Chapter 26: Meeting Charlotte (1) (2/2)
Bids from here and there raised the price rather quickly
Although being the last good on sale was partly the reason, wheat was fundarains
Bread ood that was only eaten by nobles, and the commoners did not eat much of it unless it was a special occasion such as a birthday or a wedding Most bread eaten by the general populace heat ood that was more expensive by nature compared to barley or oats That was also the reason why it was being auctioned off last
Before anyone knew it, the price was cliold And around the ti out one by one…
“800 gold,” Charlotte Merchant Coin
The other merchant coold”
“850 gold”
Had the merchants been fired up because of their pride? Or had they become fixated on the idea that they could not come all the way here and return e raised in leaps and bounds
Then, as if blotting a full stop on this coold”
No matter how much the price of food coold The price ithout a doubt, a record for this kingdo this price, the Cornell representative looked over to the Charlotte , ‘Will you still follow suit?’</eer received some sort of instruction from the lady beside his with her before clearing his throat and speaking
“2,000 gold”
That amount transformed the atmosphere of the auction
“……”
“……”
“……”
The bustling auction stands were filled with deafening silence It was only after ten or so seconds had passed that the old?”
“Did he… hang on, what’s going on…”
The otherdoubts as to Charlotte Merchant Coold by itself was not a particularly large sum of money However, all money had its uses
For the mere purchase of so eous price Even accounting for the rise in grain prices, this did not make any sense
Thethat could not happen unless they had some other hidden intention If that was so, as it that Charlotte Merchant Company wanted?
‘Did Viscount Forrest and the Charlotte ?’
‘I don’t understand Why did they start an auction then?’
The questions in the merchants’ minds whipped up a hich spat out many different scenarios But none of these theories held any certainty Only one thing was certain right now This auction was over
“W-…We have a bid of 2,000 gold Do we havevoice
Of course, there would be none
“The 800 sacks of wheat have been clairatulations”
With that, all the grains had been bought off by the Charlotte merchants
Today’s unexpected blindside had huat chickens on a rooftop
Meanwhile, Milton h this auction
“Our total earnings were 2,870 gold?”
“Yes, that is so, it?”
“I’m sorry?”
“I-… Ireceived Max’s report, Milton was shocked into habitually using the lingo of his previous life
“Yes This is for real”
Max precisely explained what had transpired at the auction
“So you rubs at Charlotte Merchant Coood”
“Yes, that is so, my Lord”
“Hht
He had known that this auction would rake in the reater fortune than what he had estiht that they would earn around 1,500 gold if they were lucky, but a su for Milton’s personal fortune, his holding funds now aold This was perhaps the most well off Forrest Viscounty was financially since the inception of their House
This was a good turn of events It was a good turn of events, and yet
“What are they sche?”
Milton could not wrap his head around the motives of Charlotte Merchant Company Unlike what the other merchants had hypothesized, there had been no backend deal or anything of the sort between him and the Charlotte merchants Rather, Milton himself was curious
Why on earth would the Charlotte Merchant Coe fortune in hi, he and Charlotte Merchant Coood ter that he did not know this opponent’s objectives
Milton finally gave Max his coer of Charlotte Merchant Company”
“Yes, understood”
Now that the auction was over, there would technically be no matter that would cause wariness or distance between them
A moment later, the faer appeared before Milton A lady wearing a veil and a white dress stood next to him
‘Is that woman… the owner?’
Everyone knew that the owner of the Charlotte Merchant Company was a woman After all, the nah the Charlotte Merchant Codom as well, the owner never took to the frontlines herself and always deployed a proxy in her stead It ithout saying that the lord of some outskirt country town like Milton would have never seen the face of the Charlotte co to conclusions that she was the owner from the circumstances
“Please, have a seat”
“Thank you for your hospitality And…”
The branch er introduced the lady to Milton, “This lady is Charlotte, the chairwoman of Charlotte Merchant Company”
“I see, I expected as much”
Indeed, there was notthe flow of the situation
But if anything …
“I believe this isyou, Viscount Milton Forrest”
…It was the reeted him