Prestige

Jin spent the next few days recovering at the hotel, as the blood loss had not been trivial.

The day after the conflict, however, Tywin sent a letter with an apology to Jin, saying that his intentions were just to interrogate Jin, and asked him to understand.

Jin laughed and scoffed, he just thought it was normal for someone like Tywin to be so suspicious of others.

Even so, Jin wrote a letter saying he understood and hoped for better collaboration between House Lannister and the Xurz family in the future, and also asked Tywin to release the guards who were defending the mine.

Upon reading Jin's letter, Tywin understood what had happened, he had been used!

But the reason Jin asked for the guards to be released was the simple fact that Tywin also won.

Having recovered the sword with so few losses and without having to spend a penny, Tywin would not be so stingy as not to release the guards, as an act of good faith.

Jin doesn't believe in a good thing coming from Tywin, and knows that this is just an act to ease tensions between families.

Some time later, prisoner guards arrived at the hotel.

"Good job." Jin said to them while lying on the bed.

"Thank you." The five guards said.

"Little Sir, the man who lent the money to hire the mercenaries wants to meet you." A guard said outside the room.

Upon hearing this, Jin let out a sigh, it seems that the complications of his plan showed up.

He asked one of the guards to take him to the hotel lounge, where the man was waiting.

Once there, he saw the moneylender, he had blue hair and green eyes, he had an athletic physique and he looked like he was entering middle age.

"May I know the reason for your visit? Mr. Valet."

"I see you've been struggling, little Jack" Valet did not reply.

Jin smiled bitterly and said:

"I think news travels faster than leaves in the wind."

Valet neither approved nor disapproved.

"From your behavior, I don't think you came to discuss our agreement." Jin said.

Valet then sighed and explained:

"I was sent as a representative by the nobles, to know their involvement in the Lannisters' action."

Jin nodded and asked:

"How much do the nobles already know?"

"They know that you were with Tywin at the time of the attack, and that you had made some sort of agreement with him." Valet replied.

"This is a very serious charge, I imagine." Jin smiled.

"You would be stuck if you weren't a Xurz." Valet said.

Jin thought for a moment and said:

"As you must have seen, if I were really collaborating with Tywin, how would I end up in that state?"

"That doesn't explain the fact that you had the ancestral sword from the Lannister house." Valet said.

Jin clicked his tongue: 'tsk'.

"You are not in a good position at the moment, and one of the nobles is especially furious." Valet continued

Jin rolled his eyes, it must be the nobleman he stole.

"The nobles have decided to invite you to a meeting tonight, where you will have the opportunity to explain yourself." Valet said and left.

Jin knew that problems would arise, but it seems that the mud spread further.

Especially the sword information, only the Lannisters knew that he was in possession of the sword, which implies their involvement in this mire.

-Damn Tywin!

Jin cursed

Although he has a good combat prowess, he cannot fight directly against all of Volantis.

"It looks like I'm going to have to make these nobles calculate the potential gain and loss." Jin murmured.

He then ordered one of the guards to fetch three ready-made books from the clerks, who should already be finishing the rest.

After a while, the guard returned with the books.

They had a thick brown cloak, and were an inch thick.

The title was "Fundamental elements of knowledge."

In a fantasy world, this title may seem like something magical, but the book itself only dealt with basic mathematics and the fundamentals of physics and chemistry.

There were problems with the chemistry, since Jin couldn't make a periodic table of this world.

Although many elements he knows exist, many are unique to this world.

He then made a reduced periodic table, with only the elements that he is sure exist in this world.

But Jin was sure that this book would be enough to revolutionize this world.

Although he doesn't know if he would live long enough to see something like the internet.

"Give these two books to the two men who are reputed to be the wisest and most knowledgeable in all of Volantis and tell them to go to the black wall if they find the book interesting." Jin ordered to the guard.

The guard immediately put on a strange expression and asked:

"How do I know something like that?"

Jin pointed to his lips.

"Ask around!"

The guard came out with the books with a bitter expression.

Jin then started reading the remaining book, trying to come up with a good speech for the night.

He does not expect that suddenly influential people will come to support him, but it is better to try as much as possible.

Time flies, and the night has come.

Jin left with his ten guards towards the black wall.

He was still weak and needed one of the guards to carry him.

Jin did not mind being carried by another man, as he is currently a "child" and temporarily without the ability to walk for a long time.

Upon reaching the wall, they were therefore intercepted by a group of nobles, and among them was Valet.

The nobles were with aggressive expressions, and they were looking with anger and suspicion at Jin.

Jin smiled slightly and greeted the nobles, only to not get the greeting back.

Jin just shrugged and passed the black wall with the nobles.

After walking for some time, they arrived in front of a large temple.

The temple had a Greek style, with the symbol of justice embedded in the pillars.

A man in priestly robes came out of the temple and received them.

"Welcome to the temple of the weights."

