our family is gone

Chapter 815 Backstab
Amanda touched upon the key point. In order to please her, the elders would definitely continue with their previous decision and return the power she had given up to show their respect or even flattery.

What about the trade? Sera was able to eat so much because Amanda checked with her. The price of the news was as high as she could get, which cut off the money from the organization. In addition, the potion was paved with gold coins.

If Amanda gets promoted, this money will have nothing to do with Sera. Either Lance will directly shut down the transaction, or Amanda will take it herself using her relationship with Hamlet.

So from the perspective of power and money, the person who suffered the most from Amanda's rise to power was actually Sera.

"Damn it! Why should I clean up their mess?" Sera was also annoyed and felt like a nobody.

It wasn't me who made the decision to give up Amanda, and I wasn't the one who excluded her. In fact, I have a good relationship with her and we have cooperated on many projects.

But now I am the one who has to chew this "hard bone". I have lost face. If I succeed, I will be defeated.

What is this?

"I don't care about this matter. Anyway, I have said what I need to say. I will pass on your answer to those old guys."

Amanda looked at her reaction and sneered, with a hint of teasing in her eyes.

In fact, she was the one who took the lead in ostracizing Amanda at the beginning. Later, she was hit by Lance's iron fist and turned back after she tasted the sweetness.

But at this time she was still unwilling to give up and wanted to use some small tricks to gain the upper hand, and had to be suppressed by Amanda before she behaved herself.

Now Amanda also understood why Lance disliked the Roma people. These guys were full of lies, none of them were true, they always wanted to take advantage, they had no morals and were self-centered.

It's fine if it doesn't involve one's own interests, but once it involves one's own interests, like Sera is doing now, one will turn around and betray the organization without any scruples.

So that's why Amanda won't believe a word Sera says?

"I'm glad you came to see me, but I don't like your attitude. I'll only give you half of the goods this month."

"ah?!!!"

The people of Serra were dumbfounded. There were many rich people in Totnes, and the Ascension Potion was selling very well. People would buy it even at double the price. Sometimes, even the ones for next month were booked in advance.

It was not enough to begin with, and now it was reduced by half? How was she going to explain to the customers who couldn't get the goods?

"Since you are on their side and speaking for them, you should be prepared. Giving you half is already a courtesy. Otherwise, based on what you just said, you won't get any potion at all."

Amanda responded leisurely. What could Sera say? She would not realize her mistake of standing on the wrong side. She only felt unwilling and blamed the problem on the organization and Amanda. Maybe she would go crazy after returning and curse both of them severely, but now she could only hold her anger.

"Can I pay more?"

Sera wanted to struggle again, but Amanda calmly showed her a way.

"If you think this won't work, you can go to the lord and tell him why you are getting half the amount."

These words were enough to stop Sera. Regardless of whether she could meet the lord or not, no matter how stupid she was, she would know to tell the lord "The organization asked me to bring you a message". Then she would be doomed and would not be able to get even one bottle of potion in the future.

Sera left this place in a daze, still feeling upset.

Why am I so stupid... I know...

As for Amanda, she didn't care at all. She knew that if she went back, she would never treat a person in charge like this.

And there are those so-called elders above him. Since he is not the boss, then what other boss can compare to that man?

Amanda has suffered losses...

After Sera came out, she went straight to Tamara who stayed here.

"It goes without saying that you failed." Tamara didn't seem surprised and remained calm.

But this attitude completely annoyed Sera, and she started cursing.

"You are so good, why don't you get rid of Amanda? I didn't do the job? I did the job, but I didn't get anything, and more than half of the potion was deducted."

"Amanda lost control in your hands, so you came here just to say this?" Tamara is not a good-tempered person. It's okay for her to suffer in front of Lance, it was indeed her fault first, but who dares you to bark in front of me?
That eye contact made Sera calm down instantly. After all, Tamara is still the messenger of the organization and a champion spellcaster.

