Her eyes opened the map in her hand and instantly turned somewhere on the other side of the ocean. As the large sails gradually drew closer, Evangeline quickly turned the sails of her ship towards them.
"Charles, hurry up!"
"Wait a minute!"
He didn't know anything and was just watching, but he quickly pulled the rope. As Charles tried to raise the imperial flag to the height of the mast, Evangeline hung the mark of the red sun under it. It was a symbol of trade lines on all continents. As expected, the other party's ship, which confirmed this, slowly began to approach them.
"What. It's really coming! Now I should ask him to buy this."
"No, the request will be made over there."
"..."
Evangeline, who had been holding the telescope, felt as if she had become a different person from then on. Whether Charles was dumbfounded or not, she took out her coat and gloves from the bag she was carrying. However, they were the most plausible belongings she had with her when she left the Duke of Theses.
"What are you doing to show them well?"
"For merchants, it's all they see. What other explanation is needed? I am the one I brought with me."
This is what her father always said. No matter how much he collapsed from motion sickness and lost his mind, he always forced himself to stand up as long as the ship first entered the port. To be the most gorgeous, beautiful, and catch everyone's attention, you paid attention to every strand of hair.
"Evangeline, as much as you hold your head high, you'll look up to us over there."
Although she can't have everything now, at least she can't greet her opponent with a dying appearance. At the very least, she had to prevent it from being devalued before she could properly present her products. The moment she looked up after finishing her disheveled hair, a loud voice echoed from the boat she was facing.
"There, are you from Mare?"
"Yes, you must have come from Irneo. I was waiting for you."
"...What about us?"
The men who had been staring at Evangeline's dazzling appearance from a distance immediately burst into laughter. They don't hate it when such a dazzling beauty waits for them, but no matter how you look at it, it was not a trade line worthy of a formal deal.
However, considering the sincerity that was waiting in the middle of the sea, they did not laugh openly.
"Obviously, we were going to go to the port of Mare, but I don't know why you're doing this. But please come out for a while. I need to go to the port at the appointed time as soon as possible."
"Is there any reason for such a rush?"
"No, of course."
"If it's because I'm afraid the flowers will wither, it's better to see them here in many ways."
"..."
The men who were laughing at Evangeline's meaningful smile stopped laughing in an instant. What kind of flower is a flower, he replied with an expression that was already fascinated by such a stiff scuffle. Evangeline didn't stop there and winked at Charles, who was standing far away.
'Is that me?'
Pointing at himself with his finger, he belatedly dragged the boxes that had been piled up in one corner. Still, he didn't notice it, so he opened it as heavily as possible, even though it was a light box.
"Here it is!"
"Oh..."
As soon as they saw the box full of Karnak flowers, their complexions changed. Someone told someone to come to their senses instead of swallowing their saliva and to be beaten with their elbows before they came to their senses. Flowers are flowers, but they seemed to recognize that Evangeline standing in front of them was not just a beautiful woman.
"As you can see, they are top-notch flowers that have no place to wither. I've taken care of it properly, so you can take it and decorate it as it is."
"...Oh, no, who is looking for this?"
In the end, the captain of Irneo took it away. It was a little late to do so, but the trading ship representing the island could not be so obediently entangled in a single woman.
"I don't know where the information came from, but even if we look for the Karnak flower, it's just a stopover in the Mare, and it's not necessary."
"I don't know how they were so prepared to carry the flowers."
"That..."
Evangeline's head pointed to the cisterns full of ships. The reason for carrying so much water on a day's trade was extremely limited. Considering the height and size of the tank, the captain, who could hardly deny that he was trying to carry the flowers, coughed loudly.
"Hmm, that doesn't mean we have to make a deal with the young lady. If we go to the port of Mare now, we can get as many flowers as we want."
"It's probably difficult. I bought them all."
"..."
"Of course, I have no intention of calling an exorbitant amount of flowers for the temple. The price is very reasonable, so the choice is yours."
"How much are you going to call?"
"Twenty gold per box would be appropriate."
"Hmm."
Charles, who was listening from the side, unknowingly burst out with a cough. Let's see, let's see, this young lady has a big liver. He pretended not to be agitated as much as possible and pressed his lips.
"What do you mean by it?"
However, the captain and his party were by no means formidable. They had no plans to pay money to buy flowers in the first place. Their plan to go to Mare and buy anything at a reasonable price and cut all the flowers on the coast in the meantime was completely distorted, so it was not easy to plant.
"Are you kidding me now that it's twenty gold? Karnak is a flower that blooms haphazardly on the beach!"
"Those flowers that bloom haphazardly will no longer exist in Irneo."
"It's this!"
"It will probably be the same in the future. The beach that is already submerged will not be restored."
"Let's take a look! Who knows how to fall for such tricks!"
Ha! The captain who was holding back snorted loudly. He ordered the navigator to change the direction of the sails at once and glared at Evangeline strongly.
"It's a bit of a young lady who looks at people ridiculously. I misjudged people for daring to play such a shallow trick on us to get a share. Even if it's not Mare, we can go to another Island and get as much as we want!"
"Of course, you can get Karnak flowers elsewhere, but I wonder if they will all wither while you return to your home country. When I tried it myself, it was limited to about five days. I wonder if you did all the calculations on your last voyage and chose Mare as your trading place."
"...Uh."
"By the way. I also keep all the roots of Karnak in the Mare, so you should judge carefully. Even if you think about future transactions."
Only now did Charles realize why she had only looked at the flowers in her house for a few days, and covered her eyes with one hand. He expected that they would be forced to raise their hands on the other side, but they were also worn out and worn out in this way.
"Ha... Do whatever you want. I know when I'll see you and believe everything you say!"
"Believe it or not. It's your heart."
"So let's go to the Mare."
So, let's go!
The captain spat out a loud voice and turned the bow of the boat hard. The big boat squeaked and stirred up the current, and their small boat shook loudly. Embarrassed, Charles urged Evangeline, who stood calmly in place with a frustrated face.
"Miss!"
He stomped hia feet with a hand gesture, asking if it was the time to do this. It was the captain of Irneo who brought joy to their unintentional infighting. He said he thought he was going to do that, and gestured to his crew to hurry up even more.
'It's bad!'
It was not him, but he must have devised a plausible scheme with the information he picked up somewhere. It seems that they are thinking of belittling themselves as Islanders and eating their share, but the more they did, the more they had to show their examples.
"..."
Before the ship went further away, he turned around to check on Evangeline, as if enjoying his last pastime. The more lonely she looked at the box as she stood tall at the stern, the more joyful the captain's mood became.
'I want to cry a lot by now.'
She even borrowed a boat with great ambition, but he wondered what to do with all that. However, it doesn't seem like her head is completely out of turn, so she'll call herself before she can't turn it anymore. Since they have confirmed that the quality of the flowers themselves is a commodity, if she pretends not to win and buys them at a bargain price...
Pungdung!
The captain and other sailors turned their heads in unison at the loud sound that suddenly echoed across the sea. They wondered if a woman who was worried about her situation had jumped into the sea, but fortunately, it wasn't. Instead, a large box in front of her was missing.
"Hey, what are you doing now!"
"...Oh, haven't you gone yet?"
As the purple flowers spread across the sea, Evangeline blinked calmly. In an instant, a box fell into the sea, and the flowers floating in the sky were spectacular, but the viewers were astonished by the fact that they were not on their side.
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