The two stood on the deck, enjoying the river breeze and chatting leisurely. Perhaps because she was away from Ovando City, her nervousness had eased somewhat.
And through her, Lance learned about some of the things that had happened.
Her short hair hadn't always been this way, nor had she always dressed as a man.
Having been immersed in it from a young age, she was very familiar with bookkeeping and even had a talent for it. Walter doted on his daughter, letting her play with the accounts to her heart's content. Eventually, she was even the one auditing the merchant guild's books.
But she only understood the numbers on the page and didn't grasp the other intricacies of how a business operated.
Originally, while Walter was still around, she was under no pressure. However, problems started to surface after his disappearance.
Her mother, an ordinary woman, didn't understand such matters, and her younger brother was still in school, even more clueless about these issues.
