The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

In a cheerful Solvanian dialect at any time, even with the first person you meet, you are close as if you were a friend for several years, then be polite and talk properly.

Plus, beauty.

It is also young and slightly sweet on the side of commerce, but it can be covered well depending on experience.

Plus, beauty.

On making sense of the joke, the gaze and talk of a slightly sexually harassing old man also flows with a smile, without making a relationship contempt.

Extremely, beautiful.

If anyone would have said, 'If I wasn't a woman, I'd have been an amazing merchant', the more people would have claimed, 'No, it's the woman that made her that character', or called her 'Maria Maj Angel'... Maria Searches cutting up the SearchChamber of Commerce Rondo de Terra branch was like a sort of Terra merchant idol.

Regardless, the merchants are professionals. No matter how beautiful and pleasant you are, you can't make a deal that doesn't cost you anything... If you are beautiful and pleasant, even if your profit margin drops somewhat, sketchy minds sometimes take precedence. A man is an idiot.

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Now, Maria, who is such a popular person for everyone, she is actually quite a lady. He is a child of the Searches Chamber of Commerce, one of the Cato XII Chambers of Commerce, and, of course, falls a few steps compared to Erica and others, but still naturally acquires the upbringing and courtesy to wear. In the first place, the fact that you can talk crushed is because you can talk properly, and if you can only talk as much as you always do, that would be free abalone.

"... thank you for inviting me today. Maria Searches."

Sincerely, Erica takes a breath - and then turns to Zito's eyes - to that flowing greeting.

"... what's wrong, Maria? Did you hit him in the head?

"Hit me - no, Master Erica. You didn't hit your head anywhere, did you?

"Well, what kind of way to talk. It's disgusting, so could you stop it?

"Kimo...... Yes, no, Master Erica. I always talk this way, don't I?

"... what's really going on, you?

"... ohohohohohohoho"

It is Erica who trembles unexpectedly at Maria's transformation... in fact, it is Maria who wants to tremble.

"I need to talk to you a little bit," Erica told me. Maria took me to Erica's mansion, but she was going to crush her liver on the people waiting there.

Kota? Kota is good. I am not a stranger, and I have been offered various conveniences.

"Maria, did I say that? You don't give a shit about me, do you?

"That's it, Your Highness! Yes, no, you don't. Even if they say... no... not! Oh, I didn't have to be rude to do it... I didn't do it!

Maria is somewhat amused with her head... but the eleventh child of King Carlos I of Solvania, Princess Sonia, was sitting in a chair just before her visit at Nori's Extension of the Tea Party. There's no point in crushing the liver.

"... what the hell, Maria. To the habit of not doing something so nervous in front of me."

"Yes, no, no..."

I say no, but Maria is never 'licking' Erica either. Even Erica is a member of the history of the Flame royal family and, above all, the closest royal family to the king at the moment: the sister of the current king, even though he has been given the Duke and is formally separated from the royal family, adding that he is somewhat like a 'tsule'. It is not enough for Maria, who is originally a cloud man and just a merchant's daughter, to hear her mouth.

"Ho, but Erica... Erica Yashi"

"... what, it"

Well, that being said, Flame takes it to Maria and is' foreign ', and' Royal Flame 'is the boss of the margin. It's not natural to say you don't have to be respectful because you're the boss of the margin... but at least, psychologically, it's very different. It's a pain in the ass if you don't like it, but it's not fatal. But when it comes to the' Solvanian royal family ', the story is different. The Searchers are the Chamber of Commerce of the Kingdom of Solvania, whose property, its fringes and even its history lie within the Kingdom of Solvania. On the day I broke my mood here and crushed your house, my father and brother had no face to match. Even if the president of the business partner doesn't like it, he eats his boss's eyeballs, but if the president at his place doesn't like it, is it close to saying that the salesman whose neck flies is in a close mood?

"... if you're so nervous, you can't even talk, can you? In the meantime, why don't you sit? How long are you gonna be standing there?

As Erica urged, Maria lowers her back to the chair she was given. It's the same chair as all the times, but I feel fluffier than all the times.

"It will be tea. Please, Maria."

