Chapter 1000 To Galiosos

Chapter 1000 To Galiosos

In the days following Lord Janus's visit, Alexander mostly spent his time reacting to the new developments.

First and foremost, he discussed the matter with his retainers and all of them unanimously seemed to agree that an intervention was necessary.

The various nobles expressed their intentions as such,

"We have just taken over Tibias. It still needs a lot of gold to restore the war-torn lands. Losing a huge market like Galiosos in this critical moment will be too detrimental. We must stop it."

"Right! Lacking a proper navy, it is through Galiosos that we export our goods to the rest of the regions. It is vital that we help the Margraves family on our side."

"Yes, my lord spoke the single most important word- navy. We still need the family's expertise on that... if nothing than to combat the pirates."

"Mmmm! Or else we will get stuck relying on only Adhania's market. That would not be prudent. Not only can the various hostile nobles attack our caravans, but the country might not even be big enough to absorb all of our products!"

The noble who said this was one of the rare few who had a good head for business.

Listening to the nobles stepping up themselves, Alexander was glad he did not have to spend much time dealing with too much opposition.

Because of course, there were indeed some.

There were a few who were a bit alarmed by the mention of Alexander's intention to provide relief aid in the magnitude of 50 million ropals to Lady Miranda, thinking it was too much.

That group was led by the 'economic minister'- Heliptos, and according to that now portly man, this would put the province in even more debt to Alexander.

Something that he was instructed to reduce by the lord himself.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Hence he first tried to make the money be treated as a personal expense from Alexander, and not the part of the state.

But that was shot down by Alexander who argued his intervention was for the benefit of all of Zanzan and Tibias, and thus the people there should too pay.

Hence the second choice was adopted- Alexander would pay half of the total loan requested by Lady Miranda- 100 million ropals, and the rest of the nobles combined would pay the other half line of credit.

And if you were thinking that the entire thing went too smoothly and it smelled fishy, as if the entire show was staged by Alexander and Heliptos- you bet it was.

It was something that Alexander had come up with as a way to try to swindle money from the ever tight fisted nobles, the success of which left even him a bit surprised.

He did not think the group had 100 million ropals to lend out even when considering the entire class.

Aside from the economic objection, there was also a bit of militaristic objection.

Your Ever Faithful, Loyal Servant- Alexander of Zanzan.'

He received the reply just a few days before his departure, its contents extremely curt, "Okay. Go! I will pray for your success."

Judging from the handwriting, it was apparent to Alexander that it was Pasha Farzah who had actually responded to his writing.

In fact, going by the tidbits of rumors and hearsays Alexander sometimes heard about the going ons of the court, he doubted Ptolomy even read the rolled original scroll.

At best perhaps he heard it in passing from the prime minister and told him to do as he saw fit.

Because according to most sources, the king nowadays seemed much more interested in spending time in his room with the mother-daughter pair of the Queen Mother and Hellma.

It was also why Alexander intentionally left the mention of taking Lady Nanazin to Galiosos on that short scroll, only bearing its mention in the long letter.

And even then it was only one very vague line, quote- 'The delegation asked for a representative of the royal family to accompany them, so as to best represent Your Highness's interests. And I have agreed."

There was no exact mention of even her name, but just an implicit indication that the Queen would be traveling with him, because at the moment, there was only one viable royal candidate with Alexander.

He did this as a way to not trigger the king, fearing that just reading the name 'Nanazin' would cause Ptolomy to object, out of nothing but spite.

This was requested by none other than the Queen herself, whom Alexander had chosen to consult prior to writing the letter.

As for Lady Nanazin herself, she of course had no problem with going to the island with Alexander.

In fact, she felt over the moon just at the opportunity of being able to travel with Alexander and thus said yes even before hearing what the man wanted from her.

It was also she who helped Alexander solve the matter of witness required by the Kaiser Family.

Initially, the man was of the opinion to beat the confession out of the ducal family once his army was strong enough or use Lady Miranda's army to extract some confessions.

But Lady Nanazin proposed a better idea, saying that they could take Queen Parthia as living proof.

And it quickly made sense to Alexander.

The only people whose words would have weight in front of the accused ducal family would be the man colluding with them like King Perseus or his successor Philips, or the partner of the family's patriarch- The Queen, who would be privy to all of her husband's secrets.

And when this was proposed to Queen Parthia, although initially reluctant to leave her husband for such an extended period of time, a bit of arm twisting and honey words got the woman on board.

Thus around mid August, Alexander set sail for the island of Galiosos.