"..Destroy fifty percent of your wealth?" Robin's smile vanished almost instantly, only to slowly return a moment later as another possibility crossed his mind and he reconsidered the meaning behind Zavaros's words. "Ah... you mean you invest it? Or perhaps you hand it over to him?"
"If I had been investing it, I certainly wouldn't be standing here in my current situation." Zavaros slowly shook his head with a bitter smile. "If you gathered together every resource that has ever passed through my hands since the day I first set out on my journey, I would undoubtedly be competing with Intiras by now." Then he released a long, weary sigh. "And how could I possibly hand it over to him when he died immediately after my success? He made me swear an oath to carry out this final wish for the rest of my life, and only after extracting that promise from me did he quietly pass away."