"Oh, thank you. I'll take it."

Maria carries tea to her mouth as she rattles a cup with her cha-cha-cha-cha. Honestly, I don't think you're being more polite... well, I can't help it.

"Well, Maria. I apologize for calling so suddenly."

"No, that's good..."

I hesitate to say that, but still look at Sonia curiously. Noticed the gaze movement, Kota glanced over his shoulder and showed it.

"... there are a lot of circumstances, Sonia - Princess Sonia is in Terra territory right now"

"In the future, I will live here, too. It is comforting to me that the Solvanian merchants are in Terra territory. Nice to meet you, Maria"

Sonia gracefully. Maria, by contrast, is roughly as wolfish as she has never seen before and waves her hands to the left and right. I don't care, but it's interesting to see.

"Oh, oh, oh, give me your head, Your Highness! Well, we don't have a merchant like me!

"Oh, and can you quit 'Your Highness'? I put him under the coater. I've already left the throne, and from now on Sonia,"

Yikes! What a sonia with her hands on her cheeks and her body shaking left and right. Kota sighs with his hands on his forehead. Maria opens her mouth so much that her jaw may come off. It is chaos.

"... what? What are you doing in there?

"... Sonia, I'm not in there. Because I'm only a bridesmaid."

"Oh? Same thing. In five or six years, I'll be married under the coata."

"So... and Maria? What's the matter, sir?

Shockingly, Kouta speaks to Maria, who solidifies with a pocan face.

"No... there's so much going on - a burn to the head... in Sonia - Dear Sonia, Kota Han marries you?

"... it's a bridesmaid training"

"Dear Coata!

"Well, whatever Kota Han's opinion..."

That said, ha-ha sigh a lot louder.

"... what is it?

"No... no, I thought Kota Han was the Demon King."

"What a very unintentional way to be convinced!

"It's the Demon King's job to capture a pretty princess."

"That... oh, I don't want to anymore, so"

Actually, the pushing wife is also a good place... it has also become a pain in the ass to explain, Hota sat deeply in the chair with the best sigh of the day. It doesn't matter, Kota, I feel like I've aged two or three in the last few days.

"... well. Now let's get down to business. Maria, in fact, Terra is planning a massive infrastructure project."

"Hmm."

"In this case, Terra intends to develop a 'port'."

"Oh, yeah, Yan Sole! There was no harbor and it was inconvenient."

"... Maria. You don't have to worry about me. You can talk all the time."

"Are you sure? 'Kota nods back to Maria, who complains with her gaze.

"... hey, let me talk to you the way I've always spoken. Let's get back to it, we agree to build a harbor. I think it's a fly thing, and I think Terra is going to develop more than ever."

Ho, but Maria leans her little neck.

"Consultation... what? If you do it now, report it?

"I am going to create a company to develop the port of Terra"

"What kind of advice do you need?

"No. No, I also need advice... I was wondering if you could be one of the managers, more precisely,"

"........................ what?

"This time, the company that develops the port is going to take the form of 'KK'. Maria… No, I would like all merchants of Terra, including Maria, to purchase shares in this company"

Sip your mouth into a cup of tea and re-place the cup the same way.

"" Rondo de Terra Port Development Business Co., Ltd. ", it's a long time, so Terra Port Development, abbreviated to about… I'd like you to buy shares there"

"... what's going on?

"Port development will be a large-scale infrastructure development project. Naturally, the money involved is also huge. I'm ashamed Terra doesn't have enough to withstand it. Speaking of Terra's finances now... well, half a dozen pieces, half a million pieces in white gold, etc. I'd like you to take the other half to the Terra Chamber of Commerce, including Maria."

I was hoping that you could help me a little bit, but then I said to Kota, Maria's eyes became tight.

"Is that... is that it? How about raising taxes all the time?

"No."

"Ho, but the point is, do what you say, 'Give me the money'?

"If you invest in the development of the Terra port, we will pay dividends based on the amount invested"

"Dividends?"

