Afterwards, Gafez introduced him to half a dozen people who were the mayor's previous assistants. They were the ones who helped the mayor with all the administrative work.
One of them moved forward and pushed a polished wooden chest into Tristan's arms.
"Lord Tristan, now that you are the new mayor, here we are handing to you now the town coffers."
Tristan went ahead and opened the chest with a key given by the assistant.
When he lifted its trunk, there were at least 100 gold coins and dozens of silver ones.
"I'm rich!" He exclaimed silently to himself.
With these coins, Tristan was finally able to find the silver linings in his current situation. The exasperation he previously felt towards this unwanted position had finally begun to fade.
It was then, Uriel suddenly decided to cut in.
"Sir… Ermm... actually That number normally wouldn't be enough to cover even one month of the town's expenditures"
