Chapter 5.1 - Adrian Empire’s Suzerain Firesale Convention Part 1 (2/2)
“No, Clyde. I want to stay with you two. I am ready to pay whatever price. Please don’t send me away! Even if… you want to…, I can…”
Princess Saras’s voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke, eventually even less discernible than a mosquito’s beating wings. However, that burning hot face of hers gave far more certainty than a hint of her intentions: it could be regarded as a clear indication of her thoughts. Just a moment ago, when she had heard Lucifer’s words, she had thought that becoming a special maid-servant was also not bad. In any case, she owed Clyde significant remuneration, and since she had no money, she could only labor to repay the debt.
Clyde consoled Princess Saras and returned to the outside of the carriage. Even if he had the body of a Great Old One, his soul was transferred from a normal man. Faced with a stark naked blonde beauty bound by a ribbon robe while expressing her willingness to become his special maid-servant while gently blushing, he truly felt that the temptation was too great. It could easily make people lose their self-control. Too bad, the current Clyde could do nothing. If he didn’t obtain the ability to transform into a human form, he would absolutely miss out on all the fun.
“Big Brother Clyde, Big Sister Saras’s special service ended so quickly? Ya, don’t hit my head! I am in the wrong.”
“Lucifer, next time you have such a delusion, your punishment will not just be having your head hit. There will be other punishments too.”
Under Clyde’s gentle punishment, Lucifer finally stopped having these wicked delusions. Sometimes, Clyde seriously wondered whether Lucifer had a succubus attribute, and her bloodkin attribute was just a disguise.
Adrian Empire that had just been baptized by the flames of war suffered an economic recession. In addition, they had to pay a large amount of war reparations to Augusta Empire, making its economy that was on the verge of collapse sink even further. It was like adding hail to snow.
Even Bell Town on the border was affected by the war. There were ruins everywhere. It was unknown whether they could find an inn or not. Nevertheless, Clyde saw a large group of people surrounding a booth. Several men wearing the attire of Adrian Empire’s civil officials held charts to promote sales of something like they were salesman.
“Everyone, don’t miss this big firesale of suzerain positions. As long as you have money, you can be a suzerain! The price is very low. If you miss this chance today, you will never encounter such a chance again.”
“Your Excellency, you have been saying this for a week. Can you reduce the price a bit or slightly increase the rank of nobility given?”
“That’s not possible. The size of the territory we are selling right now isn’t suited for a high rank of nobility. If we increase the rank of nobility, it would contradict our system.”
As it turned out, many suzerains of the defeated Adrian Empire were either killed or had fled to other countries. Thus, Adrian Empire’s vast territory had fallen into disuse. Augusta Empire just plundered wealth and slaves; they were not interested in occupying the land. In order to make up the deficit of national reserves, after the war, Adrian Empire directly offered to sell those territories and the matching position of suzerain to the people.
Equivalent to knights, suzerains were the lowest rank of nobility, and it was very difficult to promote oneself to a higher rank. Although the size of the purchased territory didn’t give the buyer a high rank of nobility, all the expenses of the territory would be settled at the buyer’s own expense, and the suzerain would also not receive an official’s salary. This was clearly a fraudulent sale. Many people were watching this bustling and exciting scene, but only a few wanted to purchase land from the officials. Even after Adrian Empire’s civil officials had started promoting the sales by boasting about them with the most fantastic terms, practically no territories were sold.
Clyde also just watched for a while before preparing to leave, but his sister Lucifer had already jumped off the carriage and joined in the fun. As a result, he had to temporarily dismiss his thoughts of leaving.
“Big Brother Clyde, look! This territory only costs ten gold coins. We can purchase it.”