The moonlight coming through the window makes the room slightly brighter.
There is one man in the room, a man in a black hat.
An expensive bottle of wine was placed on a round table and the man brought the glass to his mouth.
The wineās acidity spread across his palate and he tasted it as he rolled it around on his tongue.
After enjoying a glass of wine, the man narrowed his eyes.
āHmm, not bad.ā
He tried to intervene a bit in this quadrennial.
He didnāt expect Berg to take me up on the manās offer.
He appeared before Berg on the assumption that he would be refused.
Why did he go to the trouble of appearing in front of Berg so prominently?
Of course there is a reason.
Because the fact that I talked to Berg in that place is what makes it meaningful.
Suppose by chance ā¦that there was someone watching that place, that is, the negotiations between him and Berg.
All that person has to say is āBerg had some kind of deal the day before the finalā.
Owen abandoned the next day and Berg wins the tournament.
What will people really make of these facts?
There should have been a rumor going around that Berg cheated to win the championship.
Because for people, it never matters whether a rumor is true or not.
Itās more interesting to be so, and the crowd likes information that spices up their boring lives.
And so the foolish people are led astray by rumors.
Thatās what the man wanted.
And by the way, I wish I could have killed Owen Pepper.
If we went to the trouble of, um, losing the Pepper family and Owen comes into play, itās not going to make sense.
I would have eliminated it here if I could.
But thatās not the point this time.
Blackās bad reputation has already spread, and it will take time for Owen to regain the Pepper familyās trust once it has fallen, despite his best efforts.
Besides, āI donāt believe that fickle Jack and unfeeling Monet could kill Owen.ā
If Owen dies, itās good.
If not, it doesnāt matter as long as Owen isnāt in the finals.
There was also the possible option of Owen not going to help Monet.
Then you can make good use of the fact that you didnāt go to help.
Itās not to the manās detriment no matter how it turns out.
But at the last minute, the manās intentions were thwarted.
āI didnāt expect the final to take place, you know.ā
An unprecedented event.
That Berg wanted to fight Owen more than he wanted to win.
Thatās one miscalculation.
And it was a miscalculation for Owen to win.
There is no rumor going around that Berg cheated to win the championship.
āDoes it happen that way?ā
The result was certainly not what the man had in mind.
But itās nothing to be pessimistic about.
This time itās the front.
There are other ways to drive a wedge into a magic supremacist society.
And, āBecause the day when the capital is stained with blood is notĀ far away.ā
The man in the black hat superimposes the burning royal city on the red of the wine.
Imagine peopleās faces contorting in fear ā¦and the man laughs, revealing his amusement.