Mark was walking down the hallway of the red roses guild with the coffee he made for Lady Elise. When she got to Lady Elise's room, she stopped and knocked on the door, then went in.

“Thanks Mark,” said Lady Elise, looking up from the papers in front of her.

Mark had long served Lady Elise and her family. In fact, before lady Elise came to Alwarti, she was the daughter of a baron in a small kingdom in the lands of a hundred kingdoms. Due to the internal turmoil in the kingdom, she and Mark had to flee to Alwarti.

Mark couldn't help after seeing lady Elise's thoughtful face.

“Still considering Arthur's offer, Lady,” said Mark.

“Yes, I've been thinking about this for the past two months, but I can't get out of it and now I have to decide”

Lady Elise paused, then looked at Mark.

“What do you think Mark? What do you think I should do?” said Lady Elise.

Mark was more of a family than a bodyguard to Lady Elise, and his ideas mattered to her.

“The proposal is ridiculous if we look at it objectively, but if this decision is pushing you that much, there must be something,” he commented.

“Mark, do you remember the skill I gained when I was level 30?”

“[potential vision],” said Mark. It was a very rare skill for traders. And this skill was the reason why the red roses guild in manumit had grown so much in such a short time.

“When I look at Arthur with Skill, I see it brighter than I've ever seen. But I'm not sure if this potential is strong enough to make me leave manumit,” said Lady Elise.

“Why don't you talk to him again? Maybe you can get some more information,” said Mark.

“You're right, what are they doing right now,” said lady Elise.

“They are recruiting City guards. They announced it to the whole city with posters. The whole city is talking about it,” said Mark.

"Was it Arthur's idea?" said.

“Most likely,” said Mark.

“Okay, let's stop by the inn tonight,” she said, and took a sip of her coffee.

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Mefzar, Arthur, and Askar had come to the City Council building to meet with the officials from Aster after breakfast at the Inn. The city council building consisted of 4 parts. Each kingdom had a division. There was also the Area where joint meetings were held.

The three of them came in front of the Aster building. Mefzar had come and made an appointment earlier. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to talk to Aster officials by waving your hand. As they climbed the stairs and entered the Hall of the Building, a young woman greeted them.

"Hello how can I help you?" she said.

“We had an appointment to see Lord Albert.”

The woman stood up after looking at a notebook.

“Mr. Mefzar right?” said

“Yes thats me.”

“Please leave your Enchanted pouches and weapons here,” she said.

After the three of them did what was asked, the woman said, "This way, please," making a gesture with her hand.

And they started walking down the corridor behind the woman. On the right and left of the corridor were some pictures for decoration and a carpet laid on the ground on the way they walked. Soon they came to a large door.

He said, "Please wait here while I report", and knocked on the door and entered.

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“I hope it won't be a problem,” Askar said.

“Don't call it,” said Mefzar.

If they had trouble traveling through Aster, they would have to use the Runera, which would extend the journey by at least 3 weeks.

Before long, the receptionist came in and came out the door.

“It's waiting for you,” he said, and gestured for them to enter.

When Arthur walked in behind Mefzar, the room felt like a multi-millionaires' office in his own world. The room was quite large. And the bookcase opposite the window stretched to the ceiling. On the wall was a map of Alwarti. It was the first time Arthur had seen such a detailed map.

“Yes, how can I help gentlemen like you?” said Lord Albert. Pointing to the seats in front of his desk.

After bowing to Lord Albert, they took the seats shown.

They should have been informed why they were coming. But it was as if he wanted to listen to his requests face to face.

“First, let's start by introducing ourselves. I am the leader of a Silver plate team of adventurers. My name is Mefzar, these are my teammates Askar and Arthur.”

“Mefzar, silver plate” Lord Albert muttered the tomb's name several times.As if trying to remember something. Then he motioned with his hand to continue.

“We had a plan to build a city in the north. But the place we have chosen is a bit unorthodox, for it we have to pass through the land of Aster and use the Ships. We came to get a pass from Aster.” said Mefzar.

After Lord Albert had digested what he had heard,

“You are so brave, no one has tried it in a long time.”

“How many people are you talking about in a caravan?” he said.

“About 800 to 900”

Hearing the answer, he shook his head.

“Have you decided from which city you will board the ships”

“We haven't decided yet,” Mefzar said.

“Good, I don't know if you know, but my land is where the mountains and the ocean meet right now, my eldest son Paul is taking care of it, you can get help from him.”

Seeing this move of Albert, Mefzar nodded. Albert immediately calculated the benefit to his own lands if such an undertaking were successful.

“Of course, it would be best for us to use your land,” said Mefzar.

At this time, Arthur spoke up.

“Lord albert We had a plan to buy a few ships for the constant traffic of people. Do you have such ships?"

“Of course my son Paul will take care of this, I will let him know you are coming and you can talk to him about the details.”

Just as they were getting ready to get up, Lord Albert finally remembered where he had heard the name Mefzar.

“Aren't you the team that got that Compadian gang caught?” said Lord Albert.

Mefzar, Arthur, and Askar suddenly went cold.

“Yes, will that be a problem?” Mefzar said timidly.

“Hahaha, I never supported kingdoms getting involved in this gang business anyway. It's good you did."

Hearing this, the team instantly relaxed.

"Does that mean we've got the permission," Askar said.

“I don't see any problems at all,” Albert said.

Then he took out a Scroll from his desk, wrote something down, and pressed the seal that stood by the Desk.

Although Arthur didn't understand exactly what the seal was made of, he was sure it had something to do with mana. Mana was emanating from the seal.

“Here,” he said, and handed the scroll to Mefzar.

Receiving the scroll, Mefzar bowed and the trio left the room.

“Was it really necessary for me to come?” said Askari. He hadn't said a word the entire conversation.

“Yes, it was necessary. I'm sure your very presence here has changed Albert's mind. Do you think an avian could easily obtain clearance for a 1,000-man caravan in the land of Aster?” Mefzar said.

After Askar nodded as if to say I understood, the three of them walked quickly to the reception desk to get their Enchanted pouches.

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It was noon when Arthur, Mefzar, and Askar arrived at the inn. And in an hour or two their first interview would begin. The other members of the team were sitting at an Interviews table and chatting.

“How did it go, did you get permission?” said Bill.

“Yes we did, but we were very lucky,” Askar said.

"What happened?" said Darkis curiously.

“He remembered Mefzar's name as being related to the compadia gang.” said the soldier.

“What?” said Elda.

“Yeah, we almost shit ourselves”

"What happened then."

“He didn't want kingdoms to be linked to gangs. so we were able to get the permit,” Askar said.

“Is everything ready for the interviews?” asked Arthur.

“Yes, we took a break, Darkis will take the names of the newcomers outside the door of the inn and we will use the inn lobby for interviews.” said Elda.