�also.�Minerva is also a star in the ivory tower.�
Just when I felt ashamed of doubting her for a moment, I heard shocking words.
�Half of the national budget.�No less.�
At first, I doubted my ears.
The amount of 10% they suggested was the same, but one human being didn�t need that much money to live his whole life.
�����I see.�
Almaretta looked at Sirone with tears in her eyes.
�That is too much to ask for.�How will you run state affairs if half of the budget is taken away?�
�what do you think about it?�
Sirone nodded and said.
�If it�s half the time, I�ll allow it too.�
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Again, like a lie, the emotion was quickly erased from Almaretta�s earnest eyes.
�Twenty-five.�I cannot yield more than that.�
�We said 50%.�
�Thirty percent.�Anything more and they would rather give up their sovereignty over North Eymond.�
�40%.�Let�s finish with this.�I don�t offer two methods.�Either pay 10% annually over four years, or hand over the government bonds now.�
�����I will give it to you now.�
Minerva shrugged and laughed.
�You�re a pretty good president, you.�
It was expected that other countries would pay more than that during the four years of paying 10% each.
However, if I end the contract now, there will be no future interference in the ivory tower forever.
�In other words����.�
It means that even if you give 40% of the annual budget, having the governance of North Eymond is a business with much more money.
�Still, this won�t cause Nam Eymond to run wild.�It would be better to end it at this level.�
What was surprising was that Sirone realized his intentions at a fairly early point in time.
�I thought he was smart, but surprisingly he�s a solid guy.�
If it was 40% of a country�s budget, it would be an amount that Minerva could not exhaust even if she spent her whole life.
Sirone realized that it was not a matter of money, but that Eymond Nam needed to cut the budget.
�It�s already a military force comparable to the Seven Kingdoms.�If North Eymond is absorbed, it will become another seed of trouble.� JrNovels.com