A week has passed since the Seneran kidnapping case, which involved the Wintemire Company, the other two merchant companies, and the Dark Church, was completed.

Seneran and I set up a place to talk again about the construction of the Perdalos branch of the Wintemire Company.

In fact, the Wintemire Company already had a lot of debt on me, so I didn’t need the position.

In addition, they suddenly found out that they were entangled with various enemies, so they would want to protect their relationship with reliable allies anyway.

Since it was a formal event, I told them that they could omit it if they didn’t want to, but since Ms. Seneran brought up the idea that it must be finished, I also joined the event.

It was because I had a little more time than Delfina, who was busy with the student council president election.

In addition, now that I was acquainted with Miss Senera, I did not have to intermediary with Delphina or Johnny.

So, in a private room on the second floor of an academy café she designated as the meeting place, we met Miss Seneran alone.

“I sincerely thank you for what happened last week, Prince Conrad Perdalos.”

“You don’t have to call me by such an earnest title, Miss Seneran.”

“But how can I be polite to a benefactor who saved my life twice?”

“Is that so? If you think so, I can’t help it… .”

“… But if Prince Conrad Perdalos says so, then nothing is impossible. From now on, I will call you Mr. Conrad.”

“… Yes, you do.”

The moment she was about to skip the name change, which seemed like it would be too long since she had been beaten by the elves before, Miss Seneran quickly let go of her stubbornness first.

Fortunately, you’re a much more communicative person than the forest elves of the World Tree.

“Rather than that, wasn’t the reason we decided to meet today because of a contract? Do you have any corrections to the condition I told you last time?”

“If there is something to be corrected… Not at all.”

After saying that, Miss Seneran held out the contract with the names of the Wintemire Company and the Perdalos family in front of her eyes.

As soon as I read the contract carefully, wondering what had changed, I was able to find the difference.

It was because the warp gate cost sharing, which was written in Article 7 of the contract that Delfina had shown as an example, had completely disappeared.

“It seems that an important item is missing from the contract.”

“No, that’s right. Because we skipped the cost sharing of the warp gate and decided to bear the cost of transporting building materials and products on our side.”

“Yeah?”

As soon as I heard that they had made a losing choice, I felt rather questionable than grateful.

The fact that merchants who are more sensitive to profit realization, especially Seneran Winte, who has a certain position in the Wintemire Company, made such a choice was incomprehensible.

If not as much as the ‘money demon Johnny’ I met in my last life, I expected him to be at least as strong as him.

So her attitude was unexpected for me in many ways.

Even though it has only been a week since he was tortured, it is natural to see that he calmly set up a place to meet me.

“For some reason, it looks like you’re a little suspicious.”

“I’m sorry, Miss Seneran. I didn’t quite understand.”

“it’s okay. It’s not like I didn’t expect that kind of reaction.”

Having said that, Seneran began to explain to me what was missing from the contract.

“First of all, I would like to ask you to accept the removal of that content from the contract purely as a courtesy to me and Wintemire. Of course, I know that we merchants are not treated as trustworthy human beings so easily, but if I say it’s a favor in return, you’ll understand.”

“If it’s a great favor, is that the thing about rescuing Miss Seneran the other day?”

“Of course, there are those, but what we value most is the attitude that the Perdalos family said they would cooperate with us.”

Does that mean that the communication I requested to maintain the contract with Johnny was also accepted by Wintemire Corporation as a request for a cooperative relationship?

It was good news for me too, as the need to spin the story was gone.

“Okay, I understand.”

“And I know that there are quite a lot of oak and ash trees growing naturally in the broad-leaved forests of the Perdalos estate.”

“Yes, there are many.”

Perhaps one of the main reasons for not developing much of the Perdalos Territory is probably the trees in that broad-leaved forest.

It is unnecessarily hard, so it cannot be cut well with wind blades, and even if it cuts wood, it is too heavy to carry, so the development of the territory will inevitably be delayed.

There was a feeling that the young men of Perdalos, who were still few, could not be invested in logging work, so they had no choice but to leave them alone.

“Would you consider selling us the right to cut down some of those hardwoods?”

“Yeah?”

“As expected, it would be cheaper to procure building materials locally. Of course, we will properly pay for the trees we cut down. Excluding labor costs, I think it will probably be this much for one tree.”

Saying that, the contract Miss Seneran handed to me stated the price for an oak tree, an ash tree, and a birch tree.

It was less than half the price on the market, but the other half would have been excluding labor costs for cutting and transporting the timber.

