STARTING BUSINESS IN KALEON TOWN
STARTING BUSINESS IN KALEON TOWN
"This paper is being circulated across our city now and is the new business of the Kaleon family", the prince told the minister.
"Impossible, how did they illustrate so vividly in a newspaper?" Minister Holden asked him.
"The Bully of Starri City is now portrayed like a folk hero in the newspaper", an advisor told the prince his opinion.
"This is what I feared most. Soon, the whole city will be swayed by this paper's views and illustrations", Prince Raslee told them.
"We should ban this newspaper", Minister Holden told the prince.
"How are we going to do that? The paper is now being distributed in several other cities now", the prince asked the minister.
The court of Prince Raslee was too worried about how to deal with the influence of a rising newspaper and forgot entirely about the matter of the killing of the Duke of Moresby.
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The construction of our new township in the east forest was completed ahead of schedule.
The earlier destruction of the Temple of Magic caused the land to collapse in the forest. There was a huge crater in the land. The crater conveniently became our underground base.
The Temple of Solomon's new branch would be built here and a magic corridor from our new town to Istiopolis city was constructed, linking the two cities permanently with space magic.
Construction work was efficient and speedy with Sara's drones and equipment and within three months, our new town was completed.
The refugees that we brought to Tarah city from Staari city were slowly moved into the new Town of Kaleon. All we needed now was to find jobs for the residents of our new town.
We did not find many supporters for our new township in Kaleon town because the other families were wary of our growing influence in Tarah city. They were afraid that we would be eating into their turfs.
So, I needed to bring my allies from Istiopolis City to establish a presence here in Drachia kingdom.
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"Orion, my king, my boy, I've never thought my old bones would have a chance to come to the kingdom of Drachia, in their capital", Hugo said to me.
Hugo was my old friend when I was just a young man. He was also my business partner. He was no longer young, but he remained strong. He was one of the elders of Noten family, so he had access to plenty of magic potions that maintained his youthfulness.
"King Orion, I never expected our business to expand beyond the territory of Nyx kingdom", Amelia said to me.
Amelia was the matriarch of the Noten family.
She was my main supporter since I was young, and her family became the wealthiest and most prominent family in Istiopolis city during my reign.
"Our business is at a plateau in Nyx kingdom, and it is my pleasure to expand here into this major city, plenty of opportunities will await us here", Amelia told us.
Amelia established a branch of her House of Artifacts and Apothecary here in Kaleon town.
With the two business becoming anchor tenants of our town, and in addition to the Herald Times that was managed by the Temple of Solomon, the refugees from Starri city would be supported with stable jobs and would establish their homes here.
"Tarah city is the wealthiest and most advanced city in all of the Ten-Kingdoms, doing business here is competitive", I reminded Amelia.
"Of course, we wouldn't expand to Tarah city if we didn't have our unique products. Although Tarah city has almost everything, we still produce the best potions in all of the Ten-Kingdoms with the Red witch as our consultant", Amelia told me.
Red Witch was once my teacher in my previous life.
She was also one of the best potion makers that I know of. She also had access to a special ingredient that nobody else in the Ten-Kingdoms had, the wine from the Soul Spirits of Ayen.
In my adventures to the underground river of Nyx, I rescued a group of Soul spirits who were hunted by people for the magic wine that they produced. Their magic wine could provide enormous magic for potion making.
In a special arrangement, the Soul spirits rented the space inside my Shangri-la, a magical space that was attached to my soul, to live and hide from their enemies and predators.
In return, the Soul Spirits provided me with magical wines and Red Witch turned those wines into the best potions in this continent.
"Orion, I've never dreamed of setting up a branch in the capital of Drachia kingdom", Raven said to me about setting up a branch of his Hunter's Guild in the Town of Kaleon.
"We have seldom gone on adventures that we talked about when we were young. Perhaps we could see each other more often from now", I told my old friend.
"I look forward to it", he replied to me.
Raven was my childhood friend.
He wasn't a powerful templar, so it was dangerous for him to go with me on my adventures. He became the President of the Hunter's Guild of Istiopolis city, and his guild set up operations in my new town.
Although I would still not bring him with me on my dangerous adventures, I would see him more often from now on.
The magical corridors between Istiopolis city and Tarah city were permanently established. Soon, our armies from Istiopolis city could enter Tarah city with ease and effectiveness.
Our army would become the new guards of our new township that even the city's guards would have difficulty facing.
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[In the mansion of the Mithridocus family in Tarah city]
"What do you mean Erriley was killed?" an elder man asked his advisor.
"Duke Erriley went to the Kaleon mansion to teach the rude bastard of Kaleon manners, but he was killed by his guards at their gate", the advisor told the master.
"Go arrest that bastard and skin him alive, why are you people coming to me for?" the elder man asked the advisor.
"The Prince does not consider it a crime", the advisor told the master.