“Suddenly saying that?”

“Yes. Suddenly saying that.”

“What is this…”

Eventually, Cloé laughed. It seemed like she found the sudden joke amusing.

They shared tea with more relaxed expressions.

Around the time of the fourth cup, Liam first placed a teaspoon on the saucer. It signaled the end of tea time.

“I will agree to the contract. But judging from what you mentioned about the factory, it doesn’t seem to refer to simple distribution.”
“Of course. I would like to propose collaboration rather than distribution to you, Liam. If we distribute individually, the price will double… How about building a factory in the Sahir Empire?”

She had even considered matters that would be advantageous for Liam. He had mentioned the burden of distribution costs before, and she probably took that into account.

Whether it was a touching moment or something to be afraid of, she remembered every single word.

“Alright. Let’s prepare the contract soon.”

Liam, who couldn’t know the answer, just shrugged quietly. It was a display to conceal his own hurt feelings.

“Is there still no reply from the Duke today?”

“Yes. It hasn’t arrived yet.”

Liam had measured his share from the sales generated on the continent at 30%, but he had proposed reducing it to 20%. Liam, who said he would consider and respond, hadn’t given any news for a few days.

“Being in the Empire, there’s no reason for a letter to arrive late.”

Calis hesitated for a moment, then nodded. It was probably because of the Empire and meetings.

“When the letter arrives, put it in my place.”

“Yes. Understood.”

“I’ll be going out, so have the carriage ready.”

“Yes. I’ll prepare it quickly.”

Dressed in outdoor clothes, Calis rode the carriage to her own factory.

As she entered the factory, she saw workers taking a break. They were eating bread and chatting.

“Why are you all playing around like this? Everyone should be doing what they’re paid for!”

Calis’ shout startled the workers. They stood up quietly, glancing at their employer.

Inspiration, the oldest among them, approached and explained the situation.

“Master, but we have nothing more to make.”

“Nothing? What do you mean?”

It was a lame excuse that there was nothing to make when there were only a few boxes of items circulating in the Sahir continent.

Calis frowned, telling them not to lie.

Finally, Inspiration sighed as if expressing unfairness and said, “No requests have come in literally. Today was supposed to be a day for the Sahir Duke to inspect the quantity, wasn’t it?”

“That’s right!”

“But the inspection sheet hasn’t arrived.”

The Sahir Duke had been sending inspection sheets every two weeks. It was a notice of the quantity needed to be circulated in the Empire.

“…What?”

This had never happened before. Even if he was on a business trip to the Friede Empire, it was suspicious.

Feeling uneasy, he headed back to the mansion. Then the butler rushed out as if he had been waiting.

“Your Grace! The letter has arrived, and I’ve placed it on the desk in the study.”

“Huh, so it finally arrived.”

It was a story that a reply had arrived from the Sahir Duke.

Well, that’s right. Everything was probably late because he was so busy. Even though he had no reason to reject his goods.

Calis eagerly opened the letter.

“Contract Cancellation.”
However, there were two documents that greeted him.

One was a reply from Sahir, and the other was a piece of paper.

“…What is this?”

Calis read Sahir’s letter with surprised eyes.

“To the partner.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept the Duke’s proposal. Considering the distribution costs we are taking on, it’s an outrageous condition to cut profits as well.

We request contract cancellation. The penalty will be transferred as specified in the contract.

We hope the Duke meets another distributor as soon as possible.

Liam’s unilateral demand.

“What a waste to cancel the contract for just 10%!”

It was regrettable since the money earned on the Sahir continent was not small, but it was enough for now.

There were many people who wished to distribute his products anyway. He had received dozens of love calls from nobles in the Sahir continent.

Take a substantial penalty, find another distributor, and there were many advantages.

Calis stamped the cancellation document and sent it to Liam.

A few days later, a huge amount of gold bars was sent to Calis.

With this money, Calis decided to buy the factory.

The condition was to give the Jorv Lord the factory and take a whopping 40% of the total sales in return for advertising.

If Calis owned a personal factory, she could end her collaboration with him. Then, she would be making double what she was earning now.

Calis looked at her vault filled with gold coins. Although she had entrusted a considerable amount of money to the bank, she filled her personal vault to the brim.

At this rate, becoming a millionaire would be just a moment away.

“Really… how many foolish people are there? Thanks to them, I’m the only one in a good position, hahaha!”

Thanks to the dim-witted Sahir Duke, he not only secured a large sum of money but also managed to deal with the thieves who had been eating away at his money.