Lady Ropeni Gran watched as Viscount Carol's figure disappeared through the door leading to the banquet hall, a cold smile slowly appearing on her lips.
She knew exactly why Viscount Carol would say such things—after all, poison is also a good remedy for disease, which is indeed true, because the Viscount Carol territory has been the main thoroughfare to the Plains of the Holy Spirits for the southern borders for the past few decades. Medicinal herbs from Kant territory and other places in the southern borders are mostly centralized at Viscount Carol's territory before being assembled and transported northward. Besides herbs, a considerable portion of various outputs from the southern borders, including ordinary ores, magic-conducting materials, and furs, are transported through this checkpoint in Carol territory. Thus, from the beginning, the Carol family has been adept at trading businesses.
