CH 75

May in the Desinian Territory is destined to be different.

Since the opening of the Desinia Candy Shop, there seems to be a sweet smell flowing in the air in Wissas every day.

This taste is irresistible and alluring.

On the first day, such a sweet and intoxicating flavor was blown across the city like a gust of wind, and then swept across the entire Desinian Territory.

The emergence of the Stories of the Gods and the clothing store is like a slowly flowing spring, moistening the barren soil and sand.

But the appearance of the candy shop was like a waterfall bursting down on the boulders exposed in the water, splashing big water sprays that cannot be ignored.

How scarce and precious sugar is, it can be known by only looking at its circulation between the two empires.

This is something that even a small nobleman can rarely have.

Now, however, you can see it in Wissas every day—watching the man standing by the shop window making candies, smelling an incredibly sweet fragrance…

But because the price is too expensive, people who can’t afford to buy it are simply dying for it.

Desinia Candy Shop currently only sells two types of sweets—white sugar and lemon candy.

The clean and beautiful sugar granules are packed in colored glass jars of different sizes and displayed on the shelves, a full row.

Next to the door, half of the wall is made into a large window, which opens from the inside, and is supported and bound with wooden sticks and ropes.

In front of the window is a spacious countertop, where three guys show the steps of making lemon candies. Boiling syrup, extracting lemon juice, kneading, and stretching the two after mixing… Finally, knead it into a round strip and cut it off with a knife.

The crisp sound of “ding ding ding” kept ringing. It was the sound of light yellow candies rolling down into the wooden box.

The bottom part of the wooden box is also covered with a layer of white sugar. The moment the candy rolls down, it’s stained with white sugar granules, making them addicted people watching outside the window swallow hard.

These candies are beautiful and attractive, tempting everyone to buy them all the time.

However, when they catch a glimpse of the small wooden sign hanging on the wall outside the window with the clearly marked price, they couldn’t help but stop in frustration and look embarrassed—the price of lemon candy is too expensive.

There is a special scale on the table, about the length of a knuckle, which is used for regulation and measurement.

A small candy is worth a gold coin.

One gold for one candy, it’s being clearly reflected in this small candy shop.

The value of sugar is so precious that it will naturally attract a lot of malicious greedy eyes.

If the signboard hanging in this store is just that of an ordinary chamber of commerce, it will be robbed clean in only one night.

However, it’s under the banner of the Thorns Chamber of Commerce and belongs to the lord.

This is why Xia Zuoyi puts the Desinia surname on the signboard, which is both a sign and a deterrent.

Not only that, during the shop’s opening hours from noon to sunset, Barnard deliberately brings soldiers patrolling the city to guard nearby.

At night, there are soldiers living around the shop or upstairs. And one night, they really caught three bold gangsters stealing sugar.

The next day, Barnard announced the incident on the warning board in the city, along with the portraits of the three gangsters, and their banishment from Wissas forever as their punishment.

Fort Comoy and Wissas have always been considered as one. Naturally, they won’t accept these three hooligans into the city.

They lost their status as residents of Wissas and were also resisted by Fort Comoy. They could only go to other cities.

After that, many greedy and crooked people in the city secretly restrained their careful thinking.

After all, losing their resident status in Wissas is a very serious loss, because currently, no city in Desinian Territory can compare with these two cities in terms of living and policy conditions.

Moreover, the daily quantity of white sugar and lemon candies sold in the store is too small and the sales are too good. Generally, they are sold out even before the sun goes down.

At night, it’s just an empty shop.

Even if one sneaked in, it’s nothing but fruitless labor.

Most of the goods in the store were bought by the nobles in the territory, and circulated rapidly among them… Finally, more than half a month later, the continuous appearance of white sugar and lemon candy in Desinian Territory was introduced into the Anas Empire.

…  

The Anas Empire.

Boris sat in a chair with arms folded and looked at the three things in front of him.

Behind him stood Vincent, the chief steward of the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce, with a complex expression on his face, startled, disbelief… He’s speechless for a while.

After a while, Vincent gasped and whispered, “Master… Would you like to have a look first…”

“Tweet.” 

Green Dumpling stood on the open window and jumped impatiently.

The costin, who’s unusually huge, worked hard to deliver things tonight. He waited for the letter to reach his feet so he could immediately return to the castle. As a result, the two people watched in a daze for a long time without saying a word.

Hurry up and don’t dawdle! In a hurry!

Green Dumpling angrily flapped his wings and chirped twice.

Boris finally came back to his senses, raised his hand, and rubbed his frowning eyebrows.

He got up and took out the food and water he had always prepared for Green Dumpling since he started communicating with Little Zuoyi. He walked to the window and placed it in front of the massive costin, “You have worked hard.”

This beautiful big bird has a long name—Green Dumpling Uranos Tyrant.

If outsiders call him, Green Dumpling will never respond, and would even sometimes bluffingly frighten them, staring them down with a pair of cyan-gold eyes and pecking them.

Boris watched Green Dumpling lower his head and drink water before returning to the table.

There are three things on the table—”Story of the Gods 3″, a jar of sugar, and a box of lemon candies.

