“If you’re impressed, you might want to consider raising her weekly pay. She was smiling with the account certificate all the way in.”

At Nisha’s words, Calon’s face stiffened slightly.

“Check the third document first. It’s about the land near the Oltbea mansion.”

Calon located the content Nisha mentioned. That place was quite important among the lands Ash Trading Company intended to purchase.
While other lords were practically flipping their eyes in their eagerness to sell their land, that place was not so keen on selling, requiring extra scrutiny.

“What’s the issue?”

“According to Lady Aelfrie’s analysis, the land’s share definitely belongs to the Earl of Hebrides.”

“Hebrides…?”

It was a name he remembered seeing somewhere. Where was it?

Calon, who had been ruffling through his memories, brushed his face with his hand.

The Earl of Hebrides was among the most obstinate and stubborn nobles in Denertum.

A person who held steadfast to tradition and followed only ancient laws. He was so extreme that he rarely appeared in social circles.

Regarding the recent balls where all the nobles gathered to feast and enjoy throughout the night, he had claimed it was a corrupt practice introduced barely two hundred years ago.

“That man didn’t even engage with Eno.”

“Yes…”

Nisha also mumbled in a deflated voice.

“When Eno said he wanted to enjoy his youth a little longer and had no thoughts about marriage, he was chased away, accused of not being mentally mature…”

As a result, Eno had to take the blame alone.

Eno returned to the company and lamented, “They criticized me, asking what’s wrong with me! A young man like me, thinking like that! They even said I should at least come back engaged!”

Calon and Nisha temporarily put on hold their plans to acquire the Earl of Hebrides’ land, ignoring Eno’s whining about ‘who would want to be in such a rural kingdom, and I even restrained from getting a girlfriend in the Empire out of conscience.’

However, as their plans progressed, they realized the necessity of that land.

Upon taking the initiative to further investigate the land’s ownership, they reconfirmed that it was wholly owned by the Earl of Hebrides.

〈So we need to contact the Earl again… Are there any married couples in the Denertum branch?〉

〈Hardly any. As you know, Denertum is not a preferred workplace for our employees. Moreover, don’t you remember they first assign the unmarried ones to provinces outside the Empire?〉

〈Right.〉

Such remote kingdoms were usually places where young employees applied to quickly accumulate experience and credentials, not where those seeking a stable life went.

〈First of all, there are definitely no married executive-level employees capable of handling this transaction at the Denertum branch. Even if there were, it would be a problem. After gathering more information, it seems even Denertum nobles are afraid to meet him due to his obsession with traditional manners and rules.〉
〈So you’ve let Yonke Ino into the house.〉

〈Being a foreigner surprisingly wasn’t a problem.〉

〈Why?〉

〈In the past, few foreigners entered this country, so there was hardly any discrimination. Discrimination arises when you have frequent interactions with a considerable number of people from the other group, doesn’t it?〉

〈……A person whose mind is either open or closed, hard to tell.〉

〈Anyway, he really needs to be perfectly prepared. I didn’t know this, but there’s an old proverb in Denerthum that says you should tolerate arrogance once, rudeness twice. Ino has been kicked out once, so we only have one chance left.〉

〈…….〉

Afterwards, Calon Ash discussed more about the Count of Hebrides and his land with Nisha.

However, finding no clear answers, he decided to ponder it for a few more days and returned to his office.

Bringing a married couple among the executive-level employees of the headquarters is no simple task. When would they teach them Denerthum etiquette?

Even if not a married couple, they had tried to find engaged individuals, but there were even fewer of those.

‘Someone who understands our situation well should go. Now that Ino has been expelled, the only remaining options are Nisha or me…’

Calon Ash looked at the information about the Count of Hebrides that Nisha had brought him.