Chapter 169. Robbing rather than negotiating (8) After deciding to hire an additional clerk, I glanced around.
It’s not that I don’t like to work, so I don’t hang around.
If you don’t work in the first place, there’s no way that ding-taeng will be established, right? Whoops!
I just sneaked out without saying anything to the other guys.
Just like it always has been.
But today, for a slightly different reason.
I glanced at one place and spoke to her with a light smile.
“Is it a tradition in the Holy Land to be a little late for an appointment?”
“oh? I thought you would find out first.”
A woman with a slightly surprised face slightly bowed her head.
I nodded in agreement as well, and she sat across from me.
“Even though it looked like this, I thought it was well disguised. Do you have any tips for finding out?”
“not a big deal.”
I snorted.
Actually, it smells like a lady. Would you be angry if I said that?
“At a time like this, it can’t be that a woman approaching a lonely, leisurely chocolate-eating man isn’t that common, right?”
How much more so when such a handsome boy is alone.
Wouldn’t it be difficult if you don’t have the courage to approach normally?
“is not it? Holy Lady of the Holy Land. Should I call you Nelvania-sama?”
“Huh-huh, it would be embarrassing if you called me that because I’m secretly out now.”
She laughed as well, answering in a joking tone.
“However, I’m not in a position to be respected by the royal family, so please call me comfortably.”
“Okay, then we’ll just call it Nelvania.”
She is Nelvenia, the saintess of the Holy Land.
Why is the saintess facing me right now in the yard in front of my chocolate shop?
“I really didn’t know you would come.”
“I must have been the one who sent the letter first to clear up the misunderstanding myself, right?”
“That method is really absurd. Do you usually visit in person?”
The saintess and I, who were against each other about the case of Geotal Firm and about a certain priest in the Holy Land.
After exchanging several letters, they secretly agreed to cooperate in the investigation in order to obtain the necessary materials.
And I got Geotal Corporation.
And the saintess removed the priest who interfered with her policy.
This is a win-win for each other.
I thought that since each of us got what we wanted, we wouldn’t have to contact each other anymore.
What could it be?
In the last letter I received three days ago, I specified this time today and said that I would come personally.
Of course, it was not an official visit.
It was because in the first place, the fact that the saintess and I cooperated was not known to the public.
“okay. Are you saying this is chocolate?”
The saintess’ eyes shone slightly curiously.
“Well, I haven’t exported it yet, so have you ever tried it…?”
“Can I try it?”
“I didn’t know that the saintess would reveal what to eat. Well, I couldn’t serve you a rare tea, so I brought it out instead.”
I shrugged my shoulders and invited them to try it.
Okay. Because I have the whole factory anyway.
I’d rather use this opportunity to deliver chocolates to the saintess.
Trust us. Sugar.
“indeed? From a merchant’s point of view, it’s worth turning a blind eye to.”
Having tasted the chocolate, Nelvenia was genuinely amazed.
I’m really glad that you gave me a high praise.
….rather than what are we doing?
“Can I, a true saint, smuggle in?”
“It’s okay, as long as you don’t get caught.”
Well, that’s a claim I’d like to admit somehow.
It’s okay if you don’t get caught.
“You think I won’t report it?
Am I a prince first? No, he was a lord here before that? Maybe I’ll change my mind and try to hold onto you?”
“are you okay. I am confident that I will run away before I get caught.”
She said with a confident demeanor.
Actually I’ve never lowered the border level in the city.
Rather, if you want to come in as much as you want, come in and try it, will it really come?
I was waiting with a curious mind.
But it really went unnoticed.
“You have good skills.”
“It’s thanks to my escort being competent.”
I don’t know who it is, but I know that it’s really hard.
Well, thanks to the escort, I sneak around.
It must have been the saintess herself.
Rumor has it that she is a woman with many miscellaneous talents.
“So you’re the one who doesn’t really care?”
It seems that they are puzzled when I show an attitude without a sense of crisis.
Well, it’s common sense that the city’s security is openly breached by one individual like this.
But what do you do?
That’s easy for me too.
And it’s a state where I’ve allowed half of it.
If I had really been wary of this guy sneaking in, I would have used other means.
“Well, I don’t feel like talking about today. It’s not even that small.”
In fact, I also saw this as an opportunity to see the face of the saintess only once.
Because he can’t do anything to me anyway.
“So what do you want to talk about today?”
Although I allowed her to sneak in just out of curiosity.
I will go over the ball and life properly.
The current supreme leader of the holy kingdom is definitely her.
There’s no way a person like that would go to such lengths of effort just to get some chocolate and eat it.
In the first place, a letter was enough to discuss the past, and everything had already been sorted out.
“If you tell me honestly, I’ll give you a present when I go back as a reward for that.”
“Isn’t that a tempting phrase?”
“So what is the reason?”
I wanted to get to the point slowly.
Naturally, it was Nelvenia who spoke first.
“It’s nothing. Should I just say it to directly clear up the misunderstanding?”
“misunderstanding?”
I frowned.
“Do you want to relax and go to sleep?”