"Being able to harbor naturally means getting money from people at the Soco Chamber of Commerce. Starting with the entrance fee, you will need a port facility royalty, mooring fee, a husband royalty to use when packing and unloading, and accommodation, and some facilities may be able to snack. The portion of money made from the use of such facilities, or profits, is paid according to the capital contribution ratio of the investors. In addition, voting rights will be granted according to the investment ratio."

Talk to Soko and sip the tea again. Wait for Maria to respond.

"... I see"

"What do you think?

"In the meantime... Your Highness Sonia?

"Sonia, and"

"... Dear Sonia. What impact will this decision have on our... Solvanian, Search Chamber of Commerce?

"No. You must be a merchant too, Maria. Whatever decision you make here, there is no convenience in it or vice versa."

Let's take that word and Maria flirts funny.

"... I see, that sounds interesting."

"Isn't it? So..."

"Ho, but... unfortunately, that's not what I'm talking about."

With his gaze intact, he pokes a 'no' at Kota.

"... may I ask why?

Kota doesn't panic. It's within our expectations.

"There are three reasons. One thing, it's hard to say where Erica and Kota Han are... us? Honestly, I didn't expect Terra to grow that far."

"... ho"

"If I tell you, compared to Terra and Ko, Kato and Emza, I'm still in the country. Develop a place like that... you think it's like a daydream? What did you do... Oh, yeah. He said," Know who you are. "

"Kato and Emza didn't develop like that from the beginning, did they?

"Let it go. There's no way I've done such a fine city since the beginning. I don't know why, but let's just say that we have a duty to make the city look good.

It is a matter of reason. The development of the city, especially infrastructure, is the work of the government. (i) It is not a matter of a merchant speaking out.

"I'm willing to make money building a port facility in Terra. If I do, I'll just give you money for nothing."

"... what's the second?

"The idea of borrowing from someone because they don't have any money, typical of a crushing chamber of commerce. I don't want to lend it to you. I'm prepared to" give it to you "and I don't want to spare any money. This is the Searcher's homework. We have no money to spare."

I don't think so. I can't even get on with the investment.

"I see. So? What's the last reason?

"The problem with our possession."

"Perseverance?"

Oh, and a sip of snorted tea.

"I don't like business like making money with money, us. Money has to be earned by sweating on your forehead."

"... that's the dialogue I'd like to make you drink by frying nail dirt"

"To whom?

"This is the story."

That's what I said, one sigh.

"I'll ask you the other way, Maria. If it's definitely" funded "to make money, would you please take a ride? Of course, you can make Maria's favorite 'sweat on your forehead' money, right?

"I feel like there's a thorn in the way I say it... oh yeah. If there's such a delicious story, I'd rather ask you to keep your head down."

"That was good. Then again, Maria, please. Please make your contribution."

"... Coata, were you listening to us? Oh, my God."

"It's a different story, Maria. If you want to do port development, what do you think you need?

"- You're on... What?

"So, what you need to develop your port,"

"Sora... it takes a lot. If you want to fix it, you need people, and you're doing the building?

"Yeah, and then we need wood, and we need stone."

Come on, Maria, and.

"Where do we buy it from?"

"... what?

"Of course, you can't build a facility that just makes your feet come out, can you? I can't make it...... Still, if it's within the 'budget', don't you think it's okay to meditate on the 'convenience' with some detriment?

"... you"

"I would also like to ask everyone who finances it to be responsible for the management of the development of the Terra port. For that reason, it's the right to vote. I mean..."

From "Where" to "How Much" do you think the investors will buy? and.

"... Coata, do you know what you're talking about?

Of course.

"Sole... the point is, give me a bribe, it's the same as you say?

Instead of offering convenience, give me the money. I see, if you look only at the schematics, it's with the bribes. Or a subspecies of official collusion.

"Terrible. Return the profits to the Investor in a proportionate manner. It's the basics of business, isn't it?

……

"The point is, 'come on' funding. I won't go as far as… as the amount invested, but I will return it to your nostalgia in the form of sales around. Regardless, the equipment will age, so repair work will also be needed at that time. Expansion work would also be needed if the use of the port seemed to increase. When that happens, do you order the materials from all the investors, the Chambers of Commerce, or from other Chambers with no ties or affiliations? Even kids know which one to choose, right? In the long run, don't you think it's unlikely you'll lose?

