Gain without Pain

A fair-skinned hand stretched forward and spread the five fingers.

“What I want is the trade rights in five more cities besides the previously agreed port city of Barbalos.”

Guardian Evich revealed a rather troubling face.

The fact that the woman asked for trade rights in five more cities meant that the influence of the Blue Cloak Shop would grow several times more in the Dutchie Kingdom.

The Blue Cloak Shop was the sixth pole of this world. Giving a power pole an opportunity to control one’s kingdom too much might cause the kingdom to encounter an unexpected crisis.

But considering the safety of the king, what the young woman had said made him more nervous than the matter of the Blue Cloak Shop.

There were other kingdoms encountering this situation.

With the Guardian of Dutchie’s sharp mind, given just a few clues, he was able to link all the things together.