(Courier POV)
Inside my dimensional room, I was resting my body on the bed. I sensed a negative emotion from Hadar, so I opened my [Mirror Mage] to take a look at his situation.
Two human figures appeared on the screen, one was a woman and the other was a toddler.
'Oh, there he is, my stupid Hadar,' I giggled.
I poured my wine of sadness into my glass as I listened to their conversation.
'Poor Hadar, he truly believes that her curse is a blessing. What an easy target,' I covered my mouth when I laughed.
I picked up a cookie on my snack jar of loneliness and took a bit.
"Hmm, delicious. Human sadness is truly luscious. Oh, Hadar, why are you praying for my help this time? I won't even help you, though. Gosh, thanks for filling my [jugar] with your stress," I giggled.
I adjusted my blindfold and happily checked his condition.
I pressed a hand on my left cheeks, and I was upset upon reading the report.
"Hmm, this is bad. This is not according to my plan. He's already showing a lot of symptoms of despair. But it's not even my fault at all. Of course, I want him to be happy for the rest of the year before I set the play. I want his heart to fill satisfy with his people before I destroy it. I want him to think that he's the luckiest person in the universe before his upcoming tragedy. Damn it, this is not good," I worried.
The curse of his maid entered into his body unnoticed. Therefore, his soul should be slowly declining per day without his knowledge.
I learned about this curse from my book of death. The luck of its victim reversed the cycle of their life and luck, slowly depleted their mana until its empty, and brought bad luck to his surroundings. No man had ever recorded to survive its minacious effect thus far.
In other words, his bad luck became worse than ever!
But I noticed something was wrong. He's looked healthy and stable.
"I wonder how he still standing? He should already be suffering from total mana depletion after he embraced her. Then, I would appear in front of him to save his life when I feel satisfied. But my plan went south for nothing. I'm very upset about the results. Hmm, I don't remember giving him a blessing and he isn't even gifted with magic too. So why? Oh, whatever, there's a lot of chance to ruin his life," I said, smiling.
In this world, the life span of humans was longer than in his former world, so I had a lot of time to enjoy the show.
Hadar was an exceptional toy. He's the only idiot who chose this dimension, lol.
I heard the sound of water dropping down on the floor. I turned my face at the origin.
"Oh, my, my [jugar]," I quickly stood up from the bed and rushed to turn off the relic.
"Hmm, the floor is wet. Gosh, I have to use the simps cloth to wipe it out. Mamma mia," I heaved a sigh.
I placed a hand on my left cheeks and wondered.
"Now that I think about it, I should do something about the stress fluids on the floor. I want to drink it all, so I have to fix it to resume the job of my [jugar]. I want to collect them all and use them for my diet. Hmm, should I lend him a hand? I guess it can't be helped. I'll help you this round, Hadar," I sighed once again.
I summoned the simps cloth on my hand. Then, my eyes opened wide in surprise when I read its power level.
The simps level was over 200 and kept rising. Unbelievable!
"Hadar's simps level are rising every time he's together with the cursed maid. Don't tell me he has a crush on that girl? Gosh, what a stupid moron," I chuckled.
'Boys are boys. The virgin often fell in love too easily. The moment their crush is starting to open with them, they'll quickly turn into simps. Stupid Hadar, I thought you've learned from your past, but to think you're repeating the same mistake. Unbelievable.'
I licked my lips and opened a hatch in the air. Then, I took a single piece of paper before I cast it away.
"Go fall in love like my former pets, Hadar. Then, I will prepare a game to test it," I cast a spell and blew it out.
Then, I wrote down the new gameplay for my toy.
'Hmm, let's make simple and add more sauce. I'm sure this will bring more harm not only for him but his people too. Gosh, I can't wait. Too bad, I have to wait for another decade to commence this. Oh, take your time. Stay healthy and wealthy. Prepare yourself for the first test, Hadar,' I giggled.