Especially when she realized that she could not fight against Amanda, Sera already understood that Tamara in front of her was the one she needed to fight for.

"Amanda wants to cut off our deal. Aren't you familiar with the lord? Can't you ask the lord for a bigger share?"

Why did these words sound so harsh to Tamara? Are you mocking me? She said with a cold face.

"Let's talk business, don't talk nonsense to me."

Sera didn't know what she had done to offend her, but she roughly guessed that Tamara had lost the lord's trust.

Now I felt a little relieved for some reason, because I realized that I was not the only one who was unlucky because of this little thing, so I felt a little more balanced.

"The higher-ups want us to persuade Amanda to come back, and also to investigate the secret of her promotion."

Tamara is also a little fed up with the stupidity of these Romani people. Do I need to tell you that? I guessed it before you even got here.

"Do you think it's possible? Don't you know who Amanda is? Who the hell came up with these little tricks in front of her?"

"I think the higher-ups knew Amanda would be able to find out, so they wanted to put pressure on Amanda, but they didn't expect that she would already be the champion."

Tamara didn't say anything, but she looked at her like she was a fool. After a few seconds of silence, she could only throw out one sentence.

"Those brainless people who are busy fighting for power and gain in high positions will sooner or later bring disaster to the Roma people."

O_o?

Why did Sera feel like she was talking about herself?

"Go back, and take those idiots with you."

"how about you?"

Everyone knows that these things are no longer meaningful, so there is no need to stay.

"I have to clean up your mess! They are so high and mighty after causing so much trouble. Now Lance is very upset with you. I have to find a way to deal with the relationship between Hamlet and the Roma."

"You want to stay?" Serra's expression began to become alert. Is Hamlet really that good?
"Then you stay and deal with this matter, I'll go to Totnes."

"I think it's a good idea for you to stay."

Sera changed her mind immediately. Totnes is her forbidden territory. If you interfere, will it still be my territory when I return?

Not to mention that Sera is a local boss in Totnes, she is nothing here, and anyone can step on her. Sera still wanted to show her goodwill to Tamara, and told her some information that she had not mentioned before. As for the reason, it was obvious that she wanted to strengthen Tamara and use her to cause trouble for Amanda, even if it was disgusting.

As for this damn place, she really didn't want to stay there at all, so she quickly called the spies stationed here, and took the half-reduced potion and ran away.

As soon as Sera left, Tamara turned around and found someone Sera couldn't think of.

Yes, that's Amanda.

"The door is not locked. It's cold outside. Come in and talk."

Amanda was not surprised by this and let Tamara into the house.

You can see the heating facilities of a stove and floor heating, but the stove is more exquisite, with water being boiled on it for making tea. A thick fur blanket is spread on the recliner next to it, and a book is casually held in the hand. This life is really comfortable.

"You really just refused like that?"

"Is it strange? I am very satisfied here and don't want to go back and work for those guys."

Amanda thought that if she were still in the organization, she should be tracking down those criminals in the wind and snow, instead of enjoying the warmth and comfort here, drinking tea and reading books.

"Will Lance really let you arbitrarily reduce the potion quota? Even if you are in charge of this aspect."

"You only heard what Sera said, so of course you think so, but do you know how much she got these potions from Hamlet and how much she sold them for?
Lance had wanted to reduce her share a long time ago, but Hamlet was busy dealing with various things before, and he only kept her because she was still useful.

You should know that our lord will not offend others for a little benefit, so there is no excuse after she settles down. Now she is seeking death herself, so you can't blame me for taking action.

Keeping half of it means she still has some use for it. We haven't fallen out completely. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to leave half of it to her. I can't sell it myself better."

Amanda made no secret of her position and directly stated that she cut the quota just to help Lance be the bad guy.

"You and Sera are cooking the books?"

"She even told you this?"

Amanda was also a little surprised. Sera actually said this to disgust her. It went without saying that she wanted to tell Lance through Tamara's mouth and make him hate her.

