"Bastards! Trash! A bunch of ungrateful bastards! " In the top suite of the Loen Empire Hotel, Mr. Desilio, who had always been gentle and elegant, was roaring crazily. It was hard to imagine that such a big shot like him would spew out so many vicious curses in the Kaman Empire!
After venting his anger in this luxurious suite for ten minutes, Mr. Desilio finally regained his rationality and calmness. He leaned back on the soft sofa and took out a top-grade cigar. When the cigar had shrunk to half its original size in his mouth, Mr. Desilio said in a low voice, "Get Balzari here!"
"Yes, sir!" A man's hoarse voice sounded in the luxurious suite where Desilio was alone.
"Knock! Knock! "After a while, someone knocked on the door of Desilio's luxurious suite.
"Come in!" Desilio threw the unfinished expensive cigar into the trash can without hesitation and said in a cold voice, "I'm not going to give you a chance.
The door slowly opened, and a white-haired elder who looked like he had been through a lot walked in. Although this elder's skin was white, he wasn't white like the people on the Byzantine Continent. Instead, he looked more like a person from the Khoy Continent.
"Mr. Desilio, are you looking for me?" The old man asked Desilio respectfully.
"Contact the group of vampires at the shareholders' meeting as soon as possible. I will immediately head to Bernabeu to meet with them!" Desilio said calmly. It was hard to imagine from his calm voice that he was venting his anger in this room more than ten minutes ago.
However, when he said the word "vampires", Desilio's tone unconsciously became heavier. It was obvious that he didn't like the group of vampires at the shareholders' meeting. As a senior executive of the East Khoy Company, Desilio was full of disgust towards the shareholders of his company!
After hearing Desilio's order, the old man named "Balzari" didn't say anything. Instead, he fell into silence.
Desilio didn't get mad at Balzari for not following his order. Instead, he looked at Balzari deeply and said, "Balzari, just say what you want to say! Since you've chosen to follow me to the homeland of the Imperium, you should know me well enough. I, Desilio, am not a fanatical admirer of Alfonsol's bloodline. I will not discriminate against you just because you have the Khoi bloodline! "
Desilio's words revealed the real reason for this old man's silence. In the eyes of the Kamans and the people on the Byzantine Continent, the primitive Khoy people couldn't be counted as "humans" like them. They saw the Khoy people as "human-shaped beasts" and "natural slaves", and they discriminated against the Khoy people!
The East Khoy Company had been on the Khoy Continent for hundreds of years. In the early days, the male employees of the East Khoy Company settled down on the Khoy Continent because the shipping industry wasn't developed enough and the storms on the ocean made it too risky for them to return to the Empire, so they settled down on the Khoy Continent and started to have children.
Although the women on the Khoy Continent had brown skin and black skin which didn't fit the Kamans' aesthetic, there were too few Kaman women who came to the Khoy Continent in the early days. There were too many wolves and too little meat, so many male employees of the East Khoy Company were forced to choose the natives as their partners. This resulted in the next generation of Kaman and Khoy people.
According to the "One Drop of Blood Principle" that was popular in the Kaman Empire, although most of the fathers of these mixed-bloods were from the Khoy people, the mothers of these mixed-bloods were seen as "natural slaves" by the Kamans. The stubborn and arrogant orthodox Kamans believed that these mixed-bloods were tainted and didn't deserve to be citizens of the great Kaman Empire. They were born like the Khoy people and didn't deserve to be educated. They had to do menial jobs for the rest of their lives.
What was even more terrifying was that there was a custom of "honorable murder" on the Khoy Continent. The so-called honorable murder meant that when a woman from the Kaman Empire married a man from the Khoy Continent, the woman's relatives and friends would be deemed as having the obligation to end the woman's life and use her blood to wash away the shame and protect the honor of the Kamans.
From the skin color of this old man called "Balzari", it was obvious that he was a mixed-blood. After hearing Desilio's words, Balzari's old face revealed a grateful expression. He bowed deeply to Desilio and said, "Thank you very much for your understanding, sir. In order to repay your kindness, I am willing to give my everything to you."
Balzari seemed to have noticed the annoyance in Desilio's eyes. He immediately stopped praising Desilio and changed the topic, "Although there is no news from Bernabeu, the current situation and the public opinion of the major newspapers in Loen is very unfavorable for the company. The major powers in the Kaman Empire seem to have reached an agreement to limit the conflict in Northern Lecce to the company and the Lance tribe. They didn't mention the powerful Faust and Bossis foreign army that appeared in Lecce!"
"Therefore, I believe that even if you go to Bernabeu now and meet the powerful shareholders, you won't be able to get any progress and support. After all, the company has become an independent kingdom in the eyes of the Empire. Whether it is the Cabinet, the Upper House, or the Lower House, they have all reached a consensus that the company needs to be taught a lesson. Therefore, even if you are willing to represent the company and give some benefits to the Empire, it will be difficult for the Empire to support the company!" A wisp of wisdom flashed in Balzari's cloudy eyes as he slowly opened his mouth.
"Alas …" Hearing Balzari's explanation, Desilio let out a long sigh and nodded silently. Since he was able to get to where he was today, he wasn't stupid. How could he not understand what Balzari was talking about? If he really didn't understand, he wouldn't have lost his composure in the room just now. However, with the current situation, what could Desilio do?
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