The wooden box containing the lemon candies is also pasted with a piece of paper full of writing, from Xia Zuoyi.

Boris unconsciously let out a sigh and said, “Little Zuoyi…You’re really…surprising me every time.”

But this time… He was not sure whether he’s more “surprised” or “delighted”.

Vincent nodded involuntarily behind him, feeling the same.

Boris carefully read the note written by Xia Zuoyi, and then sat in his chair to reply.

When the reply was written, Green Dumpling was full and satiated. He held out his claw for Boris to fasten the letter, then fluttered his wings and flew away, disappearing in a blink of an eye.

Boris walked back to the table and opened the wooden box.

It’s packed full of light yellow candies.

He took one and put it into his mouth. The sweet and sour taste instantly filled his mouth, making people unconsciously relax.

Boris held the candy in his mouth and pushed the wooden box in front of Vincent, “Try one, too.”

Vincent solemnly rubbed his palm on the side of his pants, carefully twisted out one, and put it in his mouth. Suddenly, he let out an ‘Oh!’ and said, “Master, it’s delicious!”

At this moment, Boris is opening the jar of sugar.

He looked at the clean and white fine sugar granules inside and tasted a little with his fingers. The sweetness instantly melted into his mouth and wrapped the lemon candy, which made the taste more obvious.

Boris leaned back on his chair and sighed again, “Sugar is so expensive that the nobles are vying for it endlessly.”

“In addition, the appearance of lemon candy can make them swarm like wolves smelling fishy. Why is Little Zuoyi so courageous…”

He couldn’t help twisting out a piece of lemon candy from the wooden box and putting it in his palm. The pale yellow color was very beautiful and had a kind of crystal-clear beauty.

White sugar is not uncommon.

However, once such precious things appear in batches, coupled with a delicious candy that has never been seen or tasted… 

He could foresee what kind of waves these two things would set off among the nobles soon after they entered the Anas Empire…

Just as he can clearly see the huge benefits that follow, the aristocrats who were interested in pleasure, including the king of the Anas Empire, would be tempted to rob it.

The remote sugarcane-producing area was controlled by the two empires at the same time.

However, neither the Saint Airo Empire nor the Anas Empire can fully own it, and the sugar produced by sugarcane, which isn’t easy to grow, was like chicken ribs1 for the two empires.

Now there’s a new way to produce sugar—it’s like a piece of honey being placed on the end of a branch so people can pick it.

And most importantly, they will take it for granted that it is the right decision to control it in their hands.

Boris thought correctly.

A box of valuable candies was given as a gift to a marquis of the Anas Empire—a man named Tosi Cavendish, the king’s illegitimate son.

This is something that everyone knows in the Anas Empire.

Cavendish is the king’s surname.

Marquis Tosi was able to have the surname Cavendish because the king was blatantly telling everyone his identity.

The king acted recklessly, otherwise, he would not have many mistresses despite having a queen. He also made no secret that he had many illegitimate children.

Tosi Cavendish is undoubtedly the most favored one.

After asking about the origin of lemon candy, he had a greedy thought about the raw materials and methods of sugar production. Even if the owner was Lord Desinia, it didn’t let him dispel his idea of forcibly ​​taking it as his own.

However, Tosi Cavendish sent someone to investigate, but no useful news came.

The production of sugar and lemon candies is all done in the castle.

The castle is located on the shore of Lake Pal deep in Pal Mountain.

Whether it is at the foot of the mountain or in the mountain, there are rigorously trained soldiers stationed between several checkpoints. No one is allowed to enter.

People who enter or leave the mountain need to be investigated in detail, and it’s even more difficult for strangers to approach the castle.

Tosi Cavendish was naturally unwilling to not hear any relevant news, so he entered the palace and didn’t come out until the evening.

Just a day later.

The king of the Anas Empire personally sent an invitation letter to Desinian Territory to invite Xia Zuoyi to the queen’s birthday dinner.

The king will hold a very grand banquet for the queen.

In addition to inviting Xia Zuoyi, he also invited all the great nobles, the king of Helgeda, and the Holy See… 

The Anas Empire has never held a birthday party for the queen with such a big fanfare before. The purpose of it this time is self-evident.

Boris handed the letter back to Green Dumpling, frowning as he watched the magnificent costin disappear into the night. In a blink of an eye, he could no longer see the flashing white spot again.

Desinia Castle.

Xia Zuoyi reached out and took off the letter on Green Dumpling’s foot. After reading it, he couldn’t help raising his eyebrows, “I didn’t expect that the person who shot first would be Anas Empire’s king, but it also saved me some trouble…”

“Udit, Fernandi, and Walker, get ready for tomorrow… Let Samuel pull the fleet to the port.”

“Yes, my lord.” The three replied behind him.

Translator’s Note:

Thank you for giving me another kofi, Yana~~ I’m really so happy. Unfortunately, I run out of extra chapters so, on Tuesday, I’ll double the update, is that alright with you? Hehehe…

And about my exam, fortunately, my scores are okay, it’s above the passing marks (although I won’t know my grades in every course until the end of the semester I’m hopeful). Thank you for your well wishes everyone~~