Tamara also knew it, but she said it out loud at this time, which in a sense was also the consensus reached after the previous bathing.

"He knows all about this. He refused to accept my money when I handed it over before, saying it was a bonus for my work. Besides, my money is not his."

Lance didn't understand technology, but he knew how to respect it. He knew there would be subsidies for doing things, and this didn't change even during the most difficult times.

Amanda enjoyed very good treatment as a consultant, and there was nothing worth spending money on. The money she saved here in a year was more than what she could have saved in the organization in more than a decade.

Tamara was in a complicated mood. Now she knew why Amanda didn't want to leave. With this attitude and treatment, who the hell would want to leave? She shouldn't have listened to him and ran back. I am the consultant...

Amanda's words were somewhat boastful. Although both sides had temporarily put aside their grievances, they had only turned their open dispute into a covert fight.

However, Amanda took the initiative to reveal a piece of information about Tamara selling Sierra.

"Those guys want to know the secret of my promotion. It's actually very simple. Just talk to Lance."

"That talent plus hard work thing you mentioned again... What!?"

Amanda said it directly, but Tamara was still complaining in the first half of the sentence, not believing that she would say it.

But when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was completely stunned and looked at Amanda with a strange expression.

"If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Why are you making fun of him?"

"Tsk! Why are you pretending in front of me? You climbed into his bed early in the morning. Don't you think I can't see it?"

"It has nothing to do with this matter!"

"Hahaha!" Amanda laughed at Tamara's awkward look, which caused a lot of excitement. It seemed even more sinister, especially since the house was warm and there was no coat.

"Alright, alright, no more jokes. My promotion was indeed due to Lance's power. It's a bit like a divine technique whereby gods distribute power to their believers. Anyway, this is a power beyond that of humans. Perhaps he can really be called a god."

"It seems that the organization is destined not to get the answers they want."

"So even if those guys knew, there was nothing they could do. Lance also looked down on them. I would say that we met a good time. At that time, Hamlet was still unstable and he was willing to tolerate us. If it were now, we wouldn't even have the chance to meet him."

Tamara always felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this. She felt that Amanda was mocking her because Lance really didn't pay much attention to her now.

"Sit down and read some books. These are all written by Lance. They can help you understand him and this place."

Although neither of them said anything, this meeting consolidated the previous conversation at the bathhouse, but Tamara was unwilling to accept it...

So I waited until night and finally met Lance who was returning home.

"It's no use waiting until tomorrow if I don't come back."

"Then wait until the day after tomorrow. I'll see you sooner or later." Tamara didn't back down at all. "I really have something to talk to you about."

"Then tell me, what is it?"

"Sera found me today and told me a lot of things."

Tamara briefly talked about those things, and at the same time paid attention to Lance's reaction. She just smiled and listened silently. Seeing that she couldn't make Lance interested, she had to play her trump card.

"You were the one who leaked the news about Black Jack's treasure. You wanted to catch all the pirates gathered in Shipwreck Bay in one fell swoop, right?"

"Yes."

Lance didn't think his plan could be hidden from an astrologer who was well versed in divination and prophecy.

And she didn't need any extraordinary means, she could guess it through simple reasoning because she was also an eyewitness to this incident.

There was no reason why Lance would turn around and disappear as soon as she mentioned the pirate attack, and then the news about Black Jack spread, and it was too obvious that he was busy these days.

"I can see that many people are aware of this. Aren't you afraid?"

Lance just smiled and shook his head when he heard this.

“It’s useless no matter who leaks it. Even if I run out and tell them now that it’s my plan to wipe them out, the pirates will think it’s true and I’m just stopping them from finding the treasure.

Their choice between treasure and the risk of being attacked was obvious. It was as if they were all imagining themselves as the protagonists. They also felt that they could escape even if something happened. It had been too long since anyone dared to directly attack the Shipwreck Bay. That place gave them an unrealistic sense of security.