"Patriarch, what's wrong?" Watching the Patriarch pacing nonstop in the room, this member of the Alben Family also started to panic a little.
Could it be that his own men had failed to get things done?
"Every time I tell you to study more of the family's collection and knowledge, you don't listen. Now in a situation like this, all you can do is stare blankly." The Patriarch let out a cold snort, clearly very displeased.
"The Alben Family has a collection of a hundred thousand volumes; we can practically learn all the knowledge in the world. Any one of those books would fetch a sky‑high price outside. Yet you, this good‑for‑nothing, refuse to study at all. You're rotten wood that can't be carved."
Patriarch Alben snorted twice in deep dissatisfaction, making this main‑branch intelligence officer shrink his neck.
In this world, knowledge has value, and it is very expensive.
