It's been about ten days since Liddy traveled to Aardhar. At Egdiel Castle, preparations began for the star festival in earnest.
It is Nigel, the king's right-hand man, the lead aide, who is in command of the whole thing. Under him, the auxiliary room runs around, solidifying depending on the ceremony, and coordinating with the ministries. With that, Clovis, a princess aide, became extremely busy and no longer had time to discuss this with his neighbors and previous lives.
Alicia, on the other hand, wasn't free. In addition to the administration entrusted to him by the King, he was followed by manners courses and dance lessons by a straining female chief.
That's why he suddenly appeared as the princess and aide lived a rushed day on each of them.
"You're hissing, Dear Alicia. Kuro-kun seems fine and above all!
"Jude, you really came!
Alicia, who was on her way to the concierge, put down her pen and let her voice play to the Marquis Rosen, who floated her adorable Akubo and appeared flaunted with her hands bearded.
Jude Nicole, named Marquis and even head of the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce. He is arguably one of Alicia's warrior friends, but rarely shows up in the royal castle because of the stranger's dislike for the aristocratic world's dating.
It was more surprising to Alicia, who invited her because such Jude had replied that only this year she would "attend the Founding Ceremony".
"I thought you'd say no again this year for some reason."
"It's terrible. Well, don't you think I'm a very disrespectful man?"
"In fact, you must be the one who has missed attendance at the ceremony every year"
"Haha. Kuro-kun is as tough as ever. There's a lot going on with me, too. Including feeling like a ride or not."
Jude, who doesn't look bad and shrugs her shoulders at My Pace with a grin, is sobering and unpleasant. To Alicia, who accidentally smiled bitterly, Jude put his arms together and narrowed his eyes.
"Besides, I'm going to visit Egdiel as head of the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce rather than as Marquis Rosen this time. Anyway, Alicia asked me to meet with the head of the ist in Aardhar."
Alicia immediately resided in Jude, who glanced at her face as a mindless merchant.
Dudley Hopkins and Barnabas McGregor. During her visit to Aaldar, Alicia met with the two heads of the Ist Chamber of Commerce at the helm. With that in mind, I was hoping that in the near future, I would make a specific recommendation for working with the Ist Chamber of Commerce.
I guess it was because I guessed that Jude was willing to take a trip to the castle, too. Most importantly, we have invited several well-known merchants to play an important role in the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce, not just in himself, in the hope that Jude will give us a lift, so it can be said that Alicia's aim has been met.
Now, around the tea and confectionery prepared by Anni and Martha, Alicia and the others met face to face again. It was Jude who cut the fire. He put his mouth on the tea and smiled contentedly before watching Alicia mischievously.
"How did it go with the two of the ist? He must have been a tough guy to pull off."
"Yeah. Honestly, I'm glad I wasn't the one negotiating. But now we're one step closer to a partnership between the two chambers of commerce. We're going to strain Jude."
"No. This job over here is a lot more fun than being asked to attend a ball. The rush with Dudley is exciting, and the profits that the Merricius Chamber of Commerce will get ahead of it are enormous, and just imagine it will make your chest jump."
Jude is right. As a giant sailboat floating in the port of Sampston tells the story, Aaldar invests in trade on the route. The Ist Chamber of Commerce also said that ships are being used to embark on deals across distant seas to build further wealth in purchasing rare exotic goods.
If we work more closely with that Ist Chamber of Commerce, we can sell Heirland's industry across the ocean through Ist, and vice versa, we can buy the superior goods over there and sell them to the new-loving aristocrats.
"But be careful. As I've told you before, this partnership, it seems to me to be profitable for all of our country. Even though there's a hidden purpose there to get Emperor Elizabeth in the mood, if the partnership isn't only reciprocal, then you'll be seen at your feet?
"Well done. You listened to me, Kuro-kun. I know you're worried, but you said you had a plan. I came all the way here to show you that."
With that said, the young lord opened the crate that he had placed beside him, and removed the lump wrapped in velour fabric from inside. As he revealed the cloth with careful hands, eventually, his shiny white skin appeared.
"That's no way..."
"Discover. It's finally finished. Lord Rosen, the grief of generations, it's real porcelain!