Besides, just cutting down part of the broad-leaved forest that occupied a significant part of the Perdalos territory meant that we could develop more territory for free.

There was no specific reason for refusal anywhere in the contract.

“Okay, that’s a good suggestion.”

The week-long contract agreement between the Wintemire Company and the Perdalos family was finalized as she put her seal on the new logging permit and sales contract and the original contract, the ‘Contract for the Construction of the Perdalos Branch of the Wintemire Company’ .

“And this is my personal gift.”

“Yeah?”

Since it was a personal gift, the moment I asked what she wanted to say, she took out a white orb from her shoulder bag and handed it to me.

Knowing what it was, I couldn’t help but react in amazement.

“No way, is it a portable magic communication crystal ball?”

“You see.”

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Because this magic communication crystal was one of the only two magical tools that could be used to communicate with people far away from this world.

This would be the only semi-permanent magic tool.

It was difficult to use due to several restrictions, and the white jade magic stone, the main material, was rare and expensive because there was not a lot of distribution.

At least for me now, it was one of the things I really needed.

First of all, the limitation is that a wizard of 3rd circle or higher must be required to activate the magic communication crystal ball.

Fortunately, it was a meaningless restriction for me, already a 6th circle mage.

However, it was difficult to obtain not only the completed magic tool, the magic communication crystal ball, but also the raw material, the white jade magic stone.

Such a rare magic tool is now flickering in front of my eyes.

It is also portable, not installed.

It was impossible to receive communication because the coordinates were different from each other, but being able to communicate from anywhere was an advantage that could never be ignored.

Especially for me, who has a lot of work to do in and out of the academy.

“I’ll give it to Mr. Conrad, please accept it.”

“… Are you serious?”

“If you say two things with one mouth, you lose trust as a merchant. Mr. Conrad is one of the people I least want to lose my trust with.”

“… Okay. If so, I will be grateful.”

With slightly trembling hands, she handed over a magic communication crystal orb and a piece of paper with coordinates written on it.

“The coordinates written on the paper are the coordinates of the crystal ball installed in my office at the headquarters of the Wintemire Company. There is no guarantee that you will receive it all the time, but in most cases I or my servant will be there, so you can contact me.”

“All right. We also have an installable magic communication crystal ball in our mansion, so I know how to use it.”

“Use it if you need to contact me or Wintemire Corporation or need help with anything.

… Or you can just use it when you want to see my face and voice.”

“thank you. If I need to contact Miss Seneran or the Wintemire Company, I will use this magic tool to contact them.”

“hehehehe, I’ll be waiting for you.”

The fact that even such a valuable item is handed over to the Wintemire Company should be taken as an intention to solidify cooperation with the Perdalos family.

Come to think of it, it seems that Saint Claire’s room had one of these magic communication crystals installed.

It was a really useful thing to contact here and there.

“I’m sorry I have nothing to give you when you received such a nice item.”

“What are you talking about, Mr. Conrad? The value of my life is ten times more important than just that one magic tool?”

“Yeah, that must be it. Are your injuries fully recovered now?”

“yes I’m okay. Anyway, as long as the neck is attached, there are many opportunities to stand up again. And even though I almost lost my life, thanks to that, I also had a chance to get rid of the rice bugs of Sepia Company that had been hiding in Wintemire Company.”

Even though she had gone through that level of crisis, she saw him as an opportunity, and for a moment, she felt a sense of wonder.

“We had many good talks, Miss Seneran. We wish you well in the future.”

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Just as I was about to get up, thinking that I had all I had to say, Miss Seneran’s last words forced me to stop for a moment.

“How about we break up and have a cup of tea instead? Do you have any urgent plans later?”

“No, I don’t have a specific schedule, but… .”

“I just brought in good tea leaves. In addition, I obtained a recipe for a cake that is said to be only available at famous Western dessert shops.”

“… … .”

“I heard that talented wizards like sweet food, but I hope I know that.”

At her words, aiming at me openly, my buttocks, which had fallen slightly from the chair, sank back into the seat.

It’s a cake recipe that can only be tasted at famous western dessert shops… .

It was more like pure curiosity than succumbing to temptation.

It is said that it was prepared for me, so there is no other act of disrespectful manners than leaving the seat at a time like this.

“Since you said that much, I’ll just taste it.”

“hehehehe, you thought well.”

After a while, thanks to the cheesecake and Darjeeling tea that came up from the first floor, I felt quite happy at once.

… Maybe because I ate a little too much, I had to replace dinner that day with something simple.