In the first place, swear words about cocoa beans are the result of making friends and eating money behind each other.
It’s all sorted out now, so it shouldn’t matter.
“There’s no way the human mind can be organized with just such a result, right?”
That’s not wrong.
No matter what, the sad feeling will remain.
“So you want to explain yourself?”
“It is.”
In any case, it was not his intention.
You mean you came into hiding here to make that excuse yourself?
Really worth the effort.
“Because it was our priest’s individual deviation. And it wasn’t even in my jurisdiction. Do you have any ill feelings?”
As she said that, she quietly handed me some documents.
You can guess without having to read it.
It’s probably proof that the people who harbored antipathy against me from before in the Holy Land have fallen.
“Then why don’t you allow me to trade artificial holy water with you?”
“ah? That’s a bit troublesome. We also have face.”
Nelvenia was genuinely perplexed.
I thought it would.
That’s what I said half-jokingly.
“And I also have the purpose of meeting Arele Ernesi and you face-to-face.”
Well, the official relationship between Seongguk and us is still cold.
It’s hard to see your face in an official setting.
More than anything, I don’t go to places like that because I’m annoying.
“He said he wanted to see me…. Is it because of the artificial holy water?”
“I have no complaints about that.”
I bet you do.
If you have complaints there, your name as a saint will be blemished.
Whether it’s true or fake, you can’t go over it.
“So, how did you feel when you saw me in person? Are your arms itching just wanting to touch them?”
I was a little curious.
Will you oppose me, considering me dangerous, or will you bend meekly?
Either way doesn’t matter to me.
If you can hold my hand, grab it or knock it down to take advantage.
“I don’t really want to be hostile to you right now.”
“Is that an individual impression or the opinion of the entire Seongguk? which?”
“There is no difference.”
After answering with a smirk, she focused on the chocolate again.
It’s really pretentious to mutter leisurely, “Shall we think about income?”
Indeed, after the death of a man named Seonghwang, he has a face that is well-dressed to the point of taking power.
“If you want to be friendly like that, why don’t you take this opportunity to properly open trade again?”
From my point of view, I don’t particularly want to be hostile to anyone.
It is best to get along with each other whenever possible.
Because peace is the best thing.
That’s why, even when he was summoned suspiciously like this, he quietly came out.
“Ahahahaha…
But the saintess laughed embarrassingly.
“That is difficult.”
“Right.”
broke down?
I don’t want to touch you right now, but I don’t have the heart to build friendship in the long term.
“Please consider our position as well.”
“Is it because of the heterogeneous bill? That’s what I don’t understand.”
There is no reason to carry out human supremacy policies still in this era.
The world has changed, as it would have been hundreds of years ago.
I don’t think there’s any need to take sides because you’re a human and you’re a member of this species.
The important thing is, from my perspective, the Seongguk will surely fall one day due to its human supremacy.
It’s a fact that history proves in any world.
“If it is simply for the sake of doctrine, there are ways to cover it up. If you don’t know that, can I give you some advice?”
However, the saintess silently shook her head.
Right. There is no will to improve at all.
I am no nosy.
Until then, I have no intention of stepping into the internal affairs of other countries.
“And isn’t that the reason why you can’t be friendly with Ernesia Kingdom right now?”
“huh? what do you mean?”
Wasn’t the biggest conflict between the two countries a heterogeneous bill?
at least i know that
But this time, he did not readily answer.
It means that there is no loyalty to kindly teach you that far.
“Anyway, as an individual, I have no desire to quarrel with you, Arell, right now.”
Did you just want to say that directly?
As soon as she said that, she got up.
And I handed over the commemorative gift to her, asking her to take it instead of the long-awaited visit.
This is a new chocolate product that has not been released yet.
“Then, please, I will pray that I will see you again next time when it is not unfortunate.”
Saying that, she said goodbye to me one last time and then disappeared.
“Then we’ll see you again.”
He was no longer visible except for his voice.
It didn’t mean that he had gone anywhere, but that he had really disappeared from my sight.
There was no trace of using magic or the feeling that mana had changed.
‘The principle is slightly different from teleport.
Is it a personal ability?’
If I had to categorize it, it would be closer to superpowers.
‘It must have already left the city.’
there’s nothing to find
If you put your mind to it, you can figure it out pretty quickly.
But I didn’t deliberately follow the signs.
There is no reason to hold on to what you let them in anyway.
More than anything.
it’s bothering.
I only move when there is an advantage.
‘By the way, I’ll see you again….
Is it a simple greeting?
Or is it with a different intention?
‘Looks like he’s devising something.’
It’s something even a saintess really can’t do. Life must be very tiring.
It looks like something annoying is going to happen sooner or later.
However, I was gazing at the sky leisurely as if it were a stranger.
Did you say that then?
I have no intention of fighting now.
How far is ‘now’?
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I hope you’re wise. A hag that doesn’t deserve your age.”
I quietly savored the remaining chocolate and talked to myself.
Politics and all that is annoying.
The sweetness that goes into my mouth like this is more important right now than the tired fights between the two of them.
