"Nonsense! If you lack the skills, don't go looking for excuses."
The thugs at Ever-Victorious Gambling House seem to be merely for show, serving no actual purpose in protecting the establishment.
If they were effective, the gambling house wouldn't have been burned down so easily.
The man speaking was the shopkeeper of Ever-Victorious Gambling House.
Business at the gambling house had always been good.
He was one of the trusted men around the Fourth Prince, riding high in favor. Yet, who could have predicted that a fire in the middle of the night would turn the gambling house to ashes? The disaster left him trembling with fear, not least of all because he dreaded the Fourth Prince's wrath. So, he grasped for any excuse he could find to shift the blame.
The Fourth Prince was no fool and immediately saw through his attempt to evade responsibility, unleashing his fury.
The shopkeeper, full of guilt, immediately lowered his head and dared not utter another word.
