“Ah, hello there!”

Luna entered the office of the embassy that was prepared by Vincent. Waiting for Luna was a man in his early 30s with a smile on his face. He had various scars on his face, but he didn’t give off a bad impression as he maintained a smile. His overall atmosphere was quite friendly.

“Nice to meet you, Lady Seyrod. My name is Toban Baltai from Sigilah.”

The man who called himself Baltai folded his waist with his hand on his left chest, which was a southern style of greeting. 

“Ah, yes. I am Luna Seyrod.”

Although his face was rather rough, Luna’s vigilance lowered slightly as he continued to smile and maintained civility. Soon, a maid brought some tea, and Luna and Baltai faced each other with a table between them.

“Anyways, you said you wanted to see me?”

“Yes, it is in regards to copper. My lord wants to purchase copper from the Seyrod family.”

“Really? From my understanding, there are several copper mines in the south, so why would he…”

Baltai sighed sadly in response to Luna’s question.

“Haa…! It is as you say, Lady Seyrod. There are several copper mines in the south. However, the situation in the south has gotten worse again, and the owners of the iron and copper mines have stopped exporting their minerals out to others.”

“Is that so? Things must not be so good.”

“It’s worse than it seems. Minerals, grains, no one is selling even at madly elevated prices, I’m dying of frustration.”

“Ah…..”

The southern parts of the empire...