Dear Baron, Di-Gold, Iolya,

I have read your letter with great attention and am much in agreement with what you say.

Your trade routes in your territory are essential and should be protected as much as possible. We also understand that your intentions by doing this also lie in ours. That is why we agreed to the thinning detour north and east of your estate.

The monster thinning ended with almost unprecedented results, which will secure your routes, to the east, for years to come.

Your humble request for us to go west and northwest from your estate and secure more routes is indeed somewhat in our interest. However, it is unnecessary as these routes have no strategic importance on the resources for the upcoming demon run.

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Thus, securing more of your trade routes will only be a time-consuming venture, with little to no profits on our side, and the prospect of a chain reactionary trade disruption, as you mentioned, is slim by our estimates.

However, I would like you to know that the Leonandra family owns the two-meter (6.6 ft.) tall ceremonial mace made out of pure blue iron, which was gifted by his majesty to us due to our merits.

Suppose there will be any disruption in delivering essential goods in any way during the demon run. In that case, I will make sure to cram that mace up your ass so far that it will take a Tier 6 dragon-kin scholar to figure out how to dislodge it.

Seriously, don’t fuck with us.

Best regards,

Sarusos Leonandra