222 Hotel and Tea House (2/2)

”We are still waiting for the shipment of curtains, glassware, and centerpieces for the tables, your majesty”

”When can we open for business?”

Don asked the elf.

”We'll be done with this place in two weeks, your majesty”

Don was impressed by the speed of their work because, in a month, they constructed these two buildings from scratch and of course, he spent a significant amount of wealth to buy the best materials and put every one of his men, including the soldiers of Everlight and the refugees

to work.

His men worked day and Night in this rainy weather to complete these projects and he decided to ask Amaryll to raise their salary. Also, he didn't forget the contribution of Gabriella and her merchants because they delivered the goods as fast as they could and because of that, there was no time delayed waiting for the main materials for the buildings.

Now the construction works were almost finished, he had to find a reliable supplier for the ingredients needed for both restaurants and tea houses.

He could buy a percentage of meat and supplies from the hunters of Agoria but they won't be able to supply in large quantities. Considering this, Don decided to put Joel's men to find the right supplier as well as inform the village chiefs about this.

Thinking about the supplier, Don laid back on the comfy sofa and Reghys also luxuriated before him. Arwen ordered the men to stay outside and stood beside Lord Clemo.

The comfiness of the sofa made Don's back scream in joy and even Reghys had a little smile on her face.

”This is very comfortable”

Reghys said to Don as he nodded.

”It better be because the price of this thing almost gave a heart attack to uncle Dior”

Arwen chuckled as Don remembered the time Uncle Dior ordered just water in the Royal dine after taking a peek at the menu.

At that time, he only had a few coins that he got by selling the magical core in the auction house but now, he had an immense amount of wealth that might be even equal to the wealth of some rank three kingdoms.

”What are you thinking about?”

Looking at him daydreaming, Reghys asked Don.

”I'm just thinking about the past, that's all and Arwen”

Don turned his gaze from Reghys to Arwen

”Your majesty”

Arwen would only call him by his name when there are no outsiders near them and since that was not the case here, he referred to him as his majesty.

”What do you think about opening our borders to everyone, including the Astrels?”

The humans called the species from the other races as Astrels and when Lord Clemo heard him, he felt like he was going to faint in shock and fear.

However, Arwen didn't look too surprised and on the contrary, he seemed like he was expecting something like this from Don as he calmly answered Don.

”You will have my support, your majesty, but even if we opened our borders, people won't easily come to our kingdom like the human refugees, especially the elves. They will think this as a trap to catch them and sell them to the slave traders ”

”He makes a valid point”

Reghys agreed with Arwen while Lord Clemo stood there shivering.

”I know it won't be easy, but we have to start somewhere and Lord Clemo, are there any slave traders in my kingdom?”

Arrora and Arwen eradicated the small slave traders in Emir and Agoria but Don was informed that big influential slave traders had been holding special slave auctions where they auction expensive and rare Astrels like slaves, dwarves, and Harpies which were even more scarce than the elves.

At that time Joel informed him about this, he was just a Moon realm cultivator but now he had a heavenly realm cultivator with him, Reghys.

”You may or may not know, your majesty, a while ago, some group massacred all the small-time slave traders in Korrinth, Emir, Agoria, and some of the other rank 4 kingdoms. Since then, many slave traders migrated to higher-ranked kingdoms but there are still some slave traders around here but they only hold members-only auctions”

Don didn't know what Reghys did but Lord Clemo seemed unusually calm and collective as he just looked pale in fear a moment ago.

”Who are these members?”

Lord Clemo shook his head

”I don't know, your majesty, no one knows, the auction house keeps the identities of their customers a secret, not even King Garreth was able to get that information”

While Lord Clemo was talking Don noticed a glimmer in his eyes and realized that Reghys had cast a spell on him. He was glad that Reghys did this as he continued

”And how do you know all this?”

”Prince Jowan blabbered to me when he was high as a kite in Queen Grass”