There were plenty of people thinking the same way as the head of the Clarkson family.
In the capital of the Gray Fort Empire.
The Gray Fort Noble Alliance—that group of major nobles who'd invited Johnny the actuary to countless events and banquets—now all had twisted expressions on their faces.
Their situation was similar to the Clarkson family's, or even worse.
The Clarkson family's main business was commerce, which meant they had far fewer peasants and farmers under their banner.
But these nobles were either traditional landed aristocracy, or they'd become landed aristocracy after the God of War incident and bought up massive numbers of serfs.
Now they'd mortgaged all their land and mortgaged all their businesses too.
If things really went wrong this time, they probably wouldn't even have enough money to feed their slaves...
"Go find Johnny the actuary right now! I want to hear his explanation!"
