Let's Manage The Tower

Schmidt said, "I'll be right back," and left.

She said she'd get something, so I know it's for business.

I can imagine how busy the people working at this base are, because I'm going to get them myself, not my subordinates.

With that thought in mind, Barnabas talked to Ekko, who was still in the room at the turn of the corner.

"... but I didn't think you were the Crown's deputy superintendent."

He says with a gentle smile, but of course he has the idea of "completely deceived" behind his back.

Whether that thought came through or not, Eko leaned her neck small with a smile on her face.

"I'm not lying, am I? There's no mistake in accepting the Guild's Wolf Fang."

"Oh, that's strange. Isn't the Wolf Fang under the Crown's umbrella?

The Anessa Chamber of Commerce, whose words were an excuse, just burst in here.

But Ekko shook his neck to the left and right.

"No. The Wolf Fang is a genuine guild just created here in Seychun, right? I've never belonged to a crown before."

Barnabas opened his eyes to the words with surprise.

Because of the smoothness of switching from to the crown, I thought that was the guild that originally belonged to the crown.

That would have been the same for the others. A member of the Baltic Chamber of Commerce opened his mouth.

"... I thought the Wolf Fang was moving at the request of the Crown?

"No, it's not. This will be the first guild Kou has ever created in Sechun."

The words of the echo were spoken with an unexpected feeling from the Anessa Chamber of Commerce.

"No way. So he moved himself, created this guild, and moved the crown?

Ekko nodded with a smile to the Anessa Chamber of Commerce who tried to continue.

"Yes, I will. Otherwise, the deputy superintendent won't do it myself."

At least Ech was working perfectly as a receptionist while he was in Seychun.

Normally speaking, a person in the position of deputy director of an organization as large as the Crown does not take the trouble to take up a position.

Turning around, Kou, the adventurer who made the Wolf Fang, has enough power to personally move the Crown's deputy superintendent.

"Ha, ha, ha. No way..."

Barnabas suddenly murmured.

I have never heard of the presence of a Crown deputy superintendent who can be moved personally.

Even the queen of the Razek Amamiya kingdom in the Central Continent will not be able to do so.

Ek said when he saw such a Barnabas.

"Believe it or not, it's true. Besides, to put it plainly to you, he has personal assets as well as assets comparable to the Crown's annual budget.

"... what!?

Eko, who dropped the bomb, caught everyone but her on the spot.

Although it is a central continent with extremely few towns compared to other continents, it is a continent.

The Crown's annual budget, which controls all of it and moves more than a majority of the logistics, is unbeatable even when those chambers of commerce are bundled.

On the contrary, it was even said that they were moving more than the national budgets of the major countries on each continent.

If Eko hadn't told you, such as having that amount as a personal asset, you would only have received it as a joke or a false assertion made by a madman.

Ek waited for the Barnabas to calm down, knowing the magnitude of the shock his words had inflicted.

Anyway, when Barnabas finally tried to open his mouth to ask another question, Schmidt came back with a wrap around his side.

"Oh? Was I in the middle of something?

"That's fine. Kou said he has assets comparable to the Crown's annual budget."

Schmidt nodded with great seriousness when he heard the echo.

"Oh, I see. Sure, if it's that guy, that's about it."

After hearing affirmations from the deputy director of the Crown, even the department director, who directly oversees the merchant division, the feelings of the calmed Barnabas finally wobbled again.

Whether or not he knew the feelings of those Barnabas, Schmidt, who settled down in his seat, immediately cut out the story.

"Before we talk business, there's something you need to see first. This will also be a credit to him."

Schmidt began to unwrap the packaging by placing it on his desk while crushing it.

What came out was a magic tool to preserve the liquid material.

This is also one of the tools developed by the Crown.

If you put liquid in this magic tool, you can keep the quality stable for a long time.

It was one of the most valuable magic items in various fields.

Schmidt placed two (...) of his magic objects in front of the Barnabas.

At first there were strange expressions of Barnabas, but they were the ones doing business in Seitun.

Of course I know the story that the adventurer Kou has reached the sixtieth floor.

They were the only ones who had the information and the head to find out what it was that came out of this place.

"No way. Already?

The Anessa Chamber of Commerce, sitting next to Barnabas, was snapping with a dazed look.

The same thought was expressed by Barnabas. I thought there was still a little more respite, but it seemed too sweet.

Schmidt nodded to see how Barnabas and the others reacted and decided they didn't need to explain.

"Yes, the deal is about this Aeris water."

In Schmidt's words, all the people of Barnabas now moaned.

That should be it.

is the most important item that each Chamber of Commerce has unloaded to the roots of the country.

The Mines Chamber of Barnabas and two other chambers of commerce are building branches in Seitun to ensure access to Aeris Water.

The three chambers of commerce here were carefully discussing and being fed by the adventurers so as not to deplete the water of the now united Aeris.

The presence of that Aeris water in front of you means that the balance has collapsed at once.

And not only that, Schmidt said even more amazing things.

"We have already found several places (...) where this Aeris can pump water."

"" What...?!?

That was the impossible information, and Barnabas and the others watched.

Over the years, the fountain from which the water can be harvested decreased one by one, and the rest should have been the last.

It's not just one, it's more than one.

At this point in time, Barnabas may say that the information they already have puts the Crown at a disadvantage.

It was only natural, in a sense, that Barnabas thought that the negotiations after that would be tough.

Eventually, in the negotiations that followed, Barnabas was forced to fight as hard as expected.

The only result would have been more water than ever before.

From the point of view of securing water, the three chambers of commerce do not reach the Crown.

The Crown with the Adventurer Division is always available to higher-ranking adventurers.

From the point of view of keeping secrets, it stands in contrast to the Barnabas who ask other Alliances to do so.

It was the first time that Barnabas had felt the difference in organizational character so brilliantly.

Perhaps so were the others present.

In the room where Ekko and Schmidt had left after the negotiations had been concluded, the rest of them looked at each other and sighed loudly.