Return Home For Begin The Trade

After some days, enjoying Selina for a few days, Sharky has decided to return back to his territory.

He gives the two letters to Selina, "Make it possible to deliver to Parizaad and Jasmine. And I will return back after a few days."

"Ok," Selina nodded, she knew that Sharky was really in a hurry, just for her, he was stopped here for a few days, or else he would have already returned back.

And she also knew, although Sharky loves her, that Jasmine and Parizaad are his main focus, although she didn't know why he wanted to become the King. Becoming King is really important.

But since she is his, then it was also her duty to complete his every request and mission.

"Don't worry, I will definitely return back, and I will love you many times, as you want," Sharky said as he looked at her a little worried, he gave her the goodbye kiss, and after this, Sharky left.

He walked along a narrow and long path and reached the outside road—his carriage was waiting there.

Standing there, Sharky's figure was tall and straight, and he looked incredibly valiant.

He looked to the side in a certain direction for a long time.

"What is it, sir?" The driver of the carriage felt quite confused.

"Wait for a minute," He said, and he went towards the direction.

"Who sent you?" He asked.

"How did you find us," A few people wearing leather armor appeared, gasping for breath; their bodies were covered with sweat.

"Damnit, damnit."

"I am asking one more time, who sent you," Sharky looked at them, and again asked.

"Run," One of them shouted, and they started running in different directions.

"Childish, activate Strongarms," Sharky said, as his body grew twice its height. And he caught two of them, before they tried to run away.

Seeing it, "Eat the poison," One of them commands, and before Sharky was able to do anything to them. All of them suicide by the breaking the poison, which they have put in their mouth.

"Fuck," Sharky said, as he noticed all of them does suicide, then he returned back towards the carriage.

"Let's go," Sharky's said, and he got on the carriage.

Following this, they quickly left.

"Those people…"

Sitting in the carriage, Sharky thought to himself, "Were they Princess Parizaad's people?"

Just as he considered this possibility, he rejected it.

Those people contained some hostility towards him. If they were Princess Parizaad's people, they would not have given off such a feeling.

After all, Princess Parizaad agreed to keep herself for him, so there is not even a little bit of doubt.

Moreover, even if Knight Mader resented him, he would not go and find a group of people like this to follow him.

Then were they from a different faction?

Who were they targeting? Kelly, Jasmine, or him?

Sharky continued to think to himself, but whatever, they were all dead, it was good.

.....

A slight breeze blew, and riding on a carriage, Sharky's gaze was calm as he looked ahead.

He could see the road he was used to, and the scenery was incredibly familiar.

It was exactly the same as he remembered, and there were not too many changes.

However, as he walked further, he realized that there were some things that were different.

The most evident was that the roads in the surroundings were more even, and some paths that had been difficult to walk were flattened and made easier to walk.

It seemed that Gary had already implemented many of the tasks that Sharky had given him.

As he continued onwards, he saw some figures waiting ahead.

They were all familiar figures, and Sharky recognized most of their faces, one was his brother Gary himself. The one at the lead made Sharky feel quite surprised.

It was a slightly skinny middle-aged man who was sitting on a horse, silently looking over.

"Father."

Looking at the middle-aged man, a look of delight appeared on Sharky's face, and he got out of the carriage.

This was the father of Sharky's body, the ruler of this region, Maxwell.

Seeing Sharky, Maxwell could not help but smile either.

Compared to a year ago, Sharky had changed greatly.

Because he had been cultivating the Knights Breathing Technique, he looked much more valiant and became even taller and more well-built. At a glance, he looked like a powerful Knight, strong and resolute.

He had matured greatly, and just standing there, anyone could sense his unique energy, which made it difficult to forget him.

"Good, good…" Maxwell got off his horse and patted Sharky's shoulder.

"It's been a year…"

Looking at Sharky's face, he could not help but sigh and said, "You came back."

"That's right," Sharky also smiled and said, "I'm finally back.

"Brother, it's good you came back," Gary also came and hugged him.

"I had thought that the Alexa Royal City was too prosperous and that you wouldn't want to come back," hearing Sharky's words, Maxwell could not help but laugh, and he spoke teasingly.

"Even though the Alexa Royal City is prosperous, in the end, this is my home," Sharky smiled, "This is my place."

Maxwell nodded in satisfaction before looking behind Sharky and said, "Alright, you're finally back, so don't just keep standing there; let's go back."

Following this, they began to walk back to the residence.

Maxwell's group was quite big, and there were many people Sharky was familiar with.

Maxwell was really happy that his both sons were capable, and they also had brotherly love between them, not that they were jealous of each other.

Both work together in many matters, and now they have grown his territory so much that it can already rival a Count.

And their wealth can easily rival a kingdom. He was really happy in his life, his both sons were successful. Now, he just needs to prepare for their wedding.

Gary's wedding is already going to complete with Luna, about Sharky, he has left the decision on him like Gary.

...….

"Speaking of which…"

As they walked, Maxwell said, "I looked at your suggestions of creating our own trade route; they were quite good. The surrounding rulers always also want to join in. Now that you've come back, many of them want to meet you. What do you think?"

"Of course," Sharky smiled, "I'll meet them and have a good chat with them."

Apart from coming back to see Maxwell, he also came to work on his trade route.

The north-south trade route was an incredibly profitable opportunity, and his most important chess piece.

With the geographical advantage and Gary's relationship with Luna's family, Sharky had gathered most of the northern rulers' goods.

With Knight Sli, Luna's family was one of the top families among the northern rulers. Sharky was able to gather many northern rulers into a merchant alliance, having a monopoly over their goods. And also they now need to depend on the Sharky.

