One of the Three Greatest Evils

The countess was someone with a very kind heart.

Too kindhearted, thought Louis.

He was staring down at a map of a region in the table but was thinking about the Countess.

With the extraction of iron came new riches, which were used to expand the business.

After the expansion, a good ratio between maintaining growth, investing the capital, and keeping money for emergencies was established.

Then, security was raised, hiring guards gave the countess more power and theft would slowly disappeared, as people did not have to steal in order to survive.

“No human is born either evil or good, but they will turn to evil to survive,” the countess said.

After security was ensured, Louis used his influence as a Hero to boost consumption.

All he had to do was strike a deal with merchants, where he would advertise their products.

“Who would not want to buy whatever the great Hero is wearing or eating?” said the countess.

She had quite a lot of charisma, he found out.