Goodbye, Saintess. Novel

---- Chapter 568 For the entire morning, Byleth acted normal. | was the one who felt stuck. | had reviewed nearly every major financial report | could find and sifted through all the business news, yet | still had not found a suitable project. Everything | saw either demanded conditions far beyond what Sleeping Giant could support in talent or technology, or the projects already belonged to a blood red, cutthroat market with thin profits and brutal competition. Pouring money into any of them would lead nowhere. "If | sit here staring at the screen any longer, | won't come up with anything.

If nothing works, maybe | should step out for a while." Back in school, whenever | hit a wall or fell into confusion, | walked a few laps outside or stood in the hallway to clear my head. This situation did not allow for that kind of relief. A new high- profit project would not appear just because | stepped out for fresh air. Finding the next opportunity needed timing and a turn of fortune. While | struggled to think, Jeanine entered with a stack of documents and knocked lightly on the door. ---- "Mr. Grimwald, the Caprio family recommended a plot of land to us. | have already inspected it.

Everything checks out and our capital is ready. Should we move ahead?" she asked. | took the folder and looked it over, nodding. She continued, "The pharmaceutical project is progressing steadily. The two factories in Beaushire and the facilities on the outskirts of Astergrad give us more than enough stock to supply both Astergrad and Sazaar, along with our online channels and hospital partners. The annual net profit from the medical division will pass 100 million." Her voice carried awe and pride.

Any corporation would treat 100 million in net profit per year as an achievement worthy of celebration. A project like that could support several generations. Sleeping Giant saw it as a starting point. The potential reached far beyond that figure. Jeanine looked excited, yet | could not share her enthusiasm. It's acceptable, but that is all." | understood the situation. Our pharmaceutical arm had already reached its peak. Growth had stalled.

One hundred million a year sounded impressive, but when we faced martyrs from Enbarr and enemies like the Youngkin family of Astergrad, Sleeping ---- Giant still felt inexperienced and small "Mr. Grimwald, you stay calm through anything. Anyone else would already plan retirement with results like this." Jeanine sounded amused and admiring. Retirement? | gave a faint laugh. Retirement would become possible only after defeating the Youngkin family and uncovering the force behind the Enbarr martyrs.

Those two crises had turned into blades hanging over my head without my noticing it, and the constant pressure left me restless. | eventually spoke. "Jeanine, do you remember the industry report | asked for before? The one that summarized the four elites of Astergrad?" "| remember. What about it, Mr. Grimwald?" "Explain the Youngkin family's history. How they built their fortune, their primary industries, their supply chains, everything." | could not find a way to expand Sleeping Giant quickly, so | changed my approach. | would strike instead of defend.

If the chance appeared to tear down the Youngkin family, that crisis would end at once. "Understood, Mr. Grimwald. Astergrad's Youngkin family rose to power at the end of the last century. They went through several ---- major transformations. Their core business now is the energy sector..." Jeanine lived up to her reputation as an all around elite secretary. She knew nearly every detail about the Youngkin family.