Chapter 373 - Extra: Rental Fee Negotiations (1/2)
Extra: Rental Fee Negotiations
Tsuia Mountain on the Pavueran side, Draco
The merchant responsible for all of Golen’s finances, Dyne, arrived at the residence of Draco’s Village Chief
Sitting in the still plain and unadorned sitting rooe Chief, Cid Pavuera Although still a young child, this prodigy would personally tackle the business negotiations for renting the hot spring-producing e Chief Cid Pavuera”
“Sir You can call me Dyne, I am a merchant in Golen I am pleased to make your acquaintance”
“Dyne-dono Allow me to once more thank you for your visit”
“Oh, no, please don’t worry about that, Cid-sama I am but a commoner, Cid-sama Me bein’ the one to make the trip’s natural”
Dyne s punch As the side being visited would natural hold the upper hand, Dyne, the obvious underdog, used this maneuver to declare his intention to concede as hts, Cid could have been the one to negotiate in Golen Although he’d wished to be the one to visually state that he was the underdog in the discussions, he’d wound up receiving a letter froe Sub-Chief told onna send a merchant your way]
Thesent to him, Cid had no choice but to allow it to happen
Asto see Cid, an aristocrat, was an exceedingly co he could just refuse without reason if he didn’t want to show his hand On the other hand, given that Cid had intended to intrude upon Golen’s hospitality, this threw a huge wrench into hisstance had been fixed the moment Kehma sent that letter What method he should use froh what for debt—would beco his facial muscles he’d trained as a member of the aristocracy, Cid sotiation I would like for is to argue for a reasonable price as equals”
“Yah, of course That’s my job”
“Allowthat, Cid presented a pouch thatinside it Dyne, however, just sle look at it and rejected the offer without taking a look inside
“Hahaha, Cid-sa with such a poor move?”
“… I suppose not”
Cid clicked his tongue inwardly
Although calling it travel expenses and everything was fine, the pouch had had much too many coins within it To put it simply, it was a bribe
Cid wished to use Dyne’s reaction to the bribe to gauge his caliber, as they would likely associate with one another many times in the future due to his relation with Golen
First, the case in which he simply accepted it would make him a non-issue
In this case, Cid would very likely be able to win hiotiate This would have been the easiest case
Next, the case in which he refused all bribes due to being asense of justice
In this case, he would be able to expect a sincerely fair bargain This was also good
And then there was the case in which he understood the intention behind it with his own skill and still accepted it
There was the possibility of hi the purpose of the bribe and continuing as if nothing had happened as well However, even if this did happen, he would have at least done as ’s position Itpower of its own
But then there was the final case—the case in which he was given the most troublesome reaction possible The case in which his intentions were understood, yet still refused He’d even been given a bit of warning advice
In a sense, this was hiotiate As he definitely understood just as in the overwhel a bribe would destroy that position and wreck the status quo
Even without such a trifling bribe, he would still be able to gain profit from this
Most of all, he could feel fro connection with Golen’s Village Chief, Kehma
“Sorry, I tested you a bit there Please pretend it never happened”
“Oh, no, don’t worry about it I figured it was soe Chief—ah, Kehed to treat the matter of the attempted bribe as if he kneould happen
All that Cid could tell fro by the name of Dyne was much more capable than he’d first assu else should be expected fro anyone Keh the carpet yanked out from under theulped at the thought
“That accent, are you a Pavueran ht now I’d prefer ya seein’ me as a Golen merchant”
“Hahaha, I wonder if I could ask for some leniency from a fellow Pavueran?”
“Yeah, ‘course It’s my hometown, so I’ll e Chief Keh that Dyne knehat he was ih
And so the negotiations began