“I think we will meet often from now on. “Please take care of me, Lane.”
The sight of Klose smiling brightly and extending his hand was so graceful that his usual childlike attitude was nowhere to be seen. When Velia looked at her younger sister like that, she felt proud and happy for some reason.
“Klose. He will be of help to you in many ways after I leave for the Empire. “If you need to find out anything, you can ask him.”
And she quickly decided on a way for Klose and Derek to keep in touch. Since it would be difficult for the still young Klose to go out of the castle and meet Derek, they mostly talked through letters and decided that Derek would visit the castle when important things happened.
“Please pay for Klose’s request with the advance I made.”
Recently, Velia gave Derek a lot of information. These were stories whose importance varied greatly depending on how he used them.
Derek must have remembered that as well, nodding his head.
After confirming that he readily agreed, Velia spoke to Klose.
“So, if there’s anything you want to know, you can ask without hesitation. got it?”
“thank you, Sister.”
Klose seemed to have recognized the unspoken deal between Velia and Derek. Because he was a smart kid, he immediately realized how big of an opportunity this was.
After finalizing Klose and Derek’s greetings, Velia sent her younger brother out and made time to talk to Derek separately. Because she had a very important favor to ask.
“Do you have something to say to me?”
“yes. “It’s a really important story.”
Derek looked serious at her words.
Velia was silent for a moment, but then she opened her mouth, as if she had made up her mind.
“Please find out about Khalid, the second prince of the Ingot Empire.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t know anything about him.
However, things like his standing in the empire and his popularity among the nobles were of no use at this point.
I had to check in more detail what he had hidden, other than what I found out on the surface.
She said, ‘He didn’t tell me when I asked him directly.’
Once she realized that Khalid, who she believed was on her side, was hiding something from me, she couldn’t ignore it.
Additionally, Khalid wanted Velia to dig deeper into herself. So there was no problem at all in finding out through her information guild.
“… … “Are you talking about His Highness Prince Khalid?”
But Derek asked her if she was surprised by Velia’s unexpected request.
“Can I ask you exactly what part you want to know?”
“What he is doing unofficially in the empire, what he owns, the people around him, his relationships with them… … . “Anything related to that.”
Hearing Velia’s words, Derek touched his chin for a moment and was lost in thought.
“princess. This is very high-level information in Runes. Finding out about the royal family is not an easy task, even for a guild. The risk is too great for us to accept this request as is. Moreover, to be honest, I am not confident that I will be able to conduct a complete investigation.”
As the head of an information guild, these were words that were difficult to say.
However, the investigation into the royal family was such an overwhelming request that he had no choice but to say that.
Although he was fully aware of that fact, Velia pretended not to know and asked him another question.
“Has the investigation on the drug you told me about at that time been completed? “If you were me, you would have definitely done an ingredient search.”
Velia was confident that Derek would have researched the ingredients of the medicine I gave her and confirmed its ingredients. There was no way he, being so cautious, would have just believed what I told him and fed it to his mother.
“… … “There was no problem with the medicine at all.”
“Do you believe me now?”
It was a drug that had been tested in the future. So there could be a problem with the medicine.
“Furthermore, when I asked the pharmacist in our guild, he said that the combination of medicinal ingredients is very innovative and that if I make the medicine like this, there is a high possibility that my mother’s illness will improve.”
Velia shrugged her shoulders as if it was obvious.
However, Derek continued speaking with a serious face.
“But that is only a possibility, and since this is a medicine to be used on my mother, we need to be careful.”
“You are right. However, you probably know that it is better to get treatment as quickly as possible. “If it’s too late, it will be really difficult to do anything about it.”
Although Velia said these words out of genuine concern, she let out a faint sigh as if the words sounded like a threat to Derek.
“… … princess. It is true that curing my mother’s illness is more important to me than anything else. But this isn’t personal. “As the risk is high, we need to think more carefully.”
“oh. I didn’t mean it that way. “The reason I brought this up was simply because I wanted to confirm to you once more the information I have.”
Velia smiled brightly.
“Because Derek still doubts me. “I don’t think you will believe the information I’m going to tell you right now.”
Then, he blurted out one word.
“A holy relic of the divine kingdom.”
Velia recalled that in her previous life, the appearance of a holy relic from the divine kingdom had caused enormous repercussions.
But at that time, the place where she discovered the holy relic was not Runess, but a different intelligence guild. She remembered Derek breaking down as he told me that story, probably because his pride had been hurt.
‘There’s still a lot that can be taken out.’
The information that could be retrieved from the future and used was endless. And she, Velia, was planning to take full advantage of that.
“If I tell you the location of the relic, there will be no shortage of risk in return, right?”
Derek laughed at Velia’s words. She must have been very surprised that Velia knew that she was secretly looking for a holy relic. Derek closed his eyes for a moment and thought. Finally, he opened his mouth.
“… … It’s an offer too sweet to refuse. All right. Please tell me the location of the relic. After verification, if the information turns out to be true, we will immediately investigate His Highness the 2nd Prince. However, it may take a long time and we may not be able to provide you with as complete information as you would like.”