"... SEYA"

With a slightly bitter look on Maria's face, a smiling smile.

"... So long, Maria"

Capital contribution, please? and.

"... I thought Kota Han had a deal like that."

"Do you despise?

"... well. I don't know about contempt... but it changes my mind."

Whether it's the bad side or not, show Maria that kind of shoulder.

"I don't think that's the merchant's word?

"From merchants, ya. How can you look at a customer when you can look at him?"

"... one thing goes against Maria's possession... I don't think the money has any beauty or dirt. White gold coins are white gold coins, no matter what process they follow. Whether you sweat on your forehead, money you made from beatings, bribes or money you stole... one is one. Just because you sweat on your forehead doesn't make one worth two"

"... now I've changed my impression on you. We don't know, Coata Han."

"It's a shame. I wanted to get along."

"Lie."

Like Kota, Maria shows her shoulders flaunted.

"... well, that's ae. There's no direct connection between human likes and dislikes and business."

That said, I turn down so that I can put my right hand on my chin and think about it.

"... thin profit, huh?

"Is that right?

"If you talk about Korta Han, don't lose it. What do you say," Long Eyes "? If I do that, I'll just put you to bed."

"Well, that makes sense"

"And it's definitely not a loss, is it? If there's a whole bunch of people in Terra, come in and say the dividend. If I do that, I won't lose the whole thing. Turn it on again."

"Another voice, is it?

"Seya."

"... that's schematic, Maria. It's your responsibility to invest, isn't it?

"Hey, don't invest."

……

"Self-blame, do it?

"... right"

"Do it? One more voice."

……

……

"... ok"

Often, after the time of silence.

"... what is it?

Phew, one sigh. Kota opens his mouth.

"Let me give you the right to tax."

"Right to tax?

"It is the right to collect taxes on Rondo de Terra. We'll calculate the tax amount here, but we'll pay 10% of the levy as a fee to the person who took it up."

"... heh. That sounds interesting."

"Right?"

"By the way, Coata Han. If we collect our taxes, you'll pay me a 10% fee?

"… Of course, we will pay you. But, Maria. Be sure to follow this story to each Chamber of Commerce."

"Er. It's such a difficult job that we can do"

"Which mouth says. I thought I could do that, so I called you in, didn't I?

With a grin on Kota's words.

"... I'll talk to someone else from the Chamber of Commerce at the next meeting."

That being said, Maria gracefully put her mouth on the tea.

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"May I ask you a question, Master Coata?"

Yuzu and Sonia raised their hands when Maria left the mansion and it was time to open it.

"What is it?

"Um... Was it a good idea?

"What does that mean?

"Maria's right. I don't think what Kota did was any different than a bribe."

"Right. I dare not argue with you."

"A country that demands bribes is bound to corrupt and eventually collapse. I don't think so, Mr. Cotta."

Sonia's gaze mixes with the colour of blame.

"It's an honest argument that doesn't make any noise."

"Then!"

"I can say it in front of Sonia, but this time it is a measure against Solvania. To do this, I want to keep a powerful group on my side. How can you say that Solvania is a big country and not turn all the chambers of commerce that are coming to Terra into enemies and say that the economy is unhindered?

As previously explained, the chambers of commerce that are coming to Terra are basically just 'major'. Regardless, it's just a chamber of commerce with solid economic ground and never too few edges in Solvania.

"I will have the shares of Terra's harbor brought to those of the Chamber of Commerce who are coming to Terra. Terra is a harbour street and port facilities will become the city's central facility. Terra's chamber of commerce maintains the port, right?

The merchant is satirical in his interests, but is actually more sensitive to things detrimental to his interests than that. There is a feeling in Kota that he will do everything in his power to protect it, at least until he can pay, beyond investing a small amount in port equipment.

"... I will not deny it. I won't..."

"In addition, I put on a tax collection right. Honestly, I'm not very much of a current person, but I can't get around to collecting taxes. Either we will increase our personnel, and then we will end up spending more. Opinions will crack whether we see it as high or cheap at 10%...... It is better to place it on outsourcing, even if it is a real tax cut, rather than spending more personnel and labor. I can sell thanks."

