Chapter 302: Chapter 302 - One's Value
But still, he could not help but go with honesty on this one as well, "I will if the situation calls for it." Hearing his questions, smiles could be seen erupting on the faces of the other company but that quickly stopped as William continued, "But… that still will have its limits."
Christian looked at William dead in the eye as he asked, "What limits?"
"First, I would not in any way kill children... children are the no go for me and… no senseless massacre." William said and waited for them to speak.
The room seemed to descend into a calm silence that made everyone edge up slightly. Delmar waited to see if the meeting was already closed and Adam waited for even the slightest movement from them that would warrant caution and Walter looked and worried, that his promotion had been stripped so quickly by only a few words.
The situation almost seemed like it would descend into chaos if not for the smiles that sprung up on Christians face as he laughed, "Hahaha… Truly a commendable reason."
William eased up as he smiled and asked, "I suppose you don't mind it then?"
Christian shook his head, "No no, we don't. In contrary it's better to see that we finally got someone that still have some decency in them."
Jovan nodded too as he said, "Yes… It's quite rare to see someone who wants to join us with decent ambitions… and it is also rare to see someone of your age to join us as well."
William smiled genuinely, "So… by your words I suppose that I can somewhat think that I'm in?"
"Almost, we just need to get somethings out of the way before you are fully a member of our party." Christian said, "So before we finalize it, care to ask something from us?"
William nodded and asked, "Can you give me a brief explanation as to what the 'Organization' actually does? I have heard some things about it but don't really have a solid idea."
"Alright I will but can you tell us what you already know?"
William thought for a moment before saying, "Well… I heard that the 'Organization' is a large group of people, who have connections in many places in all of the kingdoms. Army, police and other places come to mind when anybody talks about them and that you also help anyone who is already in your group."
"Besides that I only heard some rumors about you guys helping the members with weapons and other stuff that are hard to get by."
Christian nodded, "Yes, that is about the general stuff one should know about." Then he turned to his other companion, "You wanna take this one?"
Jovan nodded, "Well what you said just now is mostly true and it is the things that we would help you if you were to join us but there are some other stuff too that isn't mentioned generally that I will discuss with you."
"First, it is true that we help anybody out in our organization that need help but that too only goes as far as their value." William frowned hearing that, "The higher one's value is to the organization, the higher we are willing to spend our resources on that person."
"But even if you aren't that much valued in the 'Organization', the organization would still protect you from many setbacks that might get affected by some random events or… by your other discreet activities." Jovan said and motioned at William who understood what he was trying to say.
He was talking about the underground activities that some rich and greedy people would be invested in like the Violet Boeli.
"We would protect them to our greatest length and even smooth out a few process that would be hassle for many."
"I have a question." William said at the stop of Jovan's words to not make it seem inappropriate.
Jovan nodded, not at all disturbed by it, "Yes ask away."
"What happens if the person that is being protected by you is in a very hard position from which helping him would be a lot of problem?"
"As I said before, if the person is asking too much when his value is not that high then, we won't be spending our resources to protect him anymore."
William nodded and asked again, "What if that person was valued?"
"Then we would try until his value is lower than the trouble it brings."
"What if the person were to be of the highest value, at the top… what would happen next?" William asked adamant on knowing it.
Jovan stayed quiet for a moment until Christian said, "I suppose this is not about actually learning about that… tell me, Mr. Trust, are you talking about the Violet Boeli situation?"
William carefully nodded.
"We did want to help him." Christian said, "But as my friend just said, we don't spend resources on too high a risk and even though The Violet Boeli were a captivating prospect… their value was too little when compared to the trouble they so suddenly found themselves in." Discover exclusive tales on m,v l'e-NovelBin.net
William nodded and Jovan continued, "And if you're asking, if what would happen if the Violet Boeli were valued as one of our top then… we would have helped him."
William's eyes widened, "Even with all the media and drugs that had been found on them?"
Jovan nodded, "Yes… you won't know how high the 'Organization' will truly go to protect its most valued ones."
William looked heavily at Jovan as he thought about somethings and was happy that he didn't try to pull of any tricks on the Freiggart Great House, which he was sure was already one of its high valued members.
"Well then as I was saying," Jovan continued, "The 'Organization' would try to help you with anything as much as possible, depending on your value and when it comes to with weapons and other items, we don't just give it out… we trade them as a normal person would.
In exchange we not only take money but also other things that would be valuable to us, like spell scrolls, skill scrolls, information, bounties and many more."
"And unlike other stores, we don't just give normal weapons or items but special ones that are withhold from public display… items like secret scrolls, ancient scrolls, military weapons and more."
"Even cybernized weapons and items?" William asked.
Jovan nodded, "Yes, even those."
"And can someone get those items with just their value?"
"Yes… but that would only be for borrowing and must be put back in the condition it was." Jovan said as Christian suddenly interrupted.
"Alright we have talked enough about this… now let's talk about how Mr. Trust could 'Contribute' for us."