Chapter 488 Visiting nobles (4)

Chapter 488 Visiting nobles (4)

With that set, there was nothing else to discuss.

Even if there was, Viscount Teomold didn't seem like he was in any mood to discuss it.

It looked like he had aged by several years just over the course of this meeting and it very much seemed like he needed to rest.

There was still the contract that needed to be signed, but that wasn't something that needed to be rushed.

After all, even if it was signed, there was nothing that we could do right now.

We still hadn't moved enough ore from the Dwarven Kingdom for this trade yet.

The ore that had been brought back in the first batch was only used for our personal use and to pay the share that we owed the king and the duke. So there wasn't any extra that we could sell right now even if we wanted to.

We would need to wait at least another week for the next batch of ores to arrive. This content originates from n0v3lbin•

Surprisingly, there had been no problems with transferring the ore.

It seemed like the other countries still hadn't figured out that we were making this trade with the Dwarven Kingdom, so they didn't know to intercept it yet. It would be different in the future, so we should get as much out of it while we still could.

Since Viscount Teomold wanted to rest, we were allowed to go back to our rooms and rest up as well.

However, that wasn't what I wanted to do.

I wanted to go around this town and see what Viscount Teomold was like.

I wanted to get a good grasp of his personality and style of work, so the best way to do that was to look at his territory.

The servants that were assigned to watch over us couldn't stop us at all.

After all, Viscount Teomold wasn't in any mood to stop us since he was exhausted after that meeting with me. Not to mention, I had a title of count which was even greater than that of their lord.

I didn't know what the normal prices were other than for a few of the common items.

Only someone with as much skill and talent as Haley would be able to remember the average price for all of these items. Especially some of the more obscure items that most people wouldn't know about.

Just based on this, it was clear that Viscount Teomold was not a good ruler.

He was one of those normal nobles that taxed his citizens heavily without caring about making their lives better.

The only life that he cared about bettering was his own...

This was clearly not a good sign for someone to cooperate with to have.

So it was clear that we shouldn't work with Viscount Teomold since it was clear that something bad was going to happen working with him.

Both Haley and Rose showed concern after seeing the state that the commoners of Viscount Teomold's territory.

But I just shook my head and gave them a look as if I was saying, "Don't worry."

Both of them still had the same concerned looks, but they didn't say anything in the end as they chose to trust me.

What they didn't know was that I was relying on Viscount Teomold to be someone like this.

I wanted him to run his territory into the ground and lose everything.

That would be easier for me in the long run.

In a sense, destruction was needed to rebuild.

So before I did anything with this territory, I would destroy the current system in place and turn it into a blank slate before I made my mark on this place.

After observing for a bit, it seemed like we had seen all that we could see.

So we were planning on heading back before Viscount Teomold completely freaked out over our disappearance.

But before we could...

"This pretty little lady, how about having some fun with me?"