Chapter 105 Cretians

Translator: Isekai Shousetsu

Oh dear me! Look at all of you, welcome, welcome everyone!

Abraham welcomes the representative of Lezzad, Ains, and the representative of Nemes.

The three are currently at Abrahams residence.

Its a mansion sarcastically called by the Lezzadians and Nemesians as Abrahams palace.

That said, its built at a scale that youd be forgiven for calling it a palace.

At the very least, its much larger, beautiful, and luxurious than the Rosythian Palace.

Thank you, Your Excellency. We would like to thank you for inviting us here for today.

Ains lightly extends Lezzads salutation while Nemes representative shortly follows suit.

The three then immediately move to talks.

Now then, I think everyone here knows what were going to talk about. The Rosyth Kingdom is currently the target of a coalition. The king there is a grandson to me. Naturally, I intend to send reinforcements. What about you gentlemen?

Our country has also received an official request for reinforcements. Naturally, we also intend to support them. The Belvedere Kingdom is, after all, our arch enemy.

Lezzad and Gehenna both have huge reasons to intervene in the war.

From Lezzads point of view, this is their chance to catch the Belvedere Kingdom in a pincer so theres no reason for them to pass on this war.

Nemes, on the other hand, finds that point difficult.

Unfortunately, Our country is not that close with the Rosyth Kingdom. Personally speaking, I also think its better if we send reinforcements to the Rosyth Kingdom but the citizens probably wont agree. Therefore, we are thinking of sending aid in the form of provisions and war funds.

In other words, Nemes also supports the Rosyth Kingdom.

Isnt the topic of todays talks painfully obvious? Why dont you hurry up and tell us the main point of the matter?

Abraham shrugs at Ains request.

He then speaks while showing slight disappointment.

This war will certainly empty the treasury of that country. In any case, theyve also been busy engaging in huge enterprises up until recently. Therefore, they should be interested in borrowing. As such we should lend the Rosyth Kingdom huge amounts of money and make them slaves to the will of us, Cretians.

What were more worried about is you using your great-grandchild to eliminate us.

Ains quips while glaring at Abraham.

Although Lezzad also agrees on the policy of burying the Rosyth Kingdom in debt, Abraham is someone who cant be trusted.

Hahaha, Ill be dead by the time my great-grandchild becomes king. Arent I correct?

Yes, you are correct.

Nemes representative makes a bitter smile.

Abraham has a time limit called life span.

Well, I guess its fine. Regardless, its a huge enterprise that wont succeed unless the three of us cooperate. I humbly place our trust in you.

Our country, Nemes, shall also cooperate.

Thank you very much, gentlemen! Haha, unless we merchants put our trust in each other, things wont start after all!

Creatians are a merchant people. Although naturally speaking there are some farmers amongst them but that profession as well is done in pursuit of trade.

Its difficult to raise wheat in Cretia. Instead, its easier to raise olives and grapes. Such produce would be sold to other countries like Persis from whom they would then buy wheat.

Where there is money to be made, Cretians would immediately ride their ships, set sail and head for the actual site. Once theyve filled up their ship with goods, theyd then use the oceans to move island to island, continent to continent.

Ains, Abraham, and the Nemes Representative are also the same - they are merchants.

Amongst them, there are also pirates.

Should trade not go favorably, merchant ships can be quickly changed into pirate ships. With such modes of operation, they managed to sink several Persis and Povenian ships.

These are what makes a Cretian.

Cretians taking control of the Tethys Sea is not a coincidence.

Valor, Seafaring, Negotiations, Trade, Economic Power, and above all, cunning

No race of the various countries in the Tethys sea can surpass such a people.

Battling against the Great Persis Empire and winning many times is proof of this.

Its not good to make enemies of the Cretian people

Now then, the next problem is who would take command of the army. Politically speaking, I want to say that one from each of your countries should take equal command butwell lose if we divide the chain of command into two. I do not want to do such stupid things.

I feel the same way. Actually, I have just the perfect person for the job.

Oh? Who might he be?

Ains answers Abrahams query.

Alexios. Alexios Barca. Well, hed get angry if we call him a Barca but you know who Im talking about.

Five years ago, a dispute broke out between Povenia and Cretia.

The site of the battle was the island of Trisqueria a little south from the Adernia Peninsula.

This island is a famous grain-producing region in the Tethys Sea where a lot of Cretians are importing their wheat.

In fact, thirty percent of Cretian wheat imports all come from Trisqueria.

In that war, the supreme commander of the Povenian forces was Haldir Barca while Alexios worked under him as the centurion of an elite cohort.

From the beginning, Povenia advanced successfully through Trisqueria d