Chapter 505 Banquet for nobles (5)
Viscount Teomold was also surprised that I would announce this matter like this, but he quickly recovered.
After recovering, the smile on his face became even wider as he looked at everyone with a proud look on his face.
Almost as if he was looking down on them.
I gave a secret sneer when I saw him like this, but I kept my face calm as I said, "This will be the first deal of many that I will be signing for the trade of ores, but I want everyone to know that I will be officially taking trade deals for these ores."
As soon as they heard this, all of the nobles revealed sharp looks as they waited for their opportunity.
But, this also made it clear that Viscount Teomold was the first one to create a relationship with me, so there were some that went to him for help.
The ones that were Viscount Teomold's followers immediately gave him looks as if they were asking him to help them broker a deal as well
When Viscount Teomold saw this, he made sure to give them a nod to show that he was already thinking of them.
But that wasn't where his attention was.
He was looking at Viscount Henry with a look like he was saying that he was superior to him.
Viscount Henry just ignored this and kept a calm look on his face which only served to anger Viscount Teomold even more.
I had remained silent because I had been waiting for a signal and when I saw the servant on the side give a wave to me, I said, "Now, I'd like to invite a special guest that I've invited to meet you all." I turned to look at Viscount Teomold and said, "Especially the viscount here."
Viscount Teomold stopped showing off to Viscount Henry and turned to look back at me with a confused look. But eventually, his expression relaxed as if he trusted me, which he really shouldn't have.
He trusted me because he thought that I wouldn't do anything to harm him.
After all, I had already announced our cooperation like this which would give him many benefits in the future. So he was certain that whatever I would do next would be something beneficial to him as well.
That was until he saw who was being brought in.
This was a person that was being brought in with manacles on. The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
When they heard this, everyone couldn't help turning to look at Viscount Teomold with strange looks.
Though Viscount Teomold made sure to keep his face as calm as possible to not show a single thing.
I didn't care about this as I said, "This guest here is the guild master of the Adventurer's Guild in Viscount Teomold's territory."
As soon as they heard this, everyone narrowed their eyes to look at Viscount Teomold.
The followers of Viscount Teomold had already recognized this person, but they had been acting dumb since they didn't know what was happening. However, now that this person's identity had been revealed, they all slowly moved towards where Viscount Teomold was.
Viscount Teomold deeply knitted his brows when this was revealed before looking at me with narrowed eyes, as if he was trying to figure out what I was doing.
However, now that this fact had been revealed, it was a matter of pride and benefit for him. If he didn't act now, he would destroy his relationship with the Adventurer's Guild and that would be a large blow to him.
So he had no choice but to step forward and say, "Count Zwein, what is the meaning of this? Why are you capturing citizens from my territory?"
I raised a hand and stuck one finger up to wag it before saying, "Tsk, tsk, you should let me finish before interrupting next time, Viscount Teomold."
Viscount Teomold deeply knitted his brows again when he heard this, but he didn't have a chance to say anything.
"This person was just caught attacking one of my trade caravans containing the ores from the Dwarven Kingdom, so I think that I should be the one asking you what the meaning of this is." I said in a slow and deliberate voice.
As soon as he heard this, Viscount Teomold's face twisted in an ugly manner when he heard this before he turned to glare at the guild master.
But the guild master had his head down the entire time as if he was scared to look up.
Viscount Teomold took a deep breath to calm himself, but once again, he didn't get a chance to speak as I spoke before him.
"Oh, I almost forgot to mention, the caravan that he attacked was filled with the ores that I had prepared to sell to his majesty." Though this was said in a casual and almost careless manner, it was like a bomb had been dropped.
The chin of every noble fell to the ground when they heard this before they looked at Viscount Teomold with looks of pity.
Viscount Teomold looked like he really wanted to smash his head into the ground and kill himself.
