Chapter 273 - Settling in (1) (1/2)
After a couple of hours Mars and Mary both emerged from the bathroom, Mars looked a little well... Drained and Mary wore a particular bright smile as she clung to Mars' arm, waiting for them right outside the door was Jane. Jane was the previous governor of Ular that Mars had turned young again or as he stated it 'he had given her more time' due to this feat and his promise to invest in the city jane had named him as her successor and planed to step down as governor, while this sounded simple in reality it was a legal mess that had yet to be resolved thus Mars' recent abundance of free time
”Lord Mars, lady Mary”
Jane kneeled down on one knee as Mars and Mary exited the bathroom, Mars gave a sigh inwardly before he showed a smile and asked
”What is it Jane?”
Jane showed a apologetic expression as she looked up at Mars and spoke
”Truth is that I have finally found a way for you to officially take over as governor... It's just...”
”You can say it Jane I won't be mad”
Jane lowered her head
”Yes lord Mars... Some of the merchants got wind of your capital and want a piece of it in exchange for them to remain in and do business in Ular”
Mars showed a smile, a wide one at that and after a few seconds of silence he spoke
”Good, they sure have balls... Not only do they threaten the future of my city, they also covert what's mine... Set up a meeting with these merchants as soon as possible”
”Yes lord Mars”
Mars gave a nod, it sure was nice to have dependable subordinates it helped if they had undying loyalty too and while Mars wasn't entirely convinced that Jane was there yet she sure was dependable
”Okay if you have nothing else you may return to your duties”
”Yes lord Mars”
Jane got on her feet, gave another low bow before she turned around and walked down the hallway, Mars felt Mary's grip on his arm tighten a little and asked her
”What's up?”
”...Are you sure you had no bad motives in making her young again?”
Mars gave a sigh before he spoke in a slightly strained voice
”Well other than the fact that it's more pleasing to my eye to have a young cable subordinate then an old one, no”
Mary gave a cute pout and spoke
”I atleast won't forgive you if you suddenly bring home another woman”
'That's what you said before I brought home 78 too...'
”...Did you just think something rude?”
”No ma'am”
Mars spent another few days of leisure before Jane informed him that the meeting had been arranged and was set to happen this afternoon and so Mars prepared to meet with these merchants that converted his wealth, he wore a t-shirt and some jeans before he followed Jane to the meeting room, as the two of them walked he asked Jane
”What would be the consequences if I lose my temper and kill them all?”
”...Well the first word would spread and then merchants would start avoiding Ular and then we would gradually be starved of goods... Following that people would probably move out of the city thus causing a loss in manpower leaving us vulnerable to forgin attacks, after that---”
”I think I get the point...”
”I understand lord Mars”
Mars made a mental note not to try his best not to kill the merchants, but still began making plans on how to avoid losing all his (not really that) hard earned cel
'Let's start off with intimidation...'
As Mars walked next to Jane he gradually transformed to his half-dragon state, growing out his horns and turning his eyes crimson before he leaked out a little of his divine aura, Jane that was walking beside him shuddered a little but managed to keep calm due to her many years of experience as governor.
Soon the two of them reached the meeting room where three merchants sat in each their cheir, one of them were a fat middle aged bald man, while another was a young man in his 20's that looked rather handsome, the final one was a woman with long withe hair that looked to be in her 30's, they were chit chatting but when Mars opened the door and walked in they stopped their talk and focused on Mars with their eyes that all contained faint amounts of undisguised greed
'Interesting...'
Mars walked over and sat down in the couch that was facing the three merchants, as he did he tuned up the divine pressure a little bit as he gave a smile and asked the three of them
”So you guys want what's mine? Haven't you heard it's unwise to steal from a dragon”
The smile on the man in his 20's thickened as he spread out his hands and spoke
”Steal is such a strong word... We would simply like you to invest in our companies”
The fat middle aged man also spoke
”That's right, now that the NNE's armies have mysteriously disappeared we need a guarantee so that we can continue doing business in Ular”