(Hadar POV)
'Aaagh, I can't take this anymore. I'm sick of this. I want to die! Oh, shit. Why am I saying this? I'm an idiot. The courier will be mad if she hears this. I must stay positive. I can do this!'
"W, why do I have to lend them my money? That's my money, Leona. I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't want to open a bank too. If I'm gonna use my money, then I opt to open a three different type of industry under my name. Give me a good reason to convince me," I demanded.
"Calm down, take it easy first, milord. Let me finish explaining it, please. Our treasury funds are lucid not enough to finance all of it. Remember, we are low on real cash to support our projects. It will be an unwise decision to let our people suffer and live in poverty too," Leona reminded as she presented the annual report last year.
"Holy mother of my beloved courier. What the heck? The cash fund ain't even reach a million," I yelped.
"The concept of this plan is to make them aware of your existence. Not only it will popularize your name, but this will also lighten the mood of the masses. Your citizen has already lost their motivation to live, and this is the start to give them hope and believe that they are not alone," Leona explained with a grave gaze.
"But, but, that's not the point here. Leona, listen ―" I shut my mouth when she intejected.
"Opening the bank is the right choice. There are a lot of scammers and people who are using money laundering as a business. Look at these stats, the number of taxpayers keeps decreasing because of tax avoidance and the lack of financial assistance the government is forcibly converting our people and the young generation into criminals," she pointed out.
I flinched with a perplexed expression.
"By lending them money with a low-interest rate, our people can start on their own and support their daily needs temporarily. But first, we must educate them to make them financially literate and responsible on their own," she added, waving a finger from left to right.
I clasped together my hand and analyzed the situation.
'This is like playing Victoria 2. At the start of the game, to speed up the research, the user must increase his people's education. Set the national focus to clergymen in the selected state. Then, the tax collected from the people increases since there are a lot of farmers converted into businessmen.'
I closed my eyes and listened carefully to her voice.
"Lord Hadar, I know you're worried and concerned about this planet, so this is the best way for our people to rise up from poverty. Since our country has only a number of million people, there's a high chance for us to control the situation and fix the problem. There are a lot of families who want to start their own business, and there are a lot of potential world builders who want to show up their talents like me. With this, we're not only helping them but also, we're creating a future for our planet. Not only that, the increase of the number of educated and trained citizens, the high success rate of our industrial revolution," Leona spread her arms wide when she told it.
I opened my eyes wide and trembled.
'Noooo!' I stressed out.
My face turned blue when I looked at her.
"Of course, we should create a law to protect the rights of the businessmen and our laborers too. By the way, I propose to create a law for the tax incentives and monetary management policies," she suggested.
I had to stay optimistic. She's a blessing to me and her knowledge was my only weapon right now. The courier won't order me to bring her in and saved her from the bullying.
I hated it so much. I didn't want to share my money with strangers, but the positive result and its convincing answers appeared a reasonable solution to our problem.
"Milord, lending money is for stability purposes. Take a look at the tax modifier in the screen. Lowering the tax will minimize the problem of inflation and control the price of our goods. The scarcity is a major problem for the low-income earners and poor people, sir. The opening of our government-owned banks is the starting point for our planet to prosper. Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing," Leona clasped her hands together and bent her body on the side. Then, she said it with a smile.
'Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it, Leona. Most of them. Wait for a second, if they have money and start a business on their own with my help, then there's a possibility to squeeze it back into my treasury once they are stable. In other words, it's like taking what is mine with a great interest!' I rejoiced.
In my former world, the vicious men who wanted to control the world in the shadow often buried the innocent and the government in debt.
"Oh, if they rise up from poor to middle class then I can squeeze their money without a hitch," I giggled. "What a brilliant idea. How long should we wait until my territory recovers from this mess, Leona?"
Leona placed a hand on her chest and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Twenty to thirty years, milord," she answered.
My head boiled in excitement when I heard it.
'Brilliant!'
If I wanted to become a vicious lord, then I must become rich. This was one of the requirements I had to accomplish first. Suddenly, my stress disappeared.