According to the agreement, Luna's family—or rather Sharky—would be responsible for selling the northern rulers' goods.

The northern rulers promised to give all of their goods to only Sharky, and he would not privately sell them for a certain amount of time.

Of course, such a contract could be quite problematic, but because of their circumstances, the northern rulers did not have much of a choice. And since Sharky has already power, if someone not wants to agree with the demands, then they can fuck off.

Because this trade was the handle to control the Northern Rulers, how can he give any bit of lease on it.

As such, there would not be any problems with this agreement for the time-being. That was one of the reasons why Sharky had come back this time.

Moreover, just like the northern rulers, he also wants to include the Southern rulers.

Although the surrounding rulers always follow his trend, this time he wants all of the southern and northern rulers to join in these trades.

Because although the south were much better off than the rulers in the north.

However, they were still limited in some regards.

The southern side was better because of the fertile soil and warmer climate, which resulted in them having enough crops.

Moreover, even though the southern side was also somewhat chaotic, they did not have to resist Outlanders like the northern rulers, so they did not have to spend much on military expenses.

However, this only meant that they were not as poverty-stricken as the northern rulers.

In actuality, they were not that prosperous either. Often, they were unable to save much over the years, and they could only meet their present expenses.

If they wanted to live prosperous lives, it was still quite difficult.

For these people, opening up a new economic stream was incredibly important.

And this was the reason, Sharky will gather them and include them in his trade. They would take the profits that Sharky could bring more seriously and treasure it more.

Once they tasted the benefits, it would not be so easy for them to stop.

When that time came, whether they continued willingly or passively, they would have to depend on the Sharky.

Unless there was someone who could bring them even greater profits, they would be Sharky's greatest supporters.

But even if someone was able to do this, he will not be seen again. This was the Sharky main handle to control the Empire, how can he allow someone to destroy his plan.

Whoever comes in between of his plan, they will die, a very cruel death, that even in the future will not one dared to come again.

Of course, if he wanted to achieve this goal, he had to gain the cooperation of the surrounding rulers.

But now since he was also a Baron himself, it was not so difficult. Fortunately, things have been going smoothly so far.

Just by leaking some information, many people had taken the initiative to arrange meetings with him.

It seemed that the situation was quite good.

During the next period of time, Sharky once again became busy.

Not too long after returning home, Sharky began to visit the every southern rulers' residences to engage in discussions with them.

And like that, everything went very smoothly.

The southern rulers could choose to pay the value in crops or other agricultural products.

He and Luna's family would provide resources for the various rulers, who would then sell them themselves.

This way, all three parties would gain profits.

Even though Sharky was unable to gain massive profits, this will keep a leash on the both rulers, and they have to depend on him for their profits.

At the same time, because of the northern side's climate, crops and other agricultural resources were much more expensive than in the south, and furs and slaves were relatively cheap.

On the other hand, it was the opposite in the south.

When buying furs and slaves from the northern rulers, Sharky could use crops and the like as security. After reaching the southern side, he could ask the southern rulers to use crops and agricultural resources as payment.

For the northern rulers, Sharky's actions could solve their problem of oversupply of furs and slaves, while being paid in large amounts of crops would reduce the pressure they faced in terms of food.

For the southern rulers, it was not difficult to sell those furs or slaves. No matter if it was traveling merchants or sending their own people to other places to sell them, they could earn large profits without too much effort.

Moreover, for the southern side, who had large amounts of crops and food, using those resources as security and payment was no problem either.

After all, the southern rulers' poverty was only a money-based poverty.

Crops and food were not a big problem at all.

Sharky's plan solved this for them.

While Sharky was busying himself in the southern side, within the palace, Jasmine finally received his letter for her.

"This letter is for me?" looking at the letter, Jasmine looked up and asked.

"Indeed," the female attendant nodded and said, "Knight Sharky especially sent it to you."

"I see…" Jasmine nodded. Thinking of Sharky, she could not help but feel a bit sad.

Looking at the letter in her hand, she opened it in a hurry and began to read.

"Dear Jasmine…"

"When you receive this letter, I will most likely be on the way home already. Without realizing it, I have spent a year in the Alexa Royal City already. During that one year, I got to know many people. However, I was most happy about meeting you."

Jasmine's hand holding the letter slightly trembled and her heart leapt as she quickly continued to read.

"Even though we have not spent that much time together, I like the feeling of spending time together with you… So, I want you to wait for me. Because, when I return back, we can spend time together."

Sitting on her big bed, Jasmine read the letter many times, and her heartbeat became faster and faster.

"Is this a confession?" she thought to herself while sitting on her bed, and her face became incredibly red as if she was drunk.

Sitting there, she continuously paced about, unable to control her emotions.

At that moment, she felt an impulse to go and find her Knight and tell him of her feelings. She wanted to tell him that she was looking forward to him coming back and also wanted to be with him every day.

However, looking at her locked door, she lowered her head in disappointment.

Earlier, she had been forbidden to go out by Parizaad.

Before, she could occasionally go out and meet with Sharky at Kelly's residence.

However, Parizaad had become quite busy and much stricter recently for some reason, and she did not allow her out anymore, no matter how much she pleaded with her.

Thinking about how serious Parizaad looked recently, Jasmine could only sigh and look forward to the future.

After this period passed and big sister Parizaad finished dealing with her various matters, Sharky would most likely be back.

When that time comes, they will be able to meet again…

Deep longing welled up in her heart, and looking at the letter in her hand, she could not help but hope that Sharky would come back sooner.

After thinking about it, she could not help but get up and pick up a pen and paper as she began to write her own letter.