Nearly two years after his "encounter" with an alien civilization, Bertram Gryan felt that they could start a small business.

He is an adventurer, not a plunderer, nor a businessman. Unfortunately, whether it is the vast sea in the Star World or the misty void outside the Star World, it is not like in the legend, you can just board a small If you go to the island, you will find pits and valleys full of glittering wealth without owners.

He has always been very poor.

He didn't care much in the past. After all, there were always endless fish in the sea. They could occasionally help people transport goods, or rob pirates. But since the Unicorn flew into the starry sky, it has become He created a bottomless pit that swallowed up countless wealth every day. Although he also received a lot of funding, the rapid upgrade of all aspects of the Unicorn was essential, and although his crew members were not demanding, he was reluctant to do anything to them. A little harsh treatment.

Make money without delay.

But how to make this money, he has been hesitating. It is indeed not difficult to resell goods. The Unicorn no longer needs the teleportation array, but uses the "faster-than-light flight" invented by the Brittans to fly back to the Star Realm—— Although the power cores are not the same. He can completely load up the goods from the Glorious Star Realm, find a prosperous planet like Brassia to sell them, and then import some "alien-style" goods from Brasilia and sell them back to the Glorious Star Realm. .

However, although the Unicorn and the world behind them seem very mysterious to this star field, the people in this star field are not very new to things "from another planet". Ordinary cargo , it is impossible to sell it for too high a price, unless it is a magic item... and Bertram has no plans to do so for the time being.

On the contrary, if anything from this star field is transported back to the Star Realm, even if it does not have much actual value, it will cause a sensation because of its novelty and rarity, and even fetch sky-high prices.

Before ordinary people in the Star Realm can fly to another planet without much effort like the people in this star field, the port in Neo can be like the star port in Huawan City, with many people from other countries parked there. Before the planet's spaceship... this situation could not be changed.

But the Star World has not yet developed to this point - even in cities like Stonebridge and Visa, there have been strange scenes of spaceships in the sky and carriages on the ground coexisting.

In this way, although the Unicorn can still make a lot of money, most of it is money from the Star World. This makes Bertram not so satisfied.

He spent a long time looking for trading partners and suitable goods. The former was not difficult, but the latter was a headache for him. After all, the only things he could choose were less important things, such as cloth, spices, and handicrafts. kind.

They have reservations about the outside world, and the rulers of this star domain also have reservations about them. Starting with goods that are "full of culture and exotic customs" but have little technical content is the unanimous choice of both parties.

Bertram intends to sell various handicrafts made by dwarves and elves to Brassia - of course, there is no enchantment, and too precious metals will not be used. The value of those things is not low, because they are "purely handmade". On planets like Brassia, they are even more popular. They can be sold for unimaginable prices and don't take up much space.

The Unicorn is not a cargo ship after all, and imagining that it is filled with all kinds of woven tapestries is enough to make the captain twirl a few more beards.

After Mork shocked the Utu family's research institute with his talent and experience, Bertram had a new bargaining chip.

Patented technologies such as the new alloys made by the dwarves are quite valuable in a place that values ​​"order" like the Manning Empire. Mork wants to exchange this for some minerals unique to this star field, which was almost impossible in the past.

, unless they are smuggling-no matter which force controls the minerals in their own territory, they have strict control.

And of course the Unicorn cannot become a smuggler.

Now, Bertram felt that they could at least exchange for some minerals that were not so important in this star field, but that the dwarves thought had other uses.

With such confidence, he, Mock, and several crew members involved in the negotiations arrived at the meeting place a little early.

Morana's arrangements are very considerate. The building covered with wisteria-like climbing plants can be reached within a short walk from the hotel.

Morana naturally arrived earlier than them. When they walked into the door, she immediately greeted them, with a bright smile full of mystery.

"There is still a little time," she asked Bertram and Mork, "I wonder if you two are interested in meeting a... new friend?"

The dwarf and the human looked at each other and nodded.

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This mysterious "new friend" obviously has a lot of background - you can tell from the guards in casual clothes in every corner who are obviously not ordinary people.

Bertram suspected that it was the head of the Utu family, after all, they had not met before. A more relaxed chat before the meeting would obviously help both parties understand and communicate.

But this can explain Morana's excitement, but it cannot explain her mysterious appearance.

When the white door opened to both sides, the two Brittans sitting by the window turned their heads at the same time. One of them had almost the same green skin as Morana, while the other had a very dark complexion. At first glance,

Underneath, those pair of faintly blue eyes are particularly eye-catching.

Bertram thought...the eyes seemed a bit familiar?

"Your Majesty." Morana saluted respectfully, "Uncle, please allow me to introduce you to the two captains of the Unicorn, Bertram Grean, and Mork Bronze Flame..."

"The ruler of Acroui and Shalinhall, the king of the dwarves." Bertram very cooperatively added the dwarf title when she hesitated for a moment.

The dwarves wanted to keep a low profile, so they didn't deliberately publicize it before, but when facing the ruler of an empire, there was no need to hide it anymore.

Although, even without these titles, the dwarf standing here already has enough weight.

"...Welcome to Brasilia."

After a moment of surprise, Manet, the head of the Utu family, stood up and welcomed the guest who was more distinguished than they expected.

After a brief greeting, they sat down at the table together. Vassar, the current emperor of the Manning Empire, had a rather serious and stern face, but his tone of voice was very relaxed and easy-going, even a little slow.

It doesn't appear arrogant or pretentious.

"I was just curious for a moment." He said with a smile, "Yesterday I secretly took a look at your ship parked in the star port. It is so beautiful."

Bertram immediately beamed. He could never praise the Unicorn too much. And he could tell whether it was sincere or not.

The conversation centered around the Unicorn's unique shape, until Manette said they needed to start scheduled talks.

"I've been hanging out with you all day, please don't delay my business any more."

Whether intentional or not, his attitude towards the emperor was obviously not very respectful, but rather showed the intimacy between friends who had known each other for a long time.

"Okay, okay." Vassal sighed, "You only know how to make money. I want to find young people who have not been contaminated by money and talk about elegant culture and art."

He turned to Bertram with a smile and asked him: "It seems that the young man who can understand the Origin Talisman does not need to participate in the meeting? I wonder if he has time to accompany an old guy who loves the ancient Britan civilization... and also has some research on it.

How about a chat?”

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When he met His Majesty the Emperor, Is finally understood why Sunisup, who came to see him early in the morning even though he had been cleared of all charges, still looked distracted, and tried every means to delay the time and not let him go.

He went to Serra College.

"...Sorry." Sunisup mumbled and ran to Vassar's side.

"Sorry." Vassar smiled, looking at the girl like an ordinary father looking at his beloved little daughter, and sincerely explained to her: "She didn't mean to hide anything, but, here, we

Members of the royal family usually do not appear in public in their true identities until they reach adulthood. She is not supposed to be here, she is just... really curious."

"...It doesn't matter." Is said.

This girl is not annoying, she is quite useful, so it doesn't matter.

His expression and tone seemed a bit cold, but the emperor already knew from his daughter that this young man who looked like he had "stay away from me" written all over his body was not really that cold, he just didn't like useless communication.

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This is actually quite good... he can get to the point frankly.

"I hope she can be of some help to you." He said, "After all, I gave her all my unique collection of information."

Then he raised his hand and handed Sunisup a card, indicating for her to release it.
Chapter completed!