“does not matter. “Please do your best.”
Afterwards, Velia kept her voice quiet and spoke clearly, word by word, to Derek.
In great detail, who currently holds the sacred relic, where he or she is storing the sacred relic, and even how to get to the place where it is stored.
“Do you really have no powers of foresight?”
Derek seemed to believe that Velia had the ability to make precognition or prophecies. Velia did not give him an exact answer.
“well. Well, let’s just say I saw it all in a dream.”
When her Velia responded as if she were joking, Derek must have realized that he couldn’t hear her answer, so he shook his head and stood up from her seat.
“Then we will check and contact you.”
* * *
Crunchy.
The pen moved gracefully, gliding across the paper.
‘You have to prepare for this now.’
The system of the knights also needed to change slightly.
But it was difficult to touch it right away. Therefore, we had to prepare step by step from now on so that we could respond immediately when the enemy invaded.
“princess. “It is the time you promised with Your Majesty.”
“Oh yeah. thank you.”
Velia quickly wrapped up the paper she had written and got up from her seat. She braced herself before the appointment. Because in order to convince her brother and her father, she had to take a logical approach.
But there are definitely some parts of her that Velia cannot explain. Things that are difficult to make her understand without telling her that she is from the future.
Please don’t get caught with this kind of content.
Velia left her room to meet the King and Herald, her worries filling her.
It wasn’t long before she reached the king’s office.
“Abama.”
“Oh oh! Velia. “Welcome.”
The king, who had welcomed Velia with a bright smile, motioned to her empty seat. The Herald was already seated across from the spot.
“Uncle. “I’m late.”
“no. “I just came here because I had something to talk about with Abama.”
In response to the friendly Herald, Velia sat down in her chair with a bright expression.
Today’s appointment was made at Velia’s request.
“okay. “What on earth have you summoned us like this to talk about?”
“It’s a convocation. “I just asked for a moment because I wanted to tell you something I learned that might be helpful to the kingdom.”
She was startled by the word Velia summons and she answered. However, the king continued to tease Velia with a playful expression.
“So it’s time to scold us?”
“Abama… … .”
When Velia laughed awkwardly, as if she was embarrassed, the king burst into laughter.
“okay. “Let’s listen to the story you have prepared.”
The king put his hands on the desk.
Velia took a deep breath and spread the paper she had prepared in front of her. And next to her was a large map of the continent.
“Ohh?”
Velia pointed to the part she had marked in advance.
“First, let me tell you about the mine negotiations.”
“I already had a conversation with Abama today about mining negotiations.”
“What percentage of equity do you have in mind?”
“I’m planning to ask for about 40%. “Anyway, since it is a mine within Ronica’s territory, I thought 40% would be enough when calculating future taxes.”
Velia nodded. It seemed that the empire had thought of a slightly higher rate since there was little reason to intervene in the negotiations.
In the past, when a gold mine was discovered jointly with the empire, only a 30% share was obtained in exchange for taxes. When I think about that time, I still feel angry. This time, I had no intention of being treated like that.
“Not bad. But please sing a little more.”
“Velia. However, Prince Khalid said he would share a certain amount of shares between the empire and the kingdom. “We can’t just make demands.”
What would a king do in such a situation, he asked Velia.
“We have to insist too. It is clear that Khalid is the prince of the empire. “The prince already owns it, but it’s funny that the empire, which did nothing during the investigation, takes an additional share.”
It wasn’t that the two of them didn’t talk about this during repeated meetings.
But she was betrothed to the prince of the Velia Empire, and she was soon to be crowned princess. There was no need for her to make her future in Velia difficult just to get more of her meager stake.
The compromise that came out was 40%, or 40%, of the shares.
“Ask them to pay 5 more. “Even if it doesn’t seem like a big deal, it’s an amount worth giving up.”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to see Prince Khalid get 40%, the kingdom get 40%, and the empire get the remaining 200%?”
“Why should the empire take 20% of the gold produced in our land? To be honest, even the smallest grain of gold would be a waste, but because of Khalid’s position, I compromised to this extent.”
The king smiled at Velia’s firm words.
“Will you be okay as you will soon be serving as a princess in the empire? “I’m worried about you.”
The Herald asked worriedly.
Velia shook her head resolutely.
“Don’t take me to heart. “In the future too.”
I know her family’s concerns. But what happened to everything in my previous life? Didn’t everything get taken over by the empire and collapse because they only cared about themselves?
I will never make it happen this time.
“Abama.”
Velia opened her mouth seriously.
“After I leave for the empire, there will be a fight over the throne there. “You have to prepare for that time.”
At those words, the king closed his eyes and fell silent.
Velia calmed her mind in that silence. These were difficult words for her, but they had to be said.
In her previous life, all information about the empire was intentionally blocked, and her family suffered without knowing anything. There was no way it wouldn’t happen this time too. She, Velia, wanted to be as prepared as possible for any eventuality.
After a long silence, the king asked.
“Did Prince Khalid want the throne?”
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