Chapter 247

Army of Giant Insects [Part 1]

~At Edo Castle~

The Emperor and the Shogun were baffled by the Stuart family’s bewildering answer.

“You really don’t need a reward?“

“ “ “ “ “THERE’S NO NEED!!!” ” ” ” ”

The whole family interrupted the Emperor’s words with their answer.Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m

Joshua had negotiated for the rice and seasonings trade, and the company had finished the import procedure.

The family had many things they wanted to try with the magic stones, but as people who lived in the borderland, they also hoped to save as many stones as possible so they could be used to restore and reinforce the barrier.

Even though Imperial Japan was indebted to them, it didn’t mean they could just drain its magic stone resources for imports and ruin Imperial Japan’s national defense.

The family took turns to explain that having an exclusive contract with the Rothschild Company to trade the magic stones at a reasonable price would be the best for Imperial Japan.

Basically, the family just left everything they deemed troublesome to Joshua, and nothing could go wrong.

“No, but...“

“In the eyes of the public, we visited Imperial Japan for cross-cultural exchanges, so we will be troubled if you make it too grandiose.“

“Samurai...“

In the Kingdom, those were equivalent to...

...aristocrats with a title and territory,

and the role of hunters and knights.

“ “That’s actually not too bad...?” ”

“Melsa-dono will also be very suitable for an executive position in cooking...” Head Court Lady Ume, who was also present, made a crafty suggestion.

“Lady Emma can also do insect research to your heart’s content... How does that sound?” Miguel, who received permission to attend the meeting, further suggested cleverly.

“ “Not bad at all...” ”

Melsa and Emma’s eyes also started gleaming.

“Then I will have William-kun be my page... will that be alright?” Fukushima put forward his idea subtly.

“...Eh?“

William suddenly had a bad premonition.

Fukushima smoothly moved towards William and stretched out his right hand as if asking for a handshake.

“William-kun, I made my decision the very first time we met. Please be my page!“