Persuasion

"There is a surging nouveau riche family. Have you ever heard of Darkhorses?" asked Laxamus after a long break. "My secret sources have passed on the information that the relationship between the royal family and them has taken a major hit." 

"I wonder why," Calliope murmured. 

"The king betrayed one of them," Laxamus told her. 

"Why am I not surprised?" Calliope muttered under her breath. She knew the real king, not the personality he had saved for people. "How is he going to help us?"

"You have seen the new project in Akio (forbidden land) while entering Orin," Laxamus said. "It was started by him and one of his friends. There is another friend who is interested in technology after establishing his Hotel and Restaurant chains. What could be the better option than ClickNext?"

She was curious about that project. She would ask Dyke later to send her real information on those hot springs or whatever the tell those people were creating there.