"Thank you for your hard work! Please give our regards to Grand Duke Novak!"

As Youyou saw the returning carriage off, her ghostly maids around her counted the number and quality of the giant bees and reported the results to Youyou, who then compiled them.

It looks like the giant bee that we ordered from Grand Duke Novak has arrived.

"Perfume is indeed selling very well in the duchy..."

Standing beside him, Ira said, looking at the unit price recorded in the parchment book, "This price is the unit price after adding the distribution restrictions, which is a good thing for us."

The distribution restrictions were imposed by Duke Novak during the procurement process... Simply put, within a year, Duke Novak will take over all production of [Bee Flower Snow Moon] produced in the Demon King's territory, starting with one hundred bottles per week.

However, there are no restrictions on selling to merchants or giving them away, but the price of any sale cannot be lower than 300 gold coins, but there is no upper limit to this number.

In other words, the Demon King's territory can only be sold at a higher price than the price at Duke Novak's territory, but not at a lower price.

To be honest, this is a very interesting restriction, because it has no enforcement power and relies entirely on the self-discipline of both parties. It seems to be a huge restriction on the Demon King's territory... This way, the Demon King's territory can no longer sell a bottle for 100 gold coins to others.

Obviously, some merchants will find the Demon King's territory and purchase the goods for around one hundred gold coins.

Compared to the price of three Thorn Gold Coins sold to Grand Duke Novak, one hundred Violet Gold Coins seemed to be much more, while the price in Demon King's territory seemed to be many times less.

However, that "one-year" restriction is a very interesting concept... In other words, the Novak Grand Guild can renegotiate the price next year, and the Demon Lord's territory can simply kick Novak aside and sell it directly.

At that point, the price was already fixed and it was difficult to lower it further. Once a luxury brand had established its reputation, if it were to offer a 50% discount, people would suspect it was a counterfeit.

"Yawn~"

Seeing Ira yawning, Youyou glanced at him while taking notes in her notebook and asked, "Mr. Ira, didn't you sleep well last night?"

In response to Youyou's seemingly calm concern, Ira couldn't help but yawn silently. He replied, "Organizing the elves' gifts took me a long time, and I didn't sleep well last night."

Strangely enough, I didn't sleep well last night, as if I wasn't in a safe environment...

Professionals in this world, or those who possess [Mana], have remarkably keen intuitions and other similar abilities; dreams and intuition are always highly reliable.

But at night, Ira couldn't stand it anymore. She patrolled the entire area around the Demon King's territory, scaring several goblins who were getting up in the middle of the night to the point of wetting themselves, and also killing a few monsters that were peeking out, but she still couldn't find the source of the unease.

That proves that the unease is beyond Ira's comprehension... Perhaps it's that divine being from the "outside the circle" who is spying on him.

But there was nothing Ira could do, and he could only manage to fall asleep.

“Mr. Ira, you have a really good relationship with the elves… Perhaps we can use your connections to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Silvermoon Tree Court. However, if the trade routes are stable, then it would be no different from establishing diplomatic relations.”

As she said this, she watched her ghostly subordinates open the last wooden barrel. After looking it over for a while, they made an "OK" sign, and she nodded in agreement.

“Very good, a thousand giant bees, all in perfect condition. It seems your influence is quite effective, Mr. Ira.”

As Youyou spoke, it was clear that Duke Novak had perfectly delivered the giant bee because of Ira's presence, but Ira actually knew what was going on.

"Grand Duke Novak has always done a very good job in quality control, so everyone is willing to do business with him."

As Ira spoke, and Yuuyu nodded in understanding, Senata's voice came from beside them: "Mr. Ira, and Miss Yuuyu, my subordinates have already passed on the information to me regarding the magical armor."

However, Senata's voice sounded rather strange...

Amidst such sounds, Ira and Yuyu simultaneously turned their heads and saw a silver-haired, twin-tailed vampire with a shocked expression... Senata seemed to have learned some incredible news.

“My men have found Mr. Ira’s illegitimate daughter.”

"..."

Ira: "???"

faint:"?!?!"

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After Ira gave a not-too-short, not-too-long, explanation in front of everyone in the Demon King's territory, they finally understood that the so-called "illegitimate daughter" was just a misunderstanding.

"Oh, I see... That scared me to death."

Satan Ye patted her empty chest as if she were relieved.

"Indeed, it's terrifying!"

Vera nodded, looking very emotional, and put on an affected, disappointed expression, saying, "I thought my colleague of many years was such a terrible man!"

Iraq: Stare~

Vera: "..."

"I was wrong, I was wrong."

Almost the instant Ira gave her a dangerous look, Vera immediately surrendered. After pleading for mercy a couple of times, she pondered something and asked, "So, the daughter of the slave you rescued and brought home specifically asked to see you by name?"

Ira shook her head helplessly in response, saying, "It doesn't count as bringing her home. Please don't use such an ambiguous way of putting it, okay? When I was about to apply the medicine to her, she just ran away, and I couldn't find her."

As Ira spoke, recalling the wolf girl covered in wounds, he said, "She actually made it back to the orc kingdom alive? I thought she was dead."

In Ira's memory, Shirina interrupted him, asking, "So, Lord Ira, are you planning to go to the Orc Kingdom? How many troops will you be taking?"

That's as if Iraq went to war.

"I can go by myself... I don't need protection, and I'm not afraid of any traps, right?"

Ira said lightly, sticking out his tongue as he joked, which startled Vera, because in her memory, Ira had never done anything so playful.

This sudden contrast even gave Vera a dangerous idea...Ira is kind of cute.

"That's true. So, when do you plan to leave, Ira?"

When Satan Ye asked her question, Sirina and some others who knew her learned what Satan Ye was thinking... Could it be that Satan Ye also wanted to go along?

"Let's set off this afternoon after lunch."

Ira said this.

"Um...I want to go too!"

...

Just as I expected!!!