing everything I earn in developing my lands and watching contentedly as they flourish. My lovely Hilda shuns luxury too, so there's no wasteful spending.
Michael had clucked his tongue about what a boring couple we made. I'd like to fix that gambling-addled head of yours first. No wonder your wife prefers the Feuzen villa to her own home.
"Spend the rest of your days here. I'll pay off your nephew's debt, no strings attached."
"You'll pay off the debt? You would show this old man such kindness?"
Gens's emotions, which had been as still as the surface of a windless lake, surged violently. The old man had lost everything but his pride, and for his nephew's sake he had been willing to swallow his humiliation and return to Mainz.
Because he had to secure a patron somehow.
I decided to take care of that part first.
