"Attorney. What is this?"

"……. I'm thrown myself. Hales — the English boutique firm, isn't it?"

"A boutique firm nobody can get near."

"Exactly……."

Kim Gyeongmin and Ah Yura, in early at Jo and Jang on a Monday morning.

They were thrown by an official Hales document that had arrived from the English firm.

It is a firm very famous in the trade.

Hales, to whom even the American firms with all their bulk concede a move.

A great many of the world's wealthy are Hales clients.

Hales, which provides a bespoke service to the rich.

Several of Korea's high-net-worth individuals use it too.

In spectrum, in history and in power it stood beyond any comparison with Jo and Jang.

An official request for cooperation, from a place like that?

"It's saying let's do business together, isn't it?"

"If my reading is right, yes."

"Why?"

"Don't ask me. What have I to do with Hales……. Oh!"

Attorney Kim Gyeongmin, breaking off mid-sentence and looking at Ah Yura on a strong hunch.

"Surely not……."

Ah Yura had sensed something as well.

"Waaaah……. The young master?"

"Really?"

"It only makes sense that way."

"Is Hales that easy?"

"Our young master's scale isn't like other people's, is it."

"……. That's true, but."

"How much are the young master's assets, exactly? Is there something big we don't know about?"

"Even so……."

Ah Yura and Kim Gyeongmin were confused.

The young master's ability, expanding into a territory beyond imagining.

"Let's check."

"Sorry?"

"We're one team. Naturally we enquire of him and confirm."

Enquire of him!

Kim Gyeongmin, to whom the deferential speech comes naturally.

He too seemed to have made up his mind to go all in.

The board Director Hong Ilsu had already warned about.

Kim Gyeongmin as well was being drawn deep in by the client Ha Tae-ung.

"What do we ask?"

"Simply, and for certain!"

"……??"

"Hales — are they your partner? That much."

"Yes……."

"Shall I send it?"

"N— no. I'll send it."

Ah Yura worked her smartphone and sent the text.

And a moment later.

Ping.

A reply came.

"It's…