Chapter 401: The Left Out Trading Nation


    Our journey from the Former Divine Empire of Sydnia to Samandour Kingdom was more eventful than we had expected.


    We rescued the vige that from the drove of orcs attacking it, defeated the orc colony nearby, then we offered the meat and materials to the damaged vige.


    After that, our familiars actively exercised by hunting monsters in our surroundings to relieve stress, selling materials to towns that have Adventurers Guilds, and offering meat to viges that don’t have much surplus of food as we leisurely made our way to Samandour Kingdom


    Well, it’s for our self-satisfaction and a slight pang of guilt. We were the ones who dealt the final blow to copse the Divine Empire of Sydnia, after all.


    With this and that happening, we crossed the border between the former Sydnia and Samandour Kingdom.


    Samandour Kingdom trades with every other country, that’s why there was no troublesome check when we crossed from the Sydnian border. They just did a simple identification check and we were able to enter the country.


    We headed for the port city at Samandour Kingdom.


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    Samandour Kingdom is a trading nation Possessing the only port in this continent, they also sail to the Demon Continent to trade there. Triaria Kingdom was actively trying to expand in the continent and they went to war with Yggurle Kingdom, Valkyra Kingdom, and Lomaria Kingdom, yet Samandour Kingdom traded equally to both sides.


    Not too long ago, Triaria Kingdom, which received financial support and human resources from the Divine Empire of Sydnia which was located, went to war with Yggurle Kingdom and Valkyra Kingdom. Samandour Kingdom made enormous profits from selling supplies to both factions.


    Samandour Kingdom fundamentally had no specialty of its own. They earn by making products flow. They would buy armaments and foodstuff and sell them to Triaria Kingdom. They raised a profit from selling the ves gathered in Sydnia and Triaria Kingdom. If it had to be put into words, Samandour Kingdom could be called argepany.


    One of the influential nobles of Samandour Kingdom, Goul von Vautarc, the head of the Vautarc Earldom, was irritated as he checked official documents.


    「<em>Tch</em>, Triaria is also unexpectedly careless. Instead of expanding, their territory is shrinking.」


    「They must have been exhausted by the two wars, the one over 50 years ago and the recent one, so……」


    The head butler standing by Goul’s side spoke.


    「Even if their war with Yggurle Kingdom over 50 years ago had been a failure, they didn’t suffer much losses. However, the fight for the Savagends against the Trination had resulted in aplete loss. The Divine Empire of Sydnia who I had been supporting behind the scenes had also crumbled, so……」


    「I lost two clients at once. My profits are gone.」


    In fact, regarding the invasion of Yggurle Kingdom over 50 years ago, the previous Lord of Vautarc had sponsored Triaria Kingdom. His objective was to obtain Elven ves so he could sell them to nobles and rich merchants in the continent for a hefty profit.


    However, his prediction was off and only profited from the food and armaments sold to Triaria Kingdom and Yggurle Kingdom in that war.


    Then the recent war between the Trination ー Valkyra Kingdom, Lomaria Kingdom, and Yggurle Kingdom ー against Triaria Kingdom and the Divine Empire of Sydnia in the Savage Lands. If it was prolonged, Samandour Kingdom would have greatly profited as well, but unexpectedly, the war concluded in one sh. Theplete victory of the Trination was an unwanted result for Samandour Kingdom.


    「The troublesome one is Valkyra Kingdom huh.」


    「The new magic devices, highly effective potions, the carriages that do not shake much, the leak of funds from our country these several years isn’t stopping. It’s a constantly growing deficit.」


    These several years, a tradingpany of Valkyra Kingdom began marketing Toilet MDs. At first, Goul didn’t even consider selling the toilets. That high nobles would not buy it. Why was that. Even in Samandour Kingdom, there were noblepanies that jumped in on such products. Now thosepanies were the only winners in the sinking Samandour Kingdom.


    「It hurt that we couldn’t be involved with the Sanctuary.」


    「If Triaria had been able to capture the Sanctuary……」


    The Sanctuary’s products, alcohol and herbs, were traded with the Trination in small quantities, but that benefit did not extend to thepanies in Samandour Kingdom.


    Naturally. Valkyra Kingdom and Lomaria Kingdom were not fools. It was impossible for them to not realize that Samandour Kingdom was behind Sydnia and Triaria.


    Of course, there would be no way they would take on the revival of the former Sydnia, and as a result, Valkyra Kingdom, which was experiencing an unprecedented economic boom, Lomaria Kingdom, and Yggurle Kingdom were reaping the benefits. Gnomstoll Kingdom which had sold massive volumes of armaments. And then Samandour Kingdom made a mistake with their misguided scheming values.


    This was not just the case for the Vautarc Earldom, but to all the nobles in Samandour Kingdom who profited were unable to gain the rights to trade. They looked down on Valkyra Kingdom and Lomaria Kingdom. Regarding Yggurle Kingdom, they consider it as the breeding ground for high ss ves.


    The nobles who managed thepanies of Samandour Kingdom were now desperate to gather information from other countries.


    Just so they wouldn’t be disadvantaged somehow……


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