From Jude, who delighted to list, Alicia received a dish of dreaded thin ground. The two have delicate blue paintings and the Nicole family crest is pressed when the vessel is turned over. It looks and feels touched, it's definitely real porcelain.
"Wow...... It's so beautiful."
"Thank you. If you tell Alicia that, I'll be confident."
Jude, embarking herself and speaking, smiled adept.
Beautiful white skin and vitreous hardness are porcelain that do not stop obsessing those in their hands, but it is beyond the distant sea where it is made, and the technique is riddled with mystery. For this reason, some aristocratic collectors carry out research in an attempt to make porcelain within their own territory.
Jude had previously heard that the Nicole family, so fascinated by porcelain as to create an exhibition room collecting porcelain called "Between the East," also has a research institute in its own territory. For quite some time now, he said that's what's been supporting research for generations, but I didn't think he'd really get it done.
"It's an unexpected by-product of the Merricius Chamber of Commerce."
According to what he happily tells us, by the time Alicia first stepped on Rosen territory, porcelain research was already one step ahead of completion. However, one major problem was blocked as the last wall, he said, and he was in a kind of blockage.
However, Jude himself became the head of the Merricius Chamber of Commerce, and as he ran with the merchants of the East, he accidentally found out the breakthrough in the issue.
"Of course, painting techniques and more are still in development. But this is the original stone. No. It's more than a stone's treasure. It is not only the nobility, the royalty of each country, that will place the order. Of course, through the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce."
"I see. So the partnership comes alive."
"Yeah, yeah, it's quick and helpful. The porcelain in our work will be wholesaled only to the Merriculius Chamber of Commerce and to Isto, the partner Chamber of Commerce. I smelled it somewhat on Dudley, but you had changed the color of your eyes rarely and easily. Naturally, right? He knows the value of porcelain."
Jude gently fingers the plates of white magnetism that Alicia places on her desk. White, smooth surfaces glowed in the light that plunged through the window.
"When do you show the Ist Chamber of Commerce the finished product?
"I plan to cook it up in a new kiln in the near future, so I think I'll do that when it's up. After the Founding Ceremony, I'll calm down a bit. We're going to get the ship out of Held to Sampston because we're going to have trouble getting robbed on the road."
"Okay, when it's cooked, let us know. It is an important negotiating material that consolidates relations with the Ist Chamber of Commerce. I'd like to make sure it's in the auxiliary room."
"Of course, I'm going to. Will Kuro-kun come all the way to Rosen territory?
"I'll arrange it that way"
He nodded furiously at Clovis' response, and then, uh, Jude blinked.
"Speaking of which, a young Sutherland family kid recently traveled to Aaldar, didn't he? Was it Liddy? Didn't he say anything about wanting to start a business, too?
Alicia and Clovis look at each other unexpectedly in the name that came up with the unexpected. It was Alicia who opened her mouth on behalf of me.
"I did put Liddy on her way to Aardhar, but why did you think that?
"Oh, no. He asked me, he asked me. I think it was around the time Alicia was there."
Jude said she had visited the Nicole family mansion on Rosen territory. So he gave the name of several chambers of commerce based in Aardhar and asked them to let me know if they had a personal relationship with Jude and even a merchant whose mouth was strong enough to guarantee.
"When it comes to the Sheraford district, there's a viola, right? I was wondering if I would even start a new business based in Viola, because I immediately went to Aaldar. After all, I wondered what it was."
Jude tilts his neck and looks at the two main servants, but even this one has no answer.
While Alicia was on her way to Aardhar, it was likely that Liddy had already acted with a view to crossing into her neighbor. Then I also asked Jude about the merchant, looking for clues that would lead to the mastermind he was working with Lloyd.
"Well, for whatever purpose I intend to make contact, all I've introduced are trustworthy people in many ways. In case, I don't think Liddy's in danger..."
Having said that, Jude looked anxious somewhere and looked out the window. Unfortunately, the sky, which was well cleared until earlier, has heavy clouds standing in it, and yet weak rain dampens the air.
Then about three days later, the day before the Founding Ceremony, the sentence was delivered by Liddy, approximating the concerns of Alicia and the others.