The nobles went ahead and entered the temple.

When Jin's group was about to enter, however, the guards' entrance was barred.

"Weapons are not allowed in this temple." The man said with a dangerous smile.

The guards got angry and recommended Jin not to enter the temple, but Jin just smiled and entered without the guards.

He was struggling to walk in a straight line, yet he was not afraid.

He still has some tricks up his sleeve in case the situation gets worse, despite having a very high cost.

After walking a few meters, he came to a large garden, with a circular shape where several nobles were sitting on the edge and in the center there were three nobles sitting.

The man pointed Jin at his place, it was a chair a little ahead of the three nobles.

After struggling to walk and sit, Jin took a deep breath.

Silence washed over the temple until one of the three nobles in the center spoke:

"Thank you all for coming to this interrogation, the temple of weights must fulfill its mission and try Jack Xurz."

Upon hearing this, Jin frowned a little but smiled slightly while waving to the nobles.

"I must praise you, little Jack. Since you came without unnecessary use of force and facilitated the use of civilized means. Many nobles here would love to skin you, even without knowing your version of what happened." Another of the three nobles spoke.

"And since you have followed civilized means, allow me to explain what is going on." The nobleman who was silent suddenly spoke.

"This is the temple of weights, founded to maintain order within the old Volantis. The three of us are the high priests of the temple, charged with ensuring the full functioning of the laws."

"You have been accused of cooperating with the Lannisters in the cowardly attack on supplies and vessels that were being prepared for the dispatch of certain nobles."

"He is also accused of stealing the Brightroar sword from the noble Vorash Olenqar."

"Among the evidence presented by the accusers, his involvement in what happened is irrefutable."

"What do you have to say for yourself?"

Upon hearing the priest's explanation, Jin's smile disappeared and a little cold sweat began to run down his forehead.

"Mister Priest ..."

"High Priest!" The high priest corrected.

Jin nodded and said:

"Mister High Priest, I would like to know what the evidence of the accusers is."

The High Priest frowned a little and murmured something to the other two.

After a short time, another high priest said:

"We know that you sent the sword with a hundred mercenaries to an abandoned mine near the banks of the river."

Jin started to give up proving himself innocent when he heard that.

"We also know that you met with Tyrion Lannisters several times just before the event, and that you did a" hostage exchange ""

After hearing this, Jin gave up completely.

"And since the sword was in your possession right after it was stolen, it can only mean one thing."

At this point Jin was thinking of a way to convince the nobles not to want to kill him.

"What's in your defense?"

Jin was silent for a while, until he finally thought of something.

"Mister High Priest, I have another question."

"What question?" The High Priest asked.

"I studied a little about Volantis, and I know enough to say that the temple of weights only judges the nobles who reside in OLD Volantis. So why did they make an exception for me?" Soon after asking, the flash of illumination began to take over Jin's mind.

The high priest replied calmly:

"Because this involves several nobles of ancient blood, it is vital that the details are clarified and that the culprits are tried."

Upon hearing this, Jin was even more certain.

He's a Xurz! These old men simply do not want to dig further damage, and even the blind can see the growing influence of Braavos and the Xurz family, who are at the center of the whirlpool.

In fact, the only real damage they suffered was the loss of the sword, since the nobles have plenty of money to repair the damage from the attack.

In this case, all this confusion is only for the nobles to take from the Xurz to compensate for the loss of the sword, apart from that they do not want to be enemies of a potential economic partner.

The Xurz plan to increase their influence, and this was made even more evident by the agreement between Jin and Valet.

When all the points were connecting, Jin realized that he was never at a disadvantage, this was just an illusion built by the nobles to stay in advantageous positions.

Jin then smiled and said out loud:

"In that case, I admit that I cooperated with Tyrion Lannister to destroy part of the expedition's preparations, and I also admit that I stole the sword."

Upon hearing Jin's confession, the high priests narrowed the eyes.

"I would like to hear your judgment, please be quick, I don't have all day."

Upon hearing this, part of the nobles became enraged while the other part reevaluated Jin.

"We condemn you and your family to pay for all losses, including the sword. Other than that, we want the plan to build the power generators to be shared as bail for your freedom." The high priest spoke.

"I do not agree." Jin said simply.

The High Priest frowned and said in a dignified voice:

"You have no right to-"

"Why not?" Jin interrupted.

One of the high priests breathed cold air at the sudden change in Jin's behavior.

"Now that I understand your miserable plan, do you really think I'm going to give you an advantage?" Jin scoffed.

"What an insult! High Priest, you should have this little demon beheaded!" One of the nobles shouted.

The high priests ignored the noble and one of them asked Jin:

"It's good to be clever, but it can sometimes cost you your life. So what do you suggest?"

"High Priest, did this become a negotiation?" The same nobleman shouted.

"SILENCE!" The high priests shouted in unison.

The nobleman trembled and sat down furiously.