……

"... of course, it wouldn't be the best way. This time, I made the property called 'port' a shared property. There will be conflicts over management policies. It is furthermore outsourced to a job that would be involved in the backbone of territorial management: 'taxation'. What can I say, but naturally injustice will also happen. Instead, I think it's more ridiculous not to happen. On the contrary, if you do poorly, you can imagine things being spoken of by politics."

This time Kota's judgment is not a complimented thing. It is not about soliciting capital and setting up a new company. By adding so many options to its shares, it has given the Chamber of Commerce an interest… which could even shake the backbone of politics, which would give it great power, such an interest.

"... but in the end it's a comparative theory. Which is easier to see the Chamber of Commerce that is coming to Solvania and Terra?"

Sooner or later, Terra could be swallowed up by the Solvanian economy. So, if there is, before they drink it, they themselves "poison" it.

"As an exchanger, I don't know if I'm right. But I thought this was the best option to take. That's what I'm saying."

In response to Coata's words, Sonia turns her gaze to Erica. I notice that gaze, Erica tilting her neck just a little.

"What could it be?

"... is that okay with Erica?

"There's nothing good or bad about it. If that's the only way to take it, you have to choose it."

"but...... there could have been a better way"

"No, you don't."

"That's not true!

"So tell me? What good way is there? Unbeaten by Solvania, not allowing the Chamber of Commerce to intervene, Terra is wonderful to develop...... well, 'magic'. If there is, can you tell me?

"Well, that's... I'm sure if you think about it a little bit more -"

"Plus we don't have that much time. Sonia, let me tell you one thing... denying that there's no counterproposal is what 'kids' do?

"Oh, still! Dear Erica, as royalty, I am not proud to be Lord Terra! Aren't you ashamed! In this way of bribery...... I despise you!

In Sonia's words, there's one more sigh.

"Money doesn't come in color, Sonia."

"But!

"As a royalty, as a nobleman, to defend my own territory, I will gladly paint you even on mud. If I'm proud, it's my pride not to hate doing it."

……

"I don't want you to understand anything else, and I don't want you to respect me. Contempt? You should like it. I don't want to go after ideals anymore."

That said, I'll put my mouth on a totally warmed cup of tea.

"I may not be convinced, but this is how we decided to protect Terra. If you're not convinced, why don't you stop? Please, would you please leave the mansion and return to Solvania?

If you don't like it, go home, to Erica like that.

"... or I won't go home"

"Really? Then we're done talking about this. Emily, have some tea. - What, that face?"

"No... Dear Erica, I thought you had changed a lot."

"Really?"

"Yep... Until the other day, Erica and I were like different people. Dear Erica, is there any special power in Courta's embrace?

"What's a special power... you know, Emily? It's nothing. It's in the coata."

Erica solidifies as she lifts her tea.

"- Emily?"

"Yes."

"Not really... but maybe you..."

"'Yeah, yeah!' And Erica, jumping into Courta's chest with momentum, remembered something as a girl, disrespectful, but stuck with a smile."

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"………… ki"

"Ki?"

"...... I have to uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh! Nah, why not! Oh, Emily! Maybe you were peeking! And I can't believe it! You suck!"

"... With all due respect, Master Erica? If you don't want to be seen, I'd like you to close the door with Kitin."

"Doh, door! And you didn't close it? Wow, my idiot!

"I've been shown things I don't even want to see. Please put me in this position."

"Oh, I'm sorry...... you don't have to see it if you don't want to see it so much!

"As a maid, I am obliged to watch my husband grow to serve you"

"Shh! That's an absolute lie! You were just hilarious!

"No. I thought my intestines would boil down one way or the other."

"- Huh?... well... yeah, sorry. It's... it's like a runaway..."

"It's also true that it was interesting." Oh, my head is pounding. "I see. Let me use it next time."

"Give me back my apology!

I laughed bitterly at Erica screaming and Emily continuing to tease Erica with no expression... fu, in the eyes of Kota, who missed her gaze.

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I bit my lips off and saw Sonia trembling small.