64 – Queen Adria’s Arbiter 20

“Damn it, you’re late! So what are you eating so much?”

“Mi.. I’m sorry.”

Sakiels rush to the auction house late at night.

They, too, were originally supposed to participate in this auction, but they were late because they were distracted by the meal.

“Big. What if the item is sold? If we continue like this, we will definitely tell the captain…”

“S-Don’t talk nonsense and just run! If you don’t want to blow away even the remaining possibilities!”

Sakiels, who reached the Milanese square in such anxiety.

Maybe there was already a bloody wind blowing, but they didn’t care.

Although they were the lowest, they were also Sakiel.

Wielding a sword in a mess is a familiar thing.

If they were lucky, they ran into the square without delay, as there was a possibility of acquiring the auction items they couldn’t get their hands on.

But..

Right after that, Sakiel’s footsteps had no choice but to stop right there.

“what… what..”

“This… this… what the hell…”

What they saw next was a scene beyond their imagination.

As soon as the auction ended, Sakiels were preparing for a fierce battle.

They numbered in the hundreds, and all of them were fully armed.

But.. at this moment, the scene they see is…

Those numerous Sakiels were spread out on the floor as cold corpses.

A bloody, terrifying scene that vibrates.

However, this was not simply because of the battle between the Sakiels.

Aside from the other facts…

Through the huge flag planted in the middle of this terrible sea of blood, people were able to know who caused this tragedy.

“I… That… obviously…”

“Stand… no way…”

A red flag depicting a roaring dragon.

That flag with the seal on it meant only one thing.

At this moment, they are slowly leaving Benessa in a gondola.

A shocking and unequivocal declaration of war against the Sakiels.

The surviving Sakiels who saw it hurriedly reported this fact to their superiors, and it did not take long for this situation to spread throughout the continent.

And..

*

Vienna, the capital of the Holy Empire. There, Bahamut, who had finished processing the auction amount, slowly stood in front of the carriage.

“Be careful.. you..”

“thanks. Ajumma should not be sick and be healthy.”

Looking at Bertina, Bahamut smiled a bit regretfully.

Regarding this, Bertina felt the urge to hold him once more. She knew that too.

As the owner of the Veden Merchant, Bahamut also has work to do.

There was no way I could have asked him to stay here any longer, clearly knowing the situation.

“Then I’ll come back to play again next time. How are you, ma’am?”

Bahamut’s carriage starts to depart with the horse.

Seeing Bertina leaving the man she loved in such regret, Tilda cautiously asked her.

“.. Aren’t you sad?.. Sending you off like this again…”

“Yeah.. I’d be lying if I didn’t. But it’s okay. Because it won’t be long.”

“..Yes?”

Bertina speaks incomprehensible words.

Regarding this, Tilda expressed her doubts, and Bertina smiled while looking at her.

“Well then… Shall we go to work today? There must be a lot of items piled up during the Eastern Trade period.”

“Ah yes! I understand, Miss Bertina.”

At the owner’s words, Tilda put aside her doubts and followed her into the building.

*

“You mean that happened?”

“Yes, I do. Rumors have already spread all over Schwyz, right?”

In front of Isolda, who calmly listened to the story, Yuria excitedly spoke with an excited voice.

From her point of view, as a low-level secretary at the Beden Merchant Merchant, the anecdotes written by Bahamut seemed like a myth that made her heart beat even though it was amazing.

“I see… Bahamut-sama seems to be a really great person, right?”

“Well… as much as Bahamut and Bertina-sama gathered their strength, that much is natural. It’s not particularly surprising.”

At a glance, Lee Sol is showing off a fairly bland reaction.

However, if you look at her inner thoughts, it wasn’t like that.

The only two men and women that Lee Sol-da recognized. While listening to their dazzling performance, Isolda was feeling more excitement than Yuria in a way.

‘what is this. That’s really great! The revenue coming in to us is 8 million talents! I knew that trade with the east would be profitable, but I never expected to reap this much profit.. This is not only because of the particularity of Eastern trade. Bahamut. It’s possible because of that man!’

If it was 8 million talents, it would be equivalent to 4 years of sales at the upper house of Beden.

Of course, this money was never earned for nothing.

Bahamut, who subdued Bertina and took their share of the Eastern Trade.

In addition, I had to wait patiently for a year with the possibility of failure, and the last transaction process was never smooth.

And… the man overcame such difficulties. Bahamut did it.

Beden Merchant… No, it was a huge profit that would remain as a record throughout the history of the commercial world.

‘What am I going to do with this money now? That’s literally enough money to buy a country. Depending on how you use it, you can shake the continent’s landscape.’

Great wealth soon becomes a powerful force that can accomplish anything.

Depending on how you use that power, what can happen is far beyond what ordinary people think.

On the battlefield, you can make someone a winner or a loser.

In the political arena, the king can be made into an absolute power or a scarecrow of nobles.

You can lead thousands of citizens to happiness, or you can send them to hell.

You could turn a country on the map into an empire, or you could wipe it off the map entirely.

The man who possessed such absurdly great power.

He is the only man Lee Solda has ever knelt on. her only owner.

How will he use this immense power? It was hard to even imagine clearly as Isolda now.

‘I don’t know, but… it’s clear that the name Veden will make the continent tremble. Maybe I can ascend to the throne that no merchant has reached before.’

In the midst of such intense excitement, a smile was forming on Isolda’s lips automatically without her knowledge.

In addition, my personal feelings for the man are getting thicker…

at that time.

“Lee.. Lee Solda!”

“yes?”

A voice that sounds urgent. At this, Isolda and Yuria turned their gazes there, and their faces began to fill with surprise and bewilderment instead of the expectations and excitement they had had so far.

*

A rough and large wagon was going along the road.

As if loaded with something inside, it slowly slowed down as it reached its destination, and before long stopped completely.

“Oooh! It’s all here. Everything is here.”

“You’ve suffered.”

Right after getting off the carriage, a silver-haired woman stretched out.

A woman in a maroon robe immediately followed her and got off the carriage.

And. As it is, the two slowly walk forward.

in front of them.

Hundreds of knights, fully armed with silver-white armor, were lined up in a row.

And towards them the silver-haired woman,

With a dignified voice, she looked straight ahead and shouted.

“power! Be polite to His Majesty the Emperor!”

“For Your Majesty!”

As soon as her order was given, the knights straightened their swords and showed their respect.

Looking at them, a woman with silver hair… no.

The White Dragon Princess of the Dragona Empire,

Elios Noshelat Dragona…

Like the knights, he bowed politely to the woman in the reddish-brown robe who had been with him all the way, standing behind him.

And.

With the respect of so many people,

she..

Rose Emperor of the Dragona Empire.

A calm smile began to form on Mina Roseveta Dragona’s mouth.

‘The warning is over. The declaration of war was also over. Then, all that remains is war…’