Volume 10: The Thunder Rolls and the Wind Lifts, Chapter 16: Waiting for a Good Price to Sell

Dragumo, anxiously seated outside the spacious study of Komer in the Lord's Mansion, awaited his reception. This was already his fourth visit here to see the Baron in the past two months.

Regrettably, the Baron seemed increasingly disinterested in Leon, and their conversations had become shorter and shorter, his tone gradually revealing some impatience. The last conversation even vaguely suggested an end to the collaboration between Leon and the Caucasus, leaving Dragumo feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.