Chapter 605 – 605. Competition for Superiority (2)
“Condition…”
Doji chewed on Eleanor’s words again.
She was hesitant to say yes to her offer.
She doesn’t change her desire to be of help to her boss and benefactor, Jess, who took care of herself and her beats.
The reputation of Eleanor, who is currently acting as the lord of the dukedom, was very good among the people of the territory, but Toji did not believe the opinion straight away.
He was well aware of how ugly and selfish the nature of nobles was as he was a low-level member of the mafia organization.
She is also a member of a high-ranking aristocratic family.
She couldn’t answer because she thought that she would use this as an excuse to make outrageous demands to herself or to Beat.
Toji asked Eleanor with a nervous expression.
“Conditions… May I ask what is it first?”
Not only was she hiding her name and identity and operating as a merchant within the dukedom, she was aware of the fact that she had come to the ducal residence without an appointment and asked for a rude favor.
She was well aware that she was not in a position to choose between hot and cold rice, but Doji couldn’t help but ask about the conditions first.
It is like the mindset of a merchant that no matter how weak a merchant is, he will never enter into an unfavorable contract.
“From now on, don’t send someone below you and tell them to come find you yourself.”
“… Yes?”
However, Doji asked again with his eyes wide open as if this was a story he hadn’t expected at all.
What was quite embarrassing was also Beat, who was listening to the conversation from the side.
“Didn’t you understand? From now on, tell Jis to come and talk to me in person if something like this bothers you.”
“I understand. But…”
It was a story that wasn’t even up to the level of being offered as a condition.
I couldn’t understand Eleanor’s intention to present this as a condition.
“If you ask for help, I can grant you that much. It’s not that there is no connection between him and my husband.”
Eleanor did not force herself to compete with the Alteria Company, and guessed Jiss thoughts of saving herself in order not to overdo it.
‘At least, he must think it’s too trivial to ask for help with something like this.’
The first meeting between Eunhyeon and Jis could not be said to be so good even with empty words.
However, it is also true that she is building a good relationship by clearing up her past and improving her relationship with Eun-hyeon.
Since she thinks that she is reluctant to receive help from Eun-hyeon, who provided the opportunity, it is likely that she did not ask for help from Eun-hyeon or her duchy.
Jis is very good at business, but unlike him, he is not greedy for his success or fame, and is more of a type who just pursues a stable life.
As the distribution is very small, his personality of paying attention to others is the reason why he cannot ask for help this time.
Eleanor felt a gaze beside her and glanced at her sideways, and she saw Lily’s face smiling at her.
She is a face that already knows what she is thinking.
Eleanor let out a small sigh.
‘… I can’t help it.’
Eleanor was reluctant to trust him, a former impostor, but lately, she had to admit that he had shown sincerity while working as a merchant in the Duchy of Armitas.
Just because the first meeting with the past wasn’t a good one, I didn’t mean to deny the appearance Jis had shown until recently.
As an acting lord, it is true that disputes and competition between merchants are difficult for Eleanor to step forward.
But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way at all.
“And I will watch your progress in the future.”
Eleanor spoke to the two with a small warning.
It was a warning that in the event that the dukedom or the people were harmed, no mercy could be expected.
The two quick-witted merchants took Eleanor’s warning right away.
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Thank you!”
It was an act like a gambler on the judge’s plate, but the faces of Bit and Doji visibly brightened when they were confirmed that they had indeed miraculously decided to grant their request.
“Let’s go out now.”
“Yes!”
“All right!”
As a sign of gratitude, the two merchants quickly left the office at Eleanor’s order to leave, bowing her head.
The story itself was able to finish very successfully, but I hurried my steps as if it was too burdensome to deal with the gaze of the knights and people of the mansion who were still hostile.
When it was reported that the two had completely left the mansion, Eleanor leaned back on her sofa and let out a small sigh.
“Thank you for your effort. Little madam.”
Lily immediately poured the hot tea into the teacup that had been set on the table.
“… Lily.”
“Yes.”
“The place where you said you wanted to sponsor the nursery school you were running. Alteria superior, right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Lily agreed to Eleanor’s question.
There may be a genuine intention to sponsor in good faith, but usually these so-called merchants are profit-seeking groups and do not do so without any intention.
In addition, as Bit and Doji said, while they are growing in size by recruiting small merchants and merchants who are active in the duchy, they will not throw meaningless money at the orphanage in the name of sponsorship.
“… No matter how you look at it, it only looks like a movement to attract attention.”
In Eleanor’s eyes, she only seemed intent on imprinting the existence of Alteria Corporation on her duke’s family and wanting to approach them.
It’s not that there aren’t people like Eunhyun, Jasin, and Lily who really want to help people with good intentions, but at least there is a need to get rid of the doubts that have arisen in their heads.
“Contact Black Wand and ask them to investigate Alteria. Everything from the time he entered the dukedom until now. Tell them to investigate and report.”
“All right.”
Eleanor remembered the face of Eun-hyun, who was away with Erin.
“… I want to see him.”
“Yes. Me too.”
To Eleanor’s small murmur, Lily responded with a smile as if agreeing.
She was a face she still wanted to see, but she had to prioritize her responsibilities as a princess, fulfilling her role as a member of the duke’s family who now manages the internal affairs of the estate.
“… Let’s work That person must be working hard right now.”
“Yes.”
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“Sovereign Lord! A letter came from the dukedom.”
After hearing the story of her subordinates, Alteria Sangui, Born Alteria, muttered with a greedy laugh.
“You are finally here.”
Upon receiving her letter from her subordinate, Born immediately opened the letter with the seal of the ducal family.
As Born expected, the contents of the letter were to invite the main figures of the Alteria Company, which are currently conducting prominent commercial activities in the duchy, to the ducal residence.
“Okay. It should be.”
Born couldn’t help laughing at her, convinced that she was going the way she wanted.
In order to receive this letter, she could not fathom how much time and money she had invested to prepare her place with Eleanor Armitas, acting lord of the Armitas family.
The result of a long-term game of chicken that kills many competing merchants and merchants while buying products in bulk at half price and selling them to people at a low price to lose money.
Many of them eventually couldn’t hold out and were absorbed under the Alteria Chamber.
Currently, the Alteria Firm has established itself as the largest and capitalized firm in the region, excluding a few well-known small and medium-sized firms, and has the greatest influence in the Duchy of Armitas, where large-scale profits and wealth are concentrated. Could be exercised.
It’s grown this much, but even the duke’s family couldn’t stand still.
As a result, the action taken by the Duke of Armitas was to invite key figures from the Alteria Company.
“This… Doesn’t that make things too easy?”
“Ku-k-k-k! Wouldn’t that be nice?”
Born chuckled at the words of her subordinate who brought her letter and continued to read the contents of her letter.
The date of the invitation written in the letter is this evening.
It was just past lunchtime, so I was running out of time to prepare.
“Be in a hurry. Haha. Did you miss me that much?”
Usually, it is common sense to deliver the invitation letter and prepare the exact invitation date between 3 and 7 days later.
Those who were invited also needed a considerable amount of time to prepare, and the dukedom in the position of inviting them had to be fully prepared, so it was only natural that it would take that much time.
However, on the same day that Eleanor sent her invitation, she told him that she would be free and that she wanted to meet her right away, so she could have laughed.
Born Alteria, the lord of the Chamber of Commerce, it was very rude even among her merchants to schedule an appointment in such a hurry, but she rather wanted to meet her as soon as possible, as her Chamber of Commerce has a great influence in the duchy. He interpreted Eleanor’s intentions as saying that he wanted to.
“It’s really not long now.”
Born had insidious fantasies of her own, imagining a future of her own, in which this yolk of hers would be in her own hands, at her disposal.
And she imagined Eleanor, who had sent her letters to her.
She said, “She is said to be the most beautiful woman in Pernias Kingdom.”
In addition, the trust of the local residents was strong, and it was said that the Duke of Armitas himself resigned from the front line and entrusted the work, so I became more and more greedy for how great her daughter Eleanor’s ability was.
Besides, she also has a status as the next official saint in the Temple of Vesta, so how could she remain silent about this?
Her appearance, her abilities, and her social status, and her only flaw was that Eleanor married her.
“Kuh-kuh, what a big deal.”
Born took the fact of her marriage to Eleanor lightly.
According to her research, she is a commoner of insignificant status who currently does not appear publicly at all.
However, the more the investigation continued, the more the story about Eleanor’s husband, Eun-hyeon, became only strange rumors.
She married not only Eleanor, but also Illyana Kennifer, who was called the Black Witch, and Erin Hersha, who won the rank of gold-tier adventurer in two years.
He is friends with Riod Olivion, who is said to be the best knight in the kingdom, and according to rumors, is stronger than him.
The person who helped to eradicate all corrupt nobles in the current Kingdom of Pernias and establish Princess Yuria Pernias as her next queen.
At the same time, the man who was the truth of the rumor did not even appear in the Duchy of Armitas.
The more I investigate, the more I find out, as if I’m catching a floating cloud, only strange rumors that I can’t understand and can’t even confirm the truth.
“You have more than three wives and are friends with that Riod Olivion? Besides, the person who helped to establish Princess Yuria as her next queen? I’m sick and tired How can an ordinary commoner achieve all that? I have to say something that makes sense.”
It was hard to believe that he was an ordinary commoner, so Born dismissed the rumor as an exaggerated fiction.
“Well, how are you? If there is a problem, he will take care of it.”
Even if the rumors about Eleanor’s husband Eun-hyeon were true to some extent, the reason Born was able to go out so stubbornly was because he had a strong support behind him.
So, Born’s head was filled with the desire to have Eleanor, the current ruler of Armitas, along with the Duchy of Armitas, so he had no time to think about other factors.
It’s a pity that she is already married, but she is a woman who deserves to have enough even if she takes into account that much.
“Now then, shall we